Steven Said:

How do I learn to write Chinese?

We Answered:

I would, if I were you, follow the book and try to learn the characters as they are presented to you by your material. What you want to do is take each character and imprint it in your mind in a way that, simply by glancing on it, you are reminded of it's meaning.

Ideographic characters are different from Latin alphabet because each character portrays a meaning: you probably already knew this. But, that is the key to learning them deeply. Also, where possible, try not to focus on very similar characters too early. Yearn for contrast, and the subtle nuances will come later, once you're already more familiar with those characters at a glance.

Maureen Said:

What kind of free ipod app lets me write chinese?

We Answered:

its called the chinese writing app

Velma Said:

What is an effective way to teach myself to read and write Chinese?

We Answered:

rosetta stone

Helen Said:

What's the point of learning how to write chinese characters when there is pin yin?

We Answered:

why not the other way?
ditch tradition? no way~

Rhonda Said:

Chinese: How do people write Chinese characters on a computer?

We Answered:

Well, if you want to get the idea on how it's done you can go to this website: http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/ime.h…
You don't have to download anything and there are instructions on how to use it at the bottom.

Then, if you want to download a program, you can search for "google pinyin" and then download that. Or here is a link if you want: http://tools.google.com/pinyin/

It's pretty easy. You just switch from English to Chinese by pressing the blue square botton on your tool bar that says "En" and then start typing away in pinyin. Once you press the space button it converts to hanzi. If there's more than one character you can use for a word then a menu will pop up for you to choose from.