Could you tell me how to learn chinese?

tep 1: Learn the Tones
Mandarin is a tonal language, which means if you say a word with the wrong tone or inflection, you can be misunderstood. There are four distinct tones. In Pinyin, tones are noted with numbers or tone marks, so pay attention to the marks as you read new words.
Step 2: Learn Basic Mandarin Phrases
You can easily learn a few basic phrases in Mandarin, like "Hello" and "Good-bye." Standard Mandarin has a short page of common phrases
Step 3: Writing Mandarin Characters
Mandarin's writing system consists of written symbols. There are two systems for writing Mandarin: traditional and simplified. Simplified characters are used mainly in China and Singapore, while Taiwan uses traditional writing. Beginners, however, usually start with lessons in Pinyin, which is Chinese written phonetically in the Latin alphabet.You'll learn more about writing in intermediate and advanced classes, but even a beginner should familiarize himself with Chinese characters.

HI, Rish, Where are you from? Can speak English fluently? I am a chinese girl, I can teach you chinese by skype and you should teach me English. is that ok for you? My skype ID:zhanglan0522

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OK , Thank you, I just want to make friends with foreign and commicate weach other.Who will help me?

Hi Rish,
I am a Chinese girl.If you want to learn Chinese,I think I can help you a little.
Learn Chinese is easy than to learn English.My English is poor......

I think you can start on learning how to use the pronunciation characters, and learn the meaning of words as an individual word..... b/c every word in Chinese has its particular meaning... it's like a word root in English ! except they do mean something when they stand along! so if you do know many characters, you can infer the combining meaning of a certain vocabulary ! Good luck!


OR WATCH THE TV, IT HELPS A LOT !!!!

Hi，I am a chinese, and my mandarin is good enough to help you learning english. you could help me learning english as return.

my skype id is : maksimyann, if you want to language exchange with me, contact me. Hope to chat with you !

Hi Rish,
Join some classes to learn Chinese.

i can help you ,i am chinese if youadd me

I am a Chinese girl, I would like to teach you Chinese and improve my Enligsh at the same time , my skype name is iren344, if you are interested , pls add me .

may be u can make a Chinese friend, haha