InvisibleMan

Hi Andy

I want to learn chinese & i've been looking around for books i can study before taking a course. Have you any recommendations?
which form of chinese can you speak?

All I know is that there is traditional,simplified chinese
cantonese & manderin. Is simplified cantonese now the 'standard' as i've heard that even a chinese person sometimes doesnt fully understand another dialect of chinese.

I know there are 4 "alphabets" or phonetic groups & as chinese is all about sounds & pitches how can i hear these 'sounds'

I have a lot of chinese films that are done in different dialects & i have noticed the 'written' & 'spoken' translations are quite different.

Any help would be appreciated thanks

Stefan

Andy Tang

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Answered in the Muppet Forum!

POC

Andy speaks 'fat' chineese!

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Andy Tang

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And Paul speak's crap!!!

POC

oooohhh *handbags*

Only joshing with ya Joey!

Paul

orbv

All so he can impress the girls at the local chinese

scooby555

He can go to the girls school and meet "Wai too yung"
He can ask for sloppy seconds "Goey chik"

Jerry B

Mat gwai ye??....sap jek sau ji yau cheung duen....

BOB.T

Ha nah, bin doh wahhh

Sorry, just reciting Waynes world, oh and no I don't by the way