Hi，I know 的 is used to indicate possession but I was wondering why it is not needed in the question 你家几口人 - How many people are in your family?I w ... [Read more]

  

When 对 begins a sentence followed by one or a list of nouns ending with 等 before the headword is 对 in that case best understood as "regarding" or "about"? ... [Read more]

  

Could you give me some suggestions regarding preparation of HSK 5? [Read more]

  

Please help to precisely translate these sentences below. It belongs to a song named "只要有你". Thanks.

1. 留得住世上一 ... [Read more]

  

I am struggling with that "一, yi1, one"-issue. Is there an exact rule, when the tonemarks have to be changed and when not? e.g.:yi2 ge4 (an [apple or so]) < tone mark changes to seco ... [Read more]

  

What would you recommend me first? Learning Chinese only by using pinying or Chinese Characters too? [Read more]

  

como se escriben las vocales en chino? [Read more]

  

I would like to know how is the past is formed in chinese, like "i was" or "i learned" simple past [Read more]

  

I am have  some problem with the measure words 'de' and 'ge'.....how do i use them? [Read more]

  

Hi,

Any suggestions to better understand the differences between 关于 and 根据 . 根据  is translated as according to while 关于 as in regard ... [Read more]