Adhya wrote: hao...wo hui shuo zhong wen? ni you shenme shi? 大家好， I think, and my Chinese is really bad, 比较合适 way to ask this would be: Ni You Shen Me Shi Ma? 你有什么事吗? or simply, 有事吗? -- 我会一点点汉语 不够我的水平太差. 好好学习天天向上! If you are interested in learning Chinese or brushing up on your already excellent Chinese, there are many resources on the web . Try Zhongwen.com, Chinesepod.com (one of the best web-sites to learn Chinese), MDGB.net and iciba.com. To find out how many characters (汉字) you know, try this site: http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html Good luck!