Anyone interested in learning Chinese?

[Mi Le Xing]

:sl: everyone

Is anyone here interested in learning some Mandarin Chinese? I'm an american student, but have been studying Mandarin for 2 years now....thats where my user name came from, its my Chinese name.

Didn't see a Chinese language thread so I figured I would start one!

[The Ruler]

Ni hao ma, dui bu qui. That's as far as I know. But I suppose it wouldn't hurt to learn more. =]

If you'd like to teach us, why don't you start from the basics?

Hi, how are you?

What's your name?

My name is ____.

What do you do?

etc.

And choo = pig and méé = horse/dog

[Güven]

shi shi ni :D

[Danah]

actually I am crazy about anything related to the far east culture....including language as well.

so yeah, lets learn the basics because I know NOTHING at all in Chinese....have been learning Japanese in the time being.

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[The Ruler]

Oh and I also know that some refer to their mothers as 'wala maa' formally which, apparently, literally means 'old lady'.

[Mi Le Xing]

I'll see what I can post up here everyday or so. For now, to start us off:


Hello!
Formally (to an elder, teacher, etc) Nin hao!
Informally (to a friend or sibling, etc) Ni hao!

What is your name?
Ni (or Nin) jiao shenme mingxi?

My name is
Wo jiao _______.

How are you?
Ni (or Nin) hao ma?

I am fine
Wo hen hao.

And you?
Ni (or Nin) ne?




A sample conversation between Bob and Jim:

Jim: Ni hao!
Bob: Ni hao!
Jim: Ni jiao shenme mingxi?
Bob: Wo jiao Bob. Ni ne? Ni jiao shenme mingxi?
Jim: Wo jiao Jim. Ni hao ma?
Bob: Wo hen hao. Ni ne?
Jim: Wo ye hen hao.



I will try later to see if I can put the Chinese characters into the posts as well. I know I can see them on my computer because I have a language pack installed for it, but I dont know if it will show up properly on the forum. We will see!

[Danah]

^ very helpful....jazak allah khair for the first lesson brother

[alcurad]

pronunciation rules?
if it's not too much trouble:)

thanks for the effort..

[Mi Le Xing]

pronunciation rules?
if it's not too much troubl

Sure.


Ill post up how to pronounce them in equivalent english sounds.

Ni Hao ma
Knee How Mah

Ni Jiao shenme mingxi
Know Gee-ow shun-muh ming-zih

Wo hen hao
Whoa hen how

ne
nuh


I think that covers all of the words that i used above.

[aamirsaab]

:sl:
I know some cantonese (my chinese friends speak cantonese you see). I see you are teaching mandarin though.

Still, always fun to learn a new language. Could you gives us a run down of basic mandarin: enough for say a tourist to go to a chinese city and be able to ask and reply to the more common questions - the bare essentials as it were.

[Mi Le Xing]

Could you gives us a run down of basic mandarin: enough for say a tourist to go to a chinese city and be able to ask and reply to the more common questions - the bare essentials as it were.

Sure, Ill throw out a few right now.



Asking where something is:

______ zai nar?

for example, Where is the University?

Xueyuan zai nar?
(shu-ay-you-an)

_______ is there.

_____ zai nar.
(same word, nar, but a different meaning. It can mean both where, as in the first sentence, and here, as in the answer)



Do you speak *language*?

Ni (or Nin) shuo ________?

English - yingyu
Chinese (in general) - Hanyu
Mandarin - Putonghua (Pu-tong-hwa)
Arabic - Alaboyu (Ah-la-bow-you)
Urdu - wu'erduyu (woo-air-do-you)


I speak *language*

Wo shou ______.


Thank you
Xiexie
(shee-ay shee-ay)



Example Conversation:

Ni hao, ni shuo Putonghua?
Wo shuo Putongua.
Hen hao. Xueyuan zai nar?
Zai nar. *points*
Xiexie!

[Mi Le Xing]

Oops, a mistake in my above post.

Where I wrote the word shuo, i meant to write jiang. (Gee-ah-ng)


Shuo means to say, Jiang means to speak (as in a language)

[Mustapha@]

Thank you!
really it's interesting...for the Chinese charachters I think that the majority do not have Chines language installed in their computers...if you could find a picture containg explanation with English Characters, it would be a good idea
Many thanks indeed

[Mi Le Xing]

Thank you!
really it's interesting...for the Chinese charachters I think that the majority do not have Chines language installed in their computers...if you could find a picture containg explanation with English Characters, it would be a good idea
Many thanks indeed

Good Idea. I will try to attach an image of the Chinese numbers.

[transition?]

*subscribe*

[nazapat]

What is your name?
Ni (or Nin) jiao shenme mingzi?

[Gia]

Very helpful post. I'm tho confused about the exact meanings of "Ni" and "Wo", could you please explain?

Good Idea. I will try to attach an image of the Chinese numbers

That's great, would you attach one of the Chinese alphabet?

[Mi Le Xing]

What is your name?
Ni (or Nin) jiao shenme mingzi?

:-[ Another typo on my part! Good job correcting it.

Very helpful post. I'm tho confused about the exact meanings of "Ni" and "Wo", could you please explain?

"Ni" means "you" and "Wo" means "I" or "me."

That's great, would you attach one of the Chinese alphabet?

Unfortunately there is not an alphabet persay, each word is represented by a different character. There is something like 500,000 characters total in the language, but with around 5,000 you can cover about 90% of the frequently spoken words.

[Mustapha@]

Good Idea. I will try to attach an image of the Chinese numbers.

:sl:

Thank your for this thsi image. it's really helpful :)

:w:

[muslim sister)]

Good thread,I will also benefit as much as I can,
Mi Le xing,ni hao,wo ye xue xi han yu,ru guo wo xue xi zai Shanghai,ni ne?wo jue de ni xue xi zai mei gou,wo de han yu bu tai hao in wei wo xue han yu cha bu duo ban nian le,so yi wo zhi hao xue xi nu li,ni xue le han yu duo chang shi jian?
zai jian :)

[Selising]

I had problem communicating with a Taiwanese during my hajj last year. She was in the same maktab with us, maktab 86. there was only one tent for taiwanese.

I asked her "Ni de jia zai nali"
"Where is your house"


She said Taiwan. I wanted to know where was her tent. I don't know the word tent in Mandarin.

So I said "Bu shi, ni de jia zai Arafah"
No, your house in Arafah

She said "Wo meiyou jia, wo de jia zai Taiwan"
I don't have a house, my house is in Taiwan

LOL

I gave up. I saw a few Chinese in Makkah. I asked them "Zai nali?" From where? They will answer either from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan

[Selising]

When I studied Mandarin at my institution, we have a song

Yi er san si wu liu qi
One two three four five six
Wo de pengyou zai nali
My friend where about
zai nali zai nali
where about where about
ni de pengyou zai zheli
Your friend is here

It is easy to learn Mandarin if you are Malay speaking or Indonesian.

zai in Malay means DI, so

zai nali means DI MANA in malay or AT WHERE in English
zai zheli means DI SINI in malay or AT HERE in English
zai Jilongpo means DI Kuala Lumpur

de means PUNYA or OWNED BY
ni de means AWAK PUNYA in malay or OWNED BY YOU in English
wo de means SAYA PUNYA in malay or OWNED BY ME in English

[Musaafirah]

Ahaha. This thread is ACES! :D

[malayloveislam]

I had problem communicating with a Taiwanese during my hajj last year. She was in the same maktab with us, maktab 86. there was only one tent for taiwanese.

I asked her "Ni de jia zai nali"
"Where is your house"


She said Taiwan. I wanted to know where was her tent. I don't know the word tent in Mandarin.

So I said "Bu shi, ni de jia zai Arafah"
No, your house in Arafah

She said "Wo meiyou jia, wo de jia zai Taiwan"
I don't have a house, my house is in Taiwan

LOL

I gave up. I saw a few Chinese in Makkah. I asked them "Zai nali?" From where? They will answer either from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan

:sl:

Tent in Chinese is Zhang Peng (帳蓬) or Wo (幄). 你的崋語也不錯呀 (Ni De Hua Yu Ye Bu Cuo Ar) :thumbs_up

I had never came across Jamaah frm Taiwan when I'm performing Hajj? I only met Jamaah from China and many of them are from Western part of China. Some are from North-East. Long time I hadn't speak Chinese, hehe.

[malayloveislam]

actually I am crazy about anything related to the far east culture....including language as well.

so yeah, lets learn the basics because I know NOTHING at all in Chinese....have been learning Japanese in the time being.

:sl:

Chinese is easier than Japanese, sister, well at least in grammar. I learned Chinese for more than 12 years in my country. While Japanese I only learned for two years. I envied Mi Le Xing, he can master Chinese while I can't master Japanese well because I'm learning it in hurry. I'm now revising the notes again after finishing my study last week in the varsity :D.

[malayloveislam]

我愛真主, 我愛默罕默德!

Wo Ai Zhen Zhu, Wo Ai Mu Ha Ma De!

I Love Allah SWT, I Love Muhammad (SAW)!

[Mawaddah]

^ Nice! I've just been learning Chinese for a bit over a month now in Kota Damansara and I'm loooooooooving it, and alhamdulillah i've been finding it very easy. Where did you learn your chinese brother?

[Yanal]

MashAllah I think these languages are enough for me:English,hindi,urdu,French and a bit of espanoil(Spanish)

[malayloveislam]

^ Nice! I've just been learning Chinese for a bit over a month now in Kota Damansara and I'm loooooooooving it, and alhamdulillah i've been finding it very easy. Where did you learn your chinese brother?

Salam sister Mawaddah, I learned it through self-learning. I had been learning it since 15 years ago by memorizing Chinese characters that were written on the signboards on Chinese business premises in Malaysia. Eventually it came to serious learning where I bought various books on Chinese including those of Chinese nursery exercise books :D.

Insya-Allah sister, you can already converse in Chinese when you reach three months. However, practice makes perfect. Also get used to Chinese in the TV and Radio. We have 8TV, NTV7, and radio channels like Ai.Fm, 99.88, and etc.

[Danah]

:sl:

Chinese is easier than Japanese, sister, well at least in grammar. I learned Chinese for more than 12 years in my country. While Japanese I only learned for two years. I envied Mi Le Xing, he can master Chinese while I can't master Japanese well because I'm learning it in hurry. I'm now revising the notes again after finishing my study last week in the varsity :D.

I found pronouncing Chinese is much harder than Japanese....I don't know but when I tried to watch something Chinese I could not figure much differences between words or vowels.

MashaAllah you are good at both Japanese and Chinese, how many other languages you can speak brother?

[malayloveislam]

I suppose that Beijing Mandarin is difficult to be pronounced especially the consonants like zh, z, c, and ch. Chinese has several dialects. Southern dialects like Cantonese or Fujianese are easier to be pronounced. While Japanese is phonetic in pronunciation.

[ella1126]

dear everybody, i am ella from China,Chinese is my mother language.
So if any body is interested in it ,just ask me, i glad to help every body who would like to know more about Chinese:sunny:

[Zico]

dear everybody, i am ella from China,Chinese is my mother language.
So if any body is interested in it ,just ask me, i glad to help every body who would like to know more about Chinese:sunny:

First welcome to the LI fourms :D

I would like to learn chinese but I'm still learning spanish. Thanks for the offer though :sunny: You'll probably find a lot here who wants to learn chinese. Good Luck :bump1:

[Wyatt]

:D I just started to learn 汉语!

I know Japanese, so 汉字 are easy for me. :bump1:

Very interested!! :statisfie

谢谢你们!

[جوري]

dear everybody, i am ella from China,Chinese is my mother language.
So if any body is interested in it ,just ask me, i glad to help every body who would like to know more about Chinese:sunny:

greetings

how do you say 'peace be upon you' in chinese

also

'could you please direct me to the bathroom'
'where is the nearest phone'
'where can I purchase a phone card'
'is this food vegetarian'

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Chinese'


and lastly 'thank you' as well for your replies in advance

peace

[Wyatt]

greetings

how do you say 'peace be upon you' in chinese

also

'could you please direct me to the bathroom'
'where is the nearest phone'
'where can I purchase a phone card'
'is this food vegetarian'

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Chinese'


and lastly 'thank you' as well for your replies in advance

peace

I can tell you this:

Peace is 和平 (hépíng) but is pronounced like "Huh-Ping"
(uh ~~ rust)

Thank you is 谢谢, or xièxiè which is like "Shee-eh Shee-eh" (NOT Shee shee, and make your "sh" a light sh.)

:D

[جوري]

I can tell you this:

Peace is 和平 (hépíng) but is pronounced like "Huh-Ping"
(uh ~~ rust)

Thank you is 谢谢, or xièxiè which is like "Shee-eh Shee-eh" (NOT Shee shee, and make your "sh" a light sh.)

:D

Greetings..

thank you.. how about all of the above in Japanese..
and while at it can you recommend for me a good Japanese horror :haha:..

peace

[Beardo]

Learn Chinese in 5 minutes... (YOU MUST read them out loud)
---

1) That's not right ......... Sum Ting Wong

2) Are you harbouring a fugitive?..... Hu Yu Hai Ding

3) See me ASAP..........Kum Hia Nao

4) Stupid Man ..............Dum Gai

5) Small Horse ...........Tai Ni Po Ni

6) Did you go to the beach? ........Wai Yu So Tan

7) I bumped into a coffee table ........Ai Bang Mai Ni

8) I think you need a face lift .......Chin Tu Fat

9) It's very dark in here .....Wao So Dim

10) I thought you were on a diet ......Wai Yu Mun Ching?

11) This is a tow away zone .......No Pah King

12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week ........Wai Yu Kum Nao?

13) Staying out of sight .........Lei Ying Lo

14) He's cleaning his automobile ..... Wa Shing Ka

15) Your body odor is offensive .......Yu Stin Ki Pu

[GreyKode]

Learn Chinese in 5 minutes... (YOU MUST read them out loud)
---

1) That's not right ......... Sum Ting Wong

2) Are you harbouring a fugitive?..... Hu Yu Hai Ding

3) See me ASAP..........Kum Hia Nao

4) Stupid Man ..............Dum Gai

5) Small Horse ...........Tai Ni Po Ni

6) Did you go to the beach? ........Wai Yu So Tan

7) I bumped into a coffee table ........Ai Bang Mai Ni

8) I think you need a face lift .......Chin Tu Fat

9) It's very dark in here .....Wao So Dim

10) I thought you were on a diet ......Wai Yu Mun Ching?

11) This is a tow away zone .......No Pah King

12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week ........Wai Yu Kum Nao?

13) Staying out of sight .........Lei Ying Lo

14) He's cleaning his automobile ..... Wa Shing Ka

15) Your body odor is offensive .......Yu Stin Ki Pu

I got it...LOL.:thumbs_up:thumbs_up

[Wyatt]

Here's Japanese. I tried my best, but they may not be perfect translations.

Peace be with you - ご無事を祈る - Gobuji o inoru

'could you please direct me to the bathroom' - トイレはどこですか？ "Where is the bathroom?" (Toire wa doko des' ka?)

'where is the nearest phone' - 電話はどこですか？ "Were is a telephone?" - (Denwa wa doko des' ka?)

'where can I purchase a phone card' - "どこでテレホンカードを買うこと出来ますか？” (Doko de terehon kâdo o kau koto dekimas' ka?)

'is this food vegetarian' - "Is this vegetarian food?" - これは菜食ですか？ - (Kore wa saishoku des' ka?)

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Japanese'
日本語が話せないせいで、手話で指図して下さい。 - Nihongo ga hanasenai sei de, shuwa de sashizu shi_te kudasai. (Ignore the underscore, it censoured that word otherwise.)

Peace - 平和 - heiwa
Thank you - ありがとう - arigatô

Hmm. I don't watch much Japanese horror. I have only seem The Grudge (Ju-on) and The Ring (Ringu), but some good Japanese movies are:

Daremo Shiranai ("Nobody Knows") - 誰も知らない

and

Kikujirô ("Kikujiro", a name) - 菊次郎



This is for Gossamer Skye

[جوري]

Here's Japanese. I tried my best, but they may not be perfect translations.

Peace be with you - ご無事を祈る - Gobuji o inoru

'could you please direct me to the bathroom' - トイレはどこですか？ "Where is the bathroom?" (Toire wa doko des' ka?)

'where is the nearest phone' - 電話はどこですか？ "Were is a telephone?" - (Denwa wa doko des' ka?)

'where can I purchase a phone card' - "どこでテレホンカードを買うこと出来ますか？” (Doko de terehon kâdo o kau koto dekimas' ka?)

'is this food vegetarian' - "Is this vegetarian food?" - これは菜食ですか？ - (Kore wa saishoku des' ka?)

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Japanese'
日本語が話せないせいで、手話で指図して下さい。 - Nihongo ga hanasenai sei de, shuwa de sashizu shi_te kudasai. (Ignore the underscore, it censoured that word otherwise.)

Peace - 平和 - heiwa
Thank you - ありがとう - arigatô

Hmm. I don't watch much Japanese horror. I have only seem The Grudge (Ju-on) and The Ring (Ringu), but some good Japanese movies are:

Daremo Shiranai ("Nobody Knows") - 誰も知らない

and

Kikujirô ("Kikujiro", a name) - 菊次郎



This is for Gossamer Skye

Thanks so much, I notice the questions end the way, do you put the adverb at the end?

I'll keep those for my next trip to Japan, but I know they probably all speak English there..
Do the Japanese like foreigners or do they expect that you know the language? sort of like the french ;D

peace

[Güven]

Greetings..

thank you.. how about all of the above in Japanese..
and while at it can you recommend for me a good Japanese horror :haha:..

peace

One missed Call (Chakushin Ari ), The Eye , The Ring , The Grudge ( Ju-on) and Audition


:skeleton:

[Rabi'ya]

:sl:

wow chinese. What a fantstic language to learn. I find languages amazing. wonder if I can keep up with this thread.

[جوري]

One missed Call (Chakushin Ari ), The Eye , The Ring , The Grudge ( Ju-on) and Audition


:skeleton:

I watched the ring by myself in England, I was with my friend when she decided she really wanted to see some mulch(y) indo flick and didnt really care for horror... I was so terrified all night that black haired girl would be at the edge of my bed I kept burying my face beneath the sheets lol :D

[Güven]

I watched the ring by myself in England, I was with my friend when she decided she really wanted to see some mulch(y) indo flick and didnt really care for horror... I was so terrified all night that black haired girl would be at the edge of my bed I kept burying my face beneath the sheets lol :D

Lol me too , at first I couldn't even finish it but I got curious the next day and... I ended up regretting it but then again... I was alone and it was dark :D

[Wyatt]

Thanks so much, I notice the questions end the way, do you put the adverb at the end?

I'll keep those for my next trip to Japan, but I know they probably all speak English there..
Do the Japanese like foreigners or do they expect that you know the language? sort of like the french ;D

peace

Hah. They won't be able to speak English. They are usually nervous about foreigners because their English might not be so good even though the foreigner might speak fluent Japanese.
They do expect foreigners to speak Japanese because they are in Japan. They tend to find it very rude when a foreigner goes into a store or something and speaks English, usually loud and hand-motiony.

Even though they learn English throughout school, they usually don't speak it well because their way of thinking and structure of language is different enough. I would learn a lot more Japanese before going there, and learn proper etiquette and humility. ;D That cannot be stressed enough.

(Foreigners already have a bad reputation for being rude or loud, so the good majority of them who would like to move there or get a place are rejected at first.)

One thing, don't think it is racism though. At least take a culture and language class before going. :D :D

[جوري]

Hah. They won't be able to speak English. They are usually nervous about foreigners because their English might not be so good even though the foreigner might speak fluent Japanese.
They do expect foreigners to speak Japanese because they are in Japan. They tend to find it very rude when a foreigner goes into a store or something and speaks English, usually loud and hand-motiony.

Even though they learn English throughout school, they usually don't speak it well because their way of thinking and structure of language is different enough. I would learn a lot more Japanese before going there, and learn proper etiquette and humility. ;D That cannot be stressed enough.

(Foreigners already have a bad reputation for being rude or loud, so the good majority of them who would like to move there or get a place are rejected at first.)

One thing, don't think it is racism though. At least take a culture and language class before going. :D :D

fascinating.. I have made quite a few Japanese friends here in NY.. they all have very similar names all of them incredibly nice and proper..
tomoko, takami, satomi, yoako, Noako and mitstomo ishi (forgive the spelling of all) lol.. I think they all must have a K in their names? they have given me a different impression of Japan..
I have always loved Japan though I have never been.. my dad went once, I am not sure he liked it very much.. maybe because he didn't stay for too long... but I thought it would be on my list for the far east.. I also want to see Thailand if I can have the time...

peace

[Wyatt]

fascinating.. I have made quite a few Japanese friends here in NY.. they all have very similar names all of them incredibly nice and proper..
tomoko, takami, satomi, yoako, Noako and mitstomo ishi (forgive the spelling of all) lol.. I think they all must have a K in their names? they have given me a different impression of Japan..
I have always loved Japan though I have never been.. my dad went once, I am not sure he liked it very much.. maybe because he didn't stay for too long... but I thought it would be on my list for the far east.. I also want to see Thailand if I can have the time...

peace

They are generally very nice people. :D But, they are as varried as any other people, really. Read about hon'ne (本音) and tatemae (建前) or the confucianistic mindset. I, admittedly, have never gone to Japan, but I interact with Japanese people and have taken classes on their culture. I am going to major in it for University. :thumbs_up:thumbs_up

Their names often end in "-ko" for a touch of 'feminine', I guess. It literally means "child" which gives it a cute feeling. (It is written as 子.) K's are quite popular, aren't they? :sunny:

(this is getting off-topic. you could start a thread.)

[جوري]

They are generally very nice people. :D But, they are as varried as any other people, really. Read about hon'ne (本音) and tatemae (建前) or the confucianistic mindset. I, admittedly, have never gone to Japan, but I interact with Japanese people and have taken classes on their culture. I am going to major in it for University. :thumbs_up:thumbs_up

Their names often end in "-ko" for a touch of 'feminine', I guess. It literally means "child" which gives it a cute feeling. (It is written as 子.) K's are quite popular, aren't they? :sunny:

(this is getting off-topic. you could start a thread.)

Greetings...

interesting indeed and thanks for the heads up..
I think you covered most of what I needed here indeed, I don't think it will be necessary for me to start a thread-- so I'll hand it back to the OP and interested parties..

peace

[malayloveislam]

greetings

how do you say 'peace be upon you' in chinese

also

'could you please direct me to the bathroom'
'where is the nearest phone'
'where can I purchase a phone card'
'is this food vegetarian'

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Chinese'


and lastly 'thank you' as well for your replies in advance

peace

:sl:

Chinese Muslim are sometimes good in Arabic especially those who studied in al-Azhar and Mecca. They just transliterate the Arabic and Persian terms into Chinese. Peace be upon you is uttered in Arabic. When speaking to non-Muslim Chinese just greet them, Nin hai hao ma? (Lit. Are you still OK?) or Nin Hao Ma (How do you do?).

'could you please direct me to the bathroom'

Ch'ing nin zhan zhi wo qu chur suo hao ma?

'where is the nearest phone'

Fu jin de dian hua zhan shi zai na-ur?

'where can I purchase a phone card'

Dian hua ka, wo ke yi mai na li?

'is this food vegetarian'

Zhe shir-wu shi ts'ai su ma?

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Chinese'

Ni ke bu ke yi yong shou zhan zhi wo xiang huo zher t'a hui wo de wenti yinwei wo bu hui shuo han yu.

Sorry, no character, my computer now is without the dizzy pain characters :D.

[جوري]

:sl:

Chinese Muslim are sometimes good in Arabic especially those who studied in al-Azhar and Mecca. They just transliterate the Arabic and Persian terms into Chinese. Peace be upon you is uttered in Arabic. When speaking to non-Muslim Chinese just greet them, Nin hai hao ma? (Lit. Are you still OK?) or Nin Hao Ma (How do you do?).

'could you please direct me to the bathroom'

Ch'ing nin zhan zhi wo qu chur suo hao ma?

'where is the nearest phone'

Fu jin de dian hua zhan shi zai na-ur?

'where can I purchase a phone card'

Dian hua ka, wo ke yi mai na li?

'is this food vegetarian'

Zhe shir-wu shi ts'ai su ma?

'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Chinese'

Ni ke bu ke yi yong shou zhan zhi wo xiang huo zher t'a hui wo de wenti yinwei wo bu hui shuo han yu.

Sorry, no character, my computer now is without the dizzy pain characters :D.

lol.. how brilliant.. thanks so much.. I am going to save these..

:w:

[malayloveislam]

I also want to see Thailand if I can have the time...

peace

Hey, I have relatives in South Thailand. Our villages are just some kilometers from Thai-Malaysia border and we live in Malaysia side. You won't find much troubles in Thailand because there are many Muslims especially in South region, but avoid visiting Yala and Patani province although those provinces are with Muslim majority population, the places there are quite dangerous. If you still interested with South Thai and searching for Muslim area, you can go to Satun, Surat Thani and Songkhla provinces.

You can try visiting Northern Thailand too, many Chinese Muslims from Yunnan and Southern Thai Muslims migrate there for business, the region too is quite peaceful compared to other regions in Thailand, as far as I heard :thumbs_up.

[جوري]

Hey, I have relatives in South Thailand. Our villages are just some kilometers from Thai-Malaysia border and we live in Malaysia side. You won't find much troubles in Thailand because there are many Muslims especially in South region, but avoid visiting Yala and Patani province although those provinces are with Muslim majority population, the places there are quite dangerous. If you still interested with South Thai and searching for Muslim area, you can go to Satun, Surat Thani and Songkhla provinces.

You can try visiting Northern Thailand too, many Chinese Muslims from Yunnan and Southern Thai Muslims migrate there for business, the region too is quite peaceful compared to other regions in Thailand, as far as I heard :thumbs_up.

I have seen some amazing photos from a Lebanese Neighbor who went on a business trip to Thailand.. it was just breathtaking also the prices for goods were very reasonable and you can bargain for good quality merchandise..

I love eastern everything, art, textiles, spices but just for the colors not for food lol and I enjoy being in areas where the natives are friendly and helpful to others..

was thinking if there were an 'orient express' type train that runs through the far east that I'd consider traveling in such a manner when I have the time.. a trip like this needs proper planning to make use of every moment.. since they can be quite expensive...

:w:

[Wang Dongsheng]

I am Chinese, maybe I can help you if you want to learn about Chinese mandarin. And some friends told some wrong pronounce and spell in mandarin.

[Rahman.Moemen]

Hi, What is the difference between Chinese and Chinese mandarin?

[ardianto]

Hi, What is the difference between Chinese and Chinese mandarin?

Mandarin is one of few languages that spoken by Chinese people. There are other Chinese languages such as Hakka, Yue (including Canton), Jin, Wu, Hui, Gan, Xiang, Min, Ping.

But the most popular is Mandarin.

[Rahman.Moemen]

Mandarin is one of few languages that spoken by Chinese people. There are other Chinese languages such as Hakka, Yue (including Canton), Jin, Wu, Hui, Gan, Xiang, Min, Ping.

But the most popular is Mandarin.

So, which language is spoken in Chinese books and schools?
Thank you ardianto.

[ardianto]

So, which language is spoken in Chinese books and schools?
Thank you ardianto.

The unique thing about Chinese is, although they speak in few different oral languages, they can communicate through "Chinese character" that often misunderstood as Chinese alphabet. It's because one character represent one meaning.

In example, character for "tree"

Chinese call tree in few different words, depend on which Chinese language. But when they see this character, they know, this is tree.

So, which written language that used in Chinese books?. Only one, the Chinese character.

:)