My learning of chinese Well, I'm student in university and I study foreign languages. I began to learn chinese in september and it's really hard for me, because of all those characters, which seems like small drawings made by a child. But, when I try to write them I feel like I need to have a degree in arts, because it's so hard ! The pronunciation of chinese is also very difficult. There are 4 different tones. One makes you sound like you are asking something, the other like you are skiing, another like you are singing and the last as if you were angry. So when I speak chinese I feel like I'm acting in a play. Chinese is a beautiful language full of traditions and habits, and every character tells you an history. So learn it if you can !