anyone learning chinese? (20)

1 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-02 06:26 ID:64forw1c

here on this board everyone seems to be learning japanese in some way or another, but is anyone learning chinese? i am currently taking a course in chinese, and it is hella hard. the characters are nearly impossible for me. any tips on how to memorize those annoying characters? and is japanese easier than chinese?

2 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-02 12:39 ID:5Tg4KwqI

ni hao!
wo ai ni!

All the chinese you'll ever need you can learn from Ranma 1/2

3 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-02 14:08 ID:bMSm58L2

Chinese is too tough, so I think I'll learn an easier language like Japanese/Korean first

4 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-02 15:35 ID:Ptmv9S34

Chinese seems like a language which will offer a lot of oppurtunity, considering the extent of modern Chinese economic power. I would assume that, if you stay with it, it should be able to help you with your job opportunities, especially if you have an interest in international business.
I, too, would be interested in learning it for this reason, but I have moral issues with supporting Chinese businesses (and, therefore, the Chinese government, which I find to be mostly covertly, and often overtly, oppressive.)
Anyways, I would disagree with post 3, as I doubt that learning either Korean or Japanese would be an easy task.

5 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-02 17:45 ID:H6VVxvpP

break off the chinese characters into parts. and write write write!!!!!!! you HAVE to write each word a billion times and through repitition, you'll learn it. That's how people in china learn...a good deal of stuff actually. memorization through repitation. that's how I was taught. it's long and boring but so far, it's the best way since by doing it, it sinks in better.

and every time you write the word, alternate between pronouncing it, the meaning, or anything else you want to link to that word.

it's tough but worth it!

ADD OIL! JIA YAO (i'm canontese so i'm not sure if that's the right pingying for mandarine :P)

<(*_*)/ ADD OIL!

6 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-03 03:04 ID:bMSm58L2

>>4
I considered them easier because of the smaller knowledge of chinese characters necessary to read the language. Japanese is ~2000, whereas Chinese is ~20,000? Hmmmm I really don't have a clue, but it seems much larger.

7 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-03 03:12 ID:fBSKxogO

im 4th year chinese in high school, yeah its hard, just, keep writing them over and over, and memorize the radicals, it helps alot.

ni men bu shuo hua! han yu hen rong yi! wo yao xue ri yu...zai...da xue xiao

8 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-03 03:13 ID:fBSKxogO

NI DE MAMA DE PIGU HEN DA!!!

yeah, my chinese, actually sucks though hahahaha, i have no idea how im still getting a B in this class

9 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-03 03:56 ID:Heaven

>>7
you guys have Chinese class in highschool?
I envy you

10 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-03 05:47 ID:h53kly16

>>9

So did I, and Japanese, and Russian, and a few others.

11 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-04 08:01 ID:h53kly16

Actually, I have a question: Do any of the people here who know chinese, know of a sane way to enter things in chinese on the screen?

I would like to practice, and practicing through email could be useful.

>>1 My advice is to keep practicing it. Every once in a while, when you are thinking of what to say, try to figure out how you would say it in chinese. The same with the characters. Write stuff down. Verify your chinese whenever you have the chance, though, so you aren't teaching yourself incorrect usage, pronunciation, and characters.

I'd love an opportunity to practice, I'm foggier than I want to be on some of the details now. For example, I remember all sorts of words associated with writing, but forgot the word for the action itself. Problem was, I rarely had the chance to use it anymore in front of someone else.

12 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-04 11:58 ID:MZ/ernMT

>>11 Actually, I have a question: Do any of the people here who know chinese, know of a sane way to enter things in chinese on the screen?

NJstar Chinese Word Processor.

13 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-04 18:48 ID:wChZO2fr

>>12 I used to use nj star but since i've switched over to windows xp, i'm able to enter japanese and chinese much more easily through xp's IME

14 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-06 15:44 ID:Dkj+UWAy

我没学中文

15 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-06 21:15 ID:Heaven

ぜんぜん分かりませんけど… /(;-_-)

16 Name: VIPPER 2006-02-06 23:27 ID:Heaven

中国語わかんないwwwww

17 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-07 02:24 ID:Heaven

中国人は日本に来たら、漢字を読めなくても全部分かるはずだ。便利だな~

18 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-07 16:37 ID:ut57NJS2

orz...

I can't get the mac os X chinese character input to work. It shows radicals as I type, like kotoeri does, but when I'm done with the word, it just stays there, and I can't scroll or do anything to get to any characters. What am I doing wrong?

19 Name: Random Anonymous 2006-02-07 17:07 ID:ut57NJS2

Okay, I can get some characters, but I need pronouns, and I'm being denied. Any ideas?

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