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I'm learning English now,so I've shared many useful daily expressions on my renren page(renren.com just like myspace.com or facebook.com), I think it may help you if I translate them into Chinese! :)
Here we go:…
Added by Zhang Wenzhuo on January 4, 2011 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments
I just read an article in The Atlantic:
What's the Best Language-Learning Technology Out There?
In the comments many readers suggested language learners watch TV shows (often dramas) to study the target foreign language.
Does anyone have suggestions on a good show to watch to study Chinese?
In…
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There are a few bars in Shanghai that all have 'Windows' in the name. They tend to attract Westerners and along with Westerners, come concerns.
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“菜鸟 cài niǎo” is a popular word. Interally, it seems like some kind of bird we can eat. However it means something like rookie or newbie.
Now I'm gonna tell the story behind "菜鸟":…
ContinueAdded by Zhang Wenzhuo on January 1, 2011 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
Okay so that picture is most likely a Japanese Sumo and I realize that this is a Chinese Mandarin site but what the hell, I liked the picture.…
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Yesterday I did my first face-to-face language exchange, swapping English for Mandarin. My partner was fun but my Mandarin was brutal. If you have ever heard a recording of your own voice & hated it, that's how it felt.
I found an exchange partner on italki. I…
Added by Brandon on December 29, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments
A few characters to remember for those just starting out.
口 – kŏu - means mouth, for hopefully obvious reasons :) :0 :O 口 & smaller versions of that box are often associated with…
ContinueAdded by Brandon on December 24, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
Unfortunately this 'how to' also involves female stereotypes but, eh, what can you do?
This character 要 - has several different meanings but this is how I remember the more dominant use as a fourth tone, yào. Generally it means…
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I have been using italki to ask random questions about Mandarin and could not resist this one. I heard on a chinesepod(cast) that calling someone 二百五 èr bǎi wǔ (250) means idiot.
They didn't explain the story but I got a few responses below. My favorite was provided by…
ContinueI really want more variety of fun & informal greetings to say to my 中国人同事 zhōng guó rén tóng shì。(chinese colleagues). I started saying 'What up' due to overuse on Futurama and want an equivalent.
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For those of you not in China 中国 zhōng guó, there's this "fun" system introduced where you can win small amounts of money by asking for official (see: tax accountable) receipts from restaurants and the like.
On these receipts, called 发票 fā piào, there's a scratch off area on the top. 99.9% of the time it's just…
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Okay so this one isn't that complicated but it has proven to be pretty memorable. It's just what I first thought when looking at the characters.
"if - in the event that" - 如果 - rú guŏ
如
I 'read' this starting with the left…
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Recently I was emailing with a Chinese friend and had to cancel plans because I was sick. I said:
我感冒
wŏ găn mào - i caught a cold
Her response:
可怜的家伙,好好休息吧
kĕ lián de jiā…
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Occasionally I invent my own stories to remember Chinese characters (汉字).
经 验 - jīng yàn - (and can add a 的 de on the end to make experienced adjective).
Start with second character,…
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