Chinese dialects

I believe it to be Mandarin only. Seems that I saw that somewhere in the ads. Might wait for another answer to be sure or e-mail hosts.

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Hi I'm Dana! how do you download the audio lesson on an ipod?

I think you need to download iTunes first and then transfer the saved file to the ipod.

Speaking Mandarin in Chongqing, Sichuan, you will be understood readily by almost everyone. But when the locals speak in their Sichuan dialect, you would have great trouble understanding them. To find out about the dialect differences for Chongqing, Sichuan and Mandarin would take you many months if not years, coz people who live next door (next Province) to Sichuan, such as Hunan people need to strive hard to understand what Sichuan people are talking about in a group situation or even one on one. Do not get discouraged though... The conclusion is to learn Mandarin really well. Keep on the good effort. I appreciate your questions.

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Hi, I am just beginning this coarse and in one of the early lessons is explains about Mandarin is spoken in approix 75% of the region. It then goes on to say we are learning the Standard Chinese. Is Standard Chinses the same as Mandarin?

Great job, well done everyone. Thanks to 欧博思.

我只会说汉语 一点儿。I speak a little Chinese
Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ yǐjīng wugeyuè le。 我 学 习 汉 语 已 经 五个月 了。
Planning a trip to China via Hong Kong.
Need to practice speaking Mandarin. Thanks.
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It should be helpful. Younger people are all educated in Mandarin and since those areas often receive guests from different areas of the country then shopkeepers and whatnot should at least be conversational. They may have a very heavy accent though. Be prepared for things to sound similar to, but not exact as the stuff in the lessons here. I reckon it will be like when I went to Hangzhou. I talked a couple hours one night with one of the girls that worked at the hostel and among other things I still remember vividly how she said 历史 'li shi' history as "ni si". It stumped me for a bit lol. In addition, tones of words may be different than what you are used to due to influence from the local dialect.

Lastly, lets just say Mandarin will be way more useful than if you went to Hong Kong where if you don't know Cantonese then English may be better than Mandarin...

Thank you both for the response. I studied Mandarin several years ago and was hoping to use this course to refresh my memory now that I finally have a chance to visit China. It's good to hear that I'll be able to put my experience to use.