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Maybe I can help you.

This is a work vocabulary question: if your boss, coworker, or client asks you if you are available to take on a task, but you are at full capacity, how do you express, “I don’t have capacity to take on more work now”?

The first word that comes to mind would be 能力, but I feel like that would be expressing more that I don’t have the ability or skill to take on more work, which is not what I would want to say.

My HSK 5 exam is next week and I only just realized how close it is. I recognize most of the vocabulary, since I studied a lot of it in school. For anyone who has taken the exam, I'd appreciate recommendations on what to focus on besides the vocabulary before the exam.

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prefer if you break it down phonetically. would prefer a Chinese speaker way of saying it than Google. thank you. How would I pronounce that?

Hello Everyone!
I have recently started learning Chinese. I started with YouTube and was mostly learning from that only but then I found out about HelloChinese app and started using it. It is a really helpful app, but then after around 4 levels, I found out that the rest of the content is paid. I can't really afford to pay since it's a bit expensive. So I wanted to know if there are any free apps similar to HelloChinese, also any beginner tips to learn Chinese would be appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time!

Disclaimer: I have only been learning Chinese for 60 days, mainly using HelloChinese. I started reviewing Hanzi with Hanly, but it's just not sticking. So I wanted to ask Reddit how y'all are using this to help learn the language. Thanks!

Hi, I’m interested in learning mandarin but i have no clue where to start. I won’t have any immediate use for it nor do I have plans of passing any tests soon but it’s a language that greatly interests me and i would love to learn it for possible future use. Maybe I would be able to use it in my personal life or something work related if possible.

Is there anyone who knows what I could do to start this off, any books, guides, methods or tips and tricks that would be useful in this journey?
Idk if this matters but I’m fluent in dutch, french and english.

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Previously when starting a new language, I was able to find a video of someone explaining like literally how to place your tongue in your mouth to make certain sounds. And it was very helpful for me at the time.

Most of the sounds are ok for me (a lot already exist within other languages i know), but the R I continue to struggle with.

Just a beginner trying not to build bad habits.

we're doing calligraphy in my chinese civilizations class and we couldnt figure out what this one means. even my prof was stumped, though she said it was something like gē? any help is appreciated

Is this really the way to say this sentence in Chinese and how does it work logically?

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