What is the best way for a foreigner to learn Chinese?

It's so hard to learning Chinese. I remember someone tell me learning English like learning ABC. But Chinese not. You have to put more effect , spend more time to remember the pronounced and the word. And the most hard to learning Chinese is writing. If you want to learning Chinese I suggest you looking for a Chinese teacher. Because it's so hard to learning Chines in online.

I wanna learn chinese too but I am horrible with language... I think the best way is to just talk to people who knows chinese and see where that takes you.

Chinese language seems really interesting and complicated. I don't see how one can rememeber so much.

Hi I dont' know whether you're still in Meizhou. I was in Guangzhou and Zhuhai and I have taught expats Mandarine for 2 years. I know it's not so easy for a foreigner to learn Chinese especially when you're in Canton. There are too much dialect in China and people from different dialect could speak very different Mandarine. Especially Cantonese ues very different words from the people from the north of China. I'm not sure how about in Meizhou since Meizhou people don't speak Cantonese but Hakka. If you cannot go to school for a full-time student learning Chinese, it'll be more difficult. But I have a positive example from one of my student. He's from Germany and works in Zhuhai. He learned only from Chinese tutors in his spare time after work but he has strong willing to learn and to comunicate with Chinese, plus he never gives up. Now he can travel in China very independently, i.e. no need any interpreter. I should say he has the survival Chinese skill but not working one. But it's still very helpful for him to have great relationship with his Chinese colleagues. To learn and to practice and never give up! Good luck!

I'm really curious to have an update about your chinese studies, after 3 years you started this discussion. About me, after living in china for more than 10 months, I guess I've learned not more than 20 words ;) Anyway I've improoved my english during this time, the good is my wife not only talk chinese, but can speak english too, so we can understand each other (at least the most of the time ;) )