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Old June 08, 2010, 01:13 PM
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I'm not sure about that. :/ I don't think there's any place that don't use yu. they all use it. and wen too. they are both correct. yu is used most often.

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Old June 27, 2010, 09:51 PM
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There are a couple instances where the two words are not interchangeable, but they are for the most part.

Just make sure you never say 中语
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Old June 30, 2010, 08:08 AM
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Chinese is a very difficult language to learn. Do you think so?
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Old July 01, 2010, 10:20 AM
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meh not really, but then again, I'm Chinese ..... hard for some, but maybe not that hard for others
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Old July 02, 2010, 04:48 AM
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In terms of grammar needed for basic conversation, not really. As you get more advanced though, it does get difficult because there are many different things you can do, and its hard to know what exactly you can't do.

Pronunciation and writing/reading are, however, difficult for speakers of most languages.
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Old August 11, 2010, 04:44 AM
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Jaja, Cantonese is perhaps one of the most tonal among all Chinese dialects. It has 9 tones and 3 base tone levels!
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If 4 tones look difficult, try Cantonese (Guangdong hua), it has 7 tones...
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Technically speaking, currently there is no so-called 'standard' romanizations among the Chinese-speaking world of the Greater China(Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other Chinese-speaking regions or overseas Chinese communities).
Pinyin (aka Hanyu Pinyin romanization systems for Mandarin Chinese) is the current standard system used in mainland China and adopted by the Singapore governments, too.
In Taiwan, I think they use Gwoyeu Romatzyh (aka GB, literally "National Language Romanization") or Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II(aka GR 2), but don't know for sure.
In Hong Kong, our official language is actually Cantonese rather than Mandarin, and we mainly use two or three types of romanizations: HK Government Cantonese Romanisation, Jyutping or Standard Cantonese Pinyin.
Among the overseas Chinese speakers, some people, especially the older generations, may still use other systems such as Wade–Giles, or Yale Mandarin(Cantonese).
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Thanks for your explanation. We've all wondered, I'm sure, how Peking and Beijing, two radically different 'standard' spellings, could possibly have the same pronunciation. How close is Beijing to the actual pronunciation, and are there tone markers?
I know that hao sounds like how. Does the last syllable of pengyou sound like you (yoo), or is it said like the American pronunciation of yo?
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Kinda? Complicated? Those words are two mild, lol!
The measure words are totally daunting. They drove me crazy and they still do...
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The measure word thing sounds kind of complicated.
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ming tian qi xing ji? =) zui jin hai hao ma? I amtaking chinese class . I am so happy my dream came true .^^ wo shi yi ge xue sheng. wo shi zhong wen xi de xue sheng!!!=) ming tian jian!!! =) I just have 2 weeks having chienese class. but I learnt a lot of thign from you !!!!
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Old September 13, 2010, 08:32 AM
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hi, I`d like to learn some verbs =)
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which verbs do you want to know?
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for example: to know, to speak. to go, to look (ka) to eat, take a shower .. so on =)
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