Learning Chinese Language

I am a native Chinese girl and have graduated from University.. I can offer some information about Chinese.
When we learn Chinese, we first learn the spelling words (Pinyin), then learn Chiese characters uch as 人（people）、火（fire）、水（water）and so on.

Why are there no people for about one year? Nobody is interested in this topic？
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你好! 我一度学普通話，可是我不說好。

I'm studying Russian right now, but if you want to teach me, I wouldn't mind learning more Chinese.

Practice makes perfect!
Amy questions pls feel free to contact me.

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Originally Posted by Carmen123

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Are you just here to plug that website?

If not, it would be nice to have a Chinese song translator, as many Chinese requests go unanswered. For instance, I need help with one here.

I came here just to help the people who need help on Chinese learning. Also, I add the website where i work. Maybe the website can help others, too.

P.S. I will try my best to translate this song into Chiese.

miss here!

i can help with translation. not to good but i'll try

Hi, I can teach simplified Mandarin if you're still interested! Let me know where to start off, as there isn't an alphabet!

Well, I think even the Polish thread is busier than here! lol

So, I'll just assume I am not talking to myself and post lessons...


Chinese has no alphabet. Instead, we have phonetics. There are two types:
1. Bopomofo - Taiwanese phonetics. I don't understand them very well, but each stands for a certain sound. It's the original phonetics version, but today isn't as commonly used as pinyin.

2. Pinyin - English phonetics. They do not read at all how they look; rather, they are simply written in the Roman alphabet to make it easier (rather than learning a whole new way of writing, such as Bopomofo).

I can only teach the pinyin phonetics to you; if you'd like to see bopomofo, I can give you a link but I cannot write in it all the time (my computer has no way of typing them)!

So, basic sounds and syllables... We'll start with simple vowels and diphthongs.

A
Ai
Ao
E
Ei
I
Ia
Ie
Iu
O
Ou
U
Ua
Ue
Ui
Uo
Ü

Each has a different sound depending on the preceding consonant. I will next explain consonant pairs.

B is just a b.
-The I after a b is an ee sound.
-The U after a b is an ooh sound.
C is a ts.
-The I will be an operation. It is not a vowel so much as just a "ts" with an emphasis... I can't think of another language with this sound...
-The u after a c is just an ooh.
Q is pronounced as ch.
-I after q is an ee.
-U after q is an ü sound... Like the u in French.
Q is paired with Ch.
-The I after ch is also an operation.
-The U is an ooh.
D is just a hard d.
-I is ee;
-u is an ooh
F is a regular F.
-U after f is ooh.
G is a hard g, no j or zh sounds.
-U after g is a weird sound... Closest to ooh but slightly different and hard to explain.
H is like an Arabic kh or Spanish j.
-U after h is an ooh.
J is a hard zh sound, like a j in english.
-I after j is an ee. U after j is an ü like u in French.
J is paired with Zh which is the same sound.
-I after zh is an operation.
-U after zh is an ooh.
K is a hard k.
-U after k is an ooh.
L can be an L as in a light L in a romance language, a hard Slavic L, or sometimes similar to an N... Depends on the regional dialect.
-I after L is an ee.
-U after L is an ooh. There can also be a ü written as such after L.
M is an M.
-I is an ee,
-u is an ooh.
N is also tricky, as it can sound like L in some dialects.
-I is ee,
-u is ü or French u.
P is a regular P.
-I is an ee
R is a weird sound, also... It can be like an English R in Taiwan and some parts of China, but is often found in China sounding like a light "zh".
-I is an operation;
-U is an ooh.
S is a regular S.
-I is an operation
-U is an ooh.
Sh is how it appears, as a Ș in Romanian or Turkish, or a SH in English.
-I is an operation.
-U is an ooh.
Sh is paired with X.
-I is an ee.
-U is an ü or French u.
T is a T, regularly, but more explosive than that of, say, Spanish, French, Turkish, German... It's closer to the T in English and sometimes found in Italian.
-I is an ee.
-U is an ooh.
W can be pronounced as W, soft as in English, or as a V (a Polish or German W, or a V in another language, but harder than Spanish and Russian..A French V).
-U is an ooh.
Y is just a "y" as in "you" or "yes".
-I is an ee;
-U is a ü.
Z is a Dz.
-I is an operation.
-U is an ooh.

And that's the first lesson! Sorry, I'll improve my style next time!! Please give me any suggestions to help you, if you're reading this!

I will continue later

If there is no alphabet, how do you construct words Anna?

I explained in the Cafe to Mavii... It's two parts to each word usually, and one is for pronunciation and the other for meaning

Bribes to learn Chinese:
*No grammar (it's just sentence structure; there is no logic, but memorisation).
*No conjugating verbs (I be You be He be LOL)
*No verbs in all sentences... Only in some cases is the BE verb used

I heard chinese is the hardest language in the world But hey, I'm open to all!!

Do we start using latin letters, like wa ai ni, or do we start learning the characters? Hey shouldnt each line in the character mean something? Lool I'm confused and I havent even started! OOoooh and then do we get to learn about the cool tones like wa3 ai4 ni3?

okay, sorry, ignore me, just teach querida!!

p.s whats red/gold fish again?
p.p.s this is the wrong place to ask but whats red fish in french?

i don't have time, and my brain is a little fried at the moment with all that is going on here, but i am really interested in dipping into Chinese and learning a little.

Not sure who i can practise on, I may have to order takeout and try it on the delivery person lol

For the delivery guy, wa ai ni works best Darcy!!

Nonono, only the getting used to it is hard, and Hungarian is by far harder Chinese basics, at least, are easy

Goldfish- jīnyu3 (sorry I don't have 3rd tone on my iPod!) - 金鱼

Here's a nice video, for those of you still interested

Please help me out on what to teach first, by asking questions

Well i believe that are thousands of question about chinese language
What is the longest word which you know in chinese?
Is it possible to write in chinese using the keypad?Cause the chinese language don't have alphabet
Every "sound" mean something and how are written the neologisms?
And a stupid question How do you learn to write in school???

Looool there you go Anna loads of questions!

Ni hao!!

Can you write the list I posted on the greek forum too please?

Originally Posted by NNA for life

Well i believe that are thousands of question about chinese language
What is the longest word which you know in chinese? there isn't actually such a thing... You can only know the most complex word, meaning the one that takes the longest to write, and I believe it's a type of food or something that even natives don't know
Is it possible to write in chinese using the keypad?Cause the chinese language don't have alphabet that's a good question. If you have software installed you can, or if you switch language options on your computer... I can easily switch on my mac and iPod but using windows is a bit slower.
Every "sound" mean something and how are written the neologisms?as I wrote on the first page, each word is a syllable and not a letter, but unlike japanese there are no set syllables; instead, it has to be determined by the structure of the word when one doesn't yet know it, and it's even hard for natives because it's arbitrary sometimes and one may never know the exact pronunciation until it's looked up in a dictionary!
And a stupid question How do you learn to write in school???not a stupid q at all!! you learn word by word, and that's really all you can do!

Ya Noor habibti, I'll post some later because I can't flip back and forth between here and the Greek forum right now since I'm on my iPod, but I'll post some later. It is difficult to explain the pronunciation unless you hear it FYI so if you sign up on Livemocha I'll help that's why I posted the YouTube video; have you seen it yet?

But what I can teach at the moment (ya bata would you believe I'm doing my Chinese hw now?)...

Hello - Ni3 hao3 - 你好 ( sorry I don't have tones on my iPod; I typed the # instead )
Good morning - zao3 shang4 hao3 - 早上好
Good afternoon - we don't really use this... Most likely just hello.
Good evening - wan3 shang4 hao3 晚上好
Good night - wan3 an1 - 晚安 (literally evening peace yallah)

So I'll come back later, I promise!!