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The sentences in this section have lots of new vocabulary and some of them can be quite involved. That makes the testing section much harder. I do notice that the Rocket Review quizzes us on many of the individual words. However, most of those words an...
4 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - January 20, 2014
Why do my notes just disappear when I save them?
Why can't I save my notes online??
4 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - January 19, 2014
Survival Kit "House" display problems
There display text glitches in this section. For instance, "dānyuánfáng" is displayed as "da nyuánfáng". Also, "gōngyù" is displayed as "go ngyù" and "fángjiān" is displayed as "fángjia n". Further down "mǎtǒng" is displayed as "ma to ng" ...
4 replies - Last post by Lin-Ping - January 15, 2014
Lesson 3.1 “Catching A Ride” Feedback
First, the “Extra Vocabulary” section has the same usual group of words that we have seen before plus a couple newer words. I would like to see more words and phrases from this lesson included as well. Here are some examples from this lesson where the E...
3 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - January 7, 2014
Lesson 3.4 "Phone Call" Feedback
I am currently doing the "Write It" test where we are supposed to write the Chinese after hearing it. It recites numbers and when I write the Chinese if marks it wrong expecting the digits instead. This is a little bit annoying. In the lesson itself, t...
0 replies - Last post by Robert-C7 - January 2, 2014
Guys - just wanted some feedback on learning tones. Some websites and books suggest that you make up stories to try and remember Chinese vocab and their respective tones, but I'm not sure if that is likely to be a hindrance later on? In other words, when ...
6 replies - Last post by Robert-C7 - December 13, 2013
Great improvements over the last year
I started Rocket Chinese and did a break for about 9 months. With the New Year's pledge of studying chinese more i started again and I am very surprised how many improvements you implemented over this short timeframe. I like the tablet version, the new "...
5 replies - Last post by Robert-C7 - December 9, 2013
1. Whenever I tried to test, most things do not seem to work. I can't get the system to evaluate my pronounciation, my mic works and it also shows, but nothing happens, I cannot get the program to rate my progress. just the Quiz works but that's all and s...
5 replies - Last post by Robert-C7 - November 25, 2013
I would like to suggest a website that is of tremendous assistance to students of Chinese. It has a basic English/Chinese dictionary in characters or Pinyin and will even provide audio pronunciation albeit rather limited in use. There are also many more f...
7 replies - Last post by 524822 - November 18, 2013
Ok, so this I was wondering if it would be possible to somehow remove certain words or phrases from the reviewing. I think they are really skewing my actual skill level for a given lesson. Words such as: Huanying Danyuan Di'er Di'liu Ke These have been c...
5 replies - Last post by 524822 - November 16, 2013
Nihao I started this course a few days ago. Today I really wanted to check out the Mega games but I cannot find out how to get to them. They seem nowhere in my course resources or practise resources. Qing tell me where I can find them. Xiexie Emiko :r...
6 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - November 13, 2013
Ratings save on some days and not on others
I have rated several lessons, mostly as a measure to myself to make note which ones I need to revisit until I know them better. My ratings will save and then I will come back a few minutes or a day later and all my ratings are gone! It's getting very frus...
4 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - November 13, 2013
PLEASE please please make a way to go to the next lesson without having to go to the home menu! I don't know if my app is glitchy or if it was designed this way. Currently, I can not figure out any way to get to the next lesson without going home then Roc...
2 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - November 13, 2013
Appreciate your help as I got stuck since lesson 1: When the tutor pronounces the word, there is a record button to record one's response. A dialog box "Adobe Flash player settings" appears with the selections "Allow" or "Deny". My problem is - no matte...
3 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - November 13, 2013
General Questions - Improvements
Hi I am Dawei - Beginer 1, My Notes Is it possible to be able to type from the keyboard in phonetic? 2. My Practice Is it possible to print content in PDF? 3. Survial Kit Is it possible to print content in PDF? xiexie
3 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - November 13, 2013
Hi! Is this chinese language cantonese or mandarin? Is there a difference?
2 replies - Last post by Lin-Ping - November 9, 2013
Content of Chinese Free for Premium members
Hello, I have the premium course for Chinese. I convinced my mom to also train chinese. At the moment she is doing the free course (the just bought the premium content). She has some special content (Phrase Master, Word Master and newsletter) in a separat...
5 replies - Last post by Lin-Ping - November 9, 2013
Rocket Chinese Premium Plus tracks
Hi, I've noticed a problem with the upgrade that I never seemed to have experienced with the Premium version and it's on the issue of loading. To clearly illustrate, I've never had any problems when I want to backtrack on the conversation in a given less...
18 replies - Last post by Alan-R-G - July 24, 2013
Lets Practice Our Chinese and introduce ourselfs!
ni hao im keyatta and i am lerning chinese i am mostly in love with learning japanese more but i am learning chinese to improve my skills and talk to chinese people!
2 replies - Last post by Alan-R-G - July 23, 2013
Appreciate your help as I got stuck since lesson 1: When the tutor pronounces the word, there is a record button to record one's response. A dialog box "Adobe Flash player settings" appears with the selections "Allow" or "Deny". My problem is - no matte...
10 replies - Last post by Alan-R-G - July 18, 2013
Hello, I'm new to the Rocket Chinese program and decided on doing about a different lesson every week. I have Premium 1 planned out for over about the next two years, but I have a question. After doing Premium Level 1 what level of proficiency or unders...
6 replies - Last post by Alan-R-G - July 17, 2013
Hi, everyone. I'm a Northern Canadian, and I seem to have gained a circle of interests that circle around China, so I thought it was time I learned the language. In the end, I'd love to learn traditional characters so that I can read Buddhist writings i...
6 replies - Last post by Alan-R-G - July 17, 2013
I am trying the "introduce yourself but since that isn't functional from my browser (Chrome) I chose feedback. My name is Beth and I have never studied Chinese until now. I am excited to be getting started and learning words and grammar. I lived in Chicag...
3 replies - Last post by Alan-R-G - July 17, 2013
How do I introduce myself to the forum ?
4 replies - Last post by bi-ai-sheng - July 4, 2013
I was wondering how far into the program should you be before attempting to do the various Stage tests? I know that it says half-way for Stage One, the end of the program for Stage Two, but what about Stage Three? And what would be considered half-way? Un...
2 replies - Last post by barryh - September 12, 2012
Could you please correct the Hotel name in the first line. It's neither Cannery nor Hilton: 坎纳酒店= ?? please help to correct the script or audio Also there is a 当(dāng) 时(shí) crept in later in the lesson. It's not in either pin yin nor English. should it...
8 replies - Last post by monte-j - July 13, 2012
Why is "shénme" pronounced the way that it is?
Why is the word "shénme" pronounced with the intonation of the voice low at first and then rising and ending on "me"? The intonation mark is confusing to me because at first glance, the mark would seem to mean that the voice starts low and then rises on "...
1 reply - Last post by Lin-Ping - July 13, 2012
Course question - please explain answer...thanks in advance
Choose the odd one that doesn’t fit into the group. nǎr jǐ ma le - ( correct ) Can someone please explain why le is correct? I must be missing something simple? Just an idea - but perhaps a breif explanation of why the answer is correct...
3 replies - Last post by Dionna-Monique - June 16, 2012
Thank you for a very inspiring course! It would be great if you had audio examples of the extra vocabulary. Also, I wonder about the words I keep in my own dictionary. When I play the audio sample it doesn't play the word but the whole sentence from where...
14 replies - Last post by dhaouia-g - April 26, 2012
Are the 20 CDs all new? In other words in ADDITION to the premium kit CDs that we have now? Also, does premium plus offer the online exercises like the premium? Thanks, Matt
1 reply - Last post by Rocket-Languages - April 17, 2012
Hello, My name is Dionna and I just want to say 谢谢 to Lin Ping and everyone at Rocket Languages. Back in September I decided I wanted to learn Mandarin and I was told to get Rosetta Stone. That it was the best bet to learn a language. What a waste of tim...
1 reply - Last post by Jaime_Andres - April 16, 2012
Hello, When selecting the Grammar lessons, the play button is missing from the example boxes to hear the correct pronunciation of the new word or phrase. Is there a setting or install step that I missed to have these displayed? Thanks in advance, JD
6 replies - Last post by Diane-C1 - March 18, 2012
nihao, just out of curiosity, i have only reached 60% progress with the rocket chinese premium plus level 2 I still have to complete all of the combined reviews but I am not completey done with it ~ but so far I am no where near fluency! not even cl...
5 replies - Last post by Oggiedoggy - January 5, 2012
Hey! I've got a great tip for learning faster: While I'm listening/reading the Chineese-course I'm playing playing with a RUBIKS CUBE or bouncing a BALL against the wall/floor. Why it helps? Well most people know that the left half of the brain is the log...
2 replies - Last post by kekulpac-- - December 5, 2011
Hello, I just finished taking the motivaitonal test and it seemed like there was an error in on of the questions. The question was: What is the right way to say “I can, thankyou.“ And the answer that it gave as correct was : “Wo haikeyi, xiexie.“ Doesnt t...
5 replies - Last post by Yi-H - October 28, 2011
May I suggest making the summaries of the lessons also available by download. I would like to be able to quickly listen to a dialogue without having to listen to ALL of the explanations to see if I can get it, but I have to either listen to the review in ...
5 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - October 18, 2011
In the Premium Satge 2 certificate test the question, "What is the meaning of `Huozhe', I gave it as "or" and it was shown as incorrect and should be "and" (he). All of my enquireies into this have confirmed that "or" is correct. Is this an RC error? Or i...
1 reply - Last post by Oggiedoggy - August 10, 2011
Hi, can someone explain the use of ben3 and what it means in this sentence? Also, would it be accept to just say "Zhuozishang you yishu."? Here's the sentence from lesson 1.9: 桌子上有一本书。 Zhuōzishàng yǒu yīběn shū。 There is a book on the table.
1 reply - Last post by Oggiedoggy - August 8, 2011
Dave: Jīntiān shíyuè shísìhào xīngqīèr。Zhège xīngqī nǐ mángma? Dave: 今天是十月十四号星期二。这个星期你忙吗? I THINK... that there is an extra shì in the second line. Note the third character in the second line. Either that, or it is missing in the pinyin. Having said that...
3 replies - Last post by Oggiedoggy - August 3, 2011
Ni hao, wo Jiao Keith. Wo shi Yingorren. I intend to visit Gauangzhou (Cong Hua) in December this year (2010). My wife and I have purchased a retirement apartment there. When I began this course - way back in August of 2009, I didnt know a word of Chinese...
3 replies - Last post by Lin-Ping - July 12, 2011
Can you please confirm the pronunciation of 英(yīng) 语(yǔ) Tao says yINg wheras Lin says yEUng Cheers
11 replies - Last post by howard - July 5, 2011
I have downloaded the mp3 lessons, but I would like to be able to get the mp3 files for just the conversations. This way i can play and loop the conversation to get lots of listening repetition on my ipod. Are these files available? If not, can they be m...
5 replies - Last post by Todd-B - May 25, 2011
Just a minor one....the Pinyin for 50 yuan is given as wu she instead of wu shi. The characters are correct.
0 replies - Last post by barryh - May 17, 2011
While I am aware that Simplified Chinese is in widespread use, Traditional Chinese is still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong and I was wondering if there was a way to view the scripts in Traditional Chinese in addition to the Simplified. Thanks!!
4 replies - Last post by howard - May 12, 2011
I am very much enjoying the Rocket Chinese lessons and have been practicing every chance I get in preparation for a trip to Beijing in July. I also have the Hanping Chinese dictionary app on my Droid smart phone and it's been really great for looking up ...
1 reply - Last post by howard - May 12, 2011
hi, i think theres an error in the pinyin script in 2.4. isn't 'to fasten' 系好 spelled xihao instead of jihao. i just wanted to point it out and tell you guys
2 replies - Last post by Oggiedoggy - March 28, 2011
hi, i was wondering if you could currently view the words you missed in a single game, or if there is a way to refer back to the ones i missed. thanks!
0 replies - Last post by david-- - March 24, 2011
The audio for terms like sir, madam, etc. is wrong. On "taitai" it's pronounces "xiaohuozi", for "xiaohuozi" it pronounces "xiaojie" etc.
0 replies - Last post by Galen-T - February 14, 2011
你好我市Patrice I was wondering why you are not going deeper into the chinese signs in your course. I´m learning chinese at a school too and i have to remember all the signs for the course, which is pretty hard but i think that is kinda like the coolest thing...
2 replies - Last post by barryh - January 16, 2011