Do you think that CHINESE is a good language to learn?

Answer 1

yes - they will be taking over the world soon lol

Answer 2

Of course, yes.
Perhaps one of your resolutions this year (or maybe last year) is to learn a new language.

Learning Chinese can be cool. But its not easy. Is learning Chinese worth the time, effort and expense? With over 1.3 billion Chinese-speaking people in China alone (that’s a fifth of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion World!), the figures say it is.

I’ve recently started to learn (properly, as in writing as well!), but my motivations might be different to anyone else’s. How can learning Chinese really benefit you? Perhaps the following can get you thinking:

Top Ten Reasons why you should Learn Chinese
1. Personal Interest
2. Tourism
3. Business and Career Opportunities
4. CV / Prestige
5. Social
6. Chinese Martial Arts / Sport
7. Calligraphy
8. Chinese Heritage
9. History
10. The Olympics
the whole article, you can read: http://forum.hellomandarin.com/viewthread.php?tid=185&extra=page%3D1

Answer 3

It's a good "foreign language" to your resume, because now Chinese economics is the biggest among fast growing economics at the East. But it's very difficult to learn this language to the perfect professional level. You should learn it only if you want to work in China or with Chinese partners, and it will take a lot of your time.

Answer 4

Yes, I've been learning for 4 years now and wouldn't regret it. For one, it's just so interesting. I love learning new characters. It is also spoken by a very large number of the worlds population, not just in China, but in many places around the world where chinese people have moved. I don't think you would regret learning it.

Answer 5

Firstly, the language of China is MANDARIN.
It also depends what you mean by good. Probably good, if you are going there................but, very difficult to learn and transcribe. It is certainly a challenge ? If you need just a few words in Mandarin, there is an excellent book "A few words in Mandarin". Ideal to get you by in China. There is also an interesting exercise in writing Mandarin. Again it is a challenge - but very rereading.
Get the book and have a study - you will soon know if this is for you.
The last person to attempt the language, without the book, committed CHOP SUICIDE !!
Jolly good luck to you. I wish you well.

Answer 6

That must be the most vague question ever. All languages could probably be classed as GOOD languages to learn. It depends what your intended use is.

Answer 7

Ehm..
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It's a very good program and easy to use.
Bye

Answer 8

nah. firstly mandarin is an entirely different way of writing so increadibly difficult to learn. And anyway Engliah is the International language so you'll be fine

Answer 9

For I am a Chinese, I suggest you not to learn the stuff.
我以中國人身分建議你們不要學這樣東西.


Which one you wanna learn from chinese languages? (Just like Spanish, Portugese, Italiano, Ladino, Romanian....are called Italian/Latin languages)

Chinese language group isn't easy to learn. I'm a chinese jew. My native language is Cantonese. I also speak Mandarin fluently(Too bad it isn't English...). Mandarin seems useful in the world. But I observe the behaviour of chinese, they can't build a country. Though Mandarin and Hindustani speaking society has been always at the top of the world's population, English and Arabic still get the most influence in the world.

If you need to learn Mandarin, you need to learn pinyin(bopomofodetenelegekehe...which is actually sound:pophomofotethenelekekhexe..),
4/5 tones(yinpin[5to 5],yangpin[3to5],shangsheng[from2,1to4],qusheng[5to1],qinsheng[no actual sound at all]),
basic characters,
basic(but difficult) grammar.........

It is hard for non-chinese people to learn. You American is lucky, the school use simplified chinese,(which is used in communist china, simplier).
But if you go to Hong Kong, The Republic of China or Macau. We write traditional one. Are you sure you can got both two characters in handy?(if no, thx to Mao Zedong)
"Expert" said: Learning Chinese languages need two sides of brain but others didn't. This is due to the writing system.

Face the truth, Mandarin is hard to learn, English is second. But still if you want to learn, I won't stop u. If you got a question on basic madarin, find me. Maybe I can help you.

If you want to learn Cantonese. I don't think you need it. It is used for making jokes(that's why Hong Kong people is the best joke maker) and cry foul. And it's more complicated since other Chinese languages has variated by Mongol or native hill tribe ethnics but Cantonese and Hakka still keeps the nearly traditional pronuncation(which is, complicated)

By the way, Hong Kong people(me) reject to speak Mandarin. We speak Cantonese. Hakka division(my ethnic group) speak Hakka. Chaozhou speak Tsouzhou. Shanghai speak Shanghainese... Though Mandarin is general language, local people mix'em up. Perhaps you cannot easily listen to in some places.



reasons for you not to learn:
1. Chinese always the most speaking language group. It doesn't mean growth of economic.
2. Chinese is learning English 'coz some of them want to immigrate to USA
3. London, Tokyo and Hong Kong will take the place of New York on financial influence.(Two places can speak English, one speak Japanese)
4. Learning Chinese never improve the academic development in college much unless you study East Asia.
5. Are you sure your live need so???
6. You may easily be poisoned by dark communism in learing material.(serious, National anthem, basic knowledge on China...)
7. If you ONLY need to train your right side of brain , you may not need to learn Mandarin.
8. It may be joyful first time. But many of non-Chinese can't write a character properly. And learning material is lack of in writing.
9. There is actually not much rules in meaning of a word, or reading. And they can get confused easily. (Chinese languages are illogical)

Answer 10

我学中文
i LEARN Chinese

Answer 11

yes
its becoming vastly popular like japenese as so much of the western econmony now depends on the east