FAQ
 
1.
 What is Mandarin?
Mandarin is, in fact, not a language. It is just a kind of pronunciation of the Chinese language. As there are too many kinds of pronunciations of Chinese, people need a kind of pronunciation that all Chinese people can understand. Therefore, the government of China selected Mandarin as standard pronunciation of Chinese.
   
2.
 What is Cantonese?
  Cantonese is a kind of pronunciation of Chinese. It is spoken in Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao, China. The word Canton stem from the pronunciation of word Guangdong in Cantonese pronunciation.
   
3.
 What is the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese?
  Mandarin (standard pronunciation of Chinese) and Cantonese share the same grammar and writing, but their pronunciations differ greatly.
   
4.
 Which one should I learn as a beginner, Mandarin or Cantonese?
  As Mandarin is widely spoken in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Singapore, QBLChinese suggests that you'd better learn Mandarin as a beginner.
   
5.
 Which one does QBLChinese teach, Mandarin or Cantonese?
  QBLChinese teaches Mandarin (standard pronunciation of Chinese).
   
6.
 How many pronunciations of Chinese are there in China?
  Besides Cantonese, there are quite a few pronunciations of Chinese in China, such as Shanghai pronunciation, Zhejiang pronunciation, Hunan pronunciation, Yunnan pronunciation, Sichuan pronunciation, Shanxi pronunciation , Fujian pronunciation, Guangdong pronunciation (Cantonese), Guangxi pronunciation , Hainan pronunciation , Henan pronunciation, Dongbei pronunciation, Shandong pronunciation, Taiwan pronunciation etc. They all, however, share the same grammar and writing as Mandarin, while their pronumciations of Chinese characters are different from each other.
   
7.
 Where are Chinese simplifed and Chinese traditional used?
  Chinese simplified is used in mainland China and Singapore, and Chinese traditional is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.
   
8.
 Is the voicemail tutorship offered by QBLChinese important?
  Yes, it makes a difference. Without the study method and theory of QBLChinese, you won't be able to master Chinese easily in a short time. And Chinese Teacher 2007 is designed on the basis of QBL's language-learning theory.
 In a word, Chinese Teacher 2007 + the language-learning theory and method of QBLChinese = success in Chinese learning.
   
9.
 What's the relationship between Chinese and Japanese?
  As Chinese culture had a great influence on Japanese culture over the past 2000 years, one third of Japanese characters are Chinese characters traditional. In fact, Japanese language is a variation of Chinese language. However, Japanese characters are not monosyllabic, while Chinese characters are all monosyllabic
   
10.
 What's the relationship between Chinese and Korean?
  The influence of Chinese culture upon Korean culture is great, too. In order to avoid different interpretations, the constitution of South Korean employs lots of Chinese words to annotate many Korean words that might cause different interpretations. Therefore, Chinese characters account for one fourth in the South Korean constitution. Korean characters are all monosyllabic. The pronunciations of some Korean characters are similar to their counterparts in Chinese.
   
11.
 Are Chinese characters hard to learn?
  The Chinese characters should have been called Chinese words. And there are only 3900 words in Chinese. How many words are there in your language totally? Is there any langauge whose number of words is as little as the number of Chinese words in the world? The answer is NO! Don't spend too much time on learning Chinese pinyin (phonetic symbols) any more. What would happen if someone only learn the phonetic symbols of your language? QBLChinese has discovered an easy way to learn Chinese words. Learning Chinese at QBLChinese is like drinking water!