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General Discussion - Dog commands in Chinese
@timsls the dogs in China all speak Chinese - they seem to learn very quickly. :-) Fortunately dogs are also very good at body language. It is a good idea to keep your distance because there is a lot of rabies in China.
bodawei
General Discussion - search engine
hape,you are correct. The search function is obviously out of order - including, by the way, the Glossary search.
henning
Intermediate - Winter Fun
The first sentence of the transcript needs a correction - the English translation isn't in line with Amber's explanation above, which I'll quote below. "hi tongmeng and wjefferys, 冬天要到了。Dōngtiān yào dào le. It means that winter isn't h...
tingyun
Chinees Leren! - Nog een Nederlandse C-Poddie
Beste Kevin, Het is een goed idee om Chinees in China te gaan studeren; als je het geleerde gelijk kunt uitproberen, onthoud je het beter en bovendien pik je onbewust ook veel op doordat je veel Chinees hoort. Chinees leren is een beetje een ondank...
culturedragon
General Discussion - WOW
it's 魔兽世界 i think. it's really populat game here
therest
News 新闻 - Brachycephalus economicus wakes up
to clarify, brachycephalus is a (bad) pun mimicking the 中巴/巴中 of BrazilChina, it's not a covert reference to the word's etymology (having a short skull / brain)
goulnik
News 新闻 - A breath of fresh air at the embassy
2009年05月15日 日驻华大使:间谍案不影响两国外交 中日关系:乍暖还寒 对于前新华社官员向日本驻华大使宫本雄二泄密案件,宫本强调,事件不会影响对华外交。 原新华社外事局局长虞家复因间谍罪日前被判18年徒刑。 宫本周五(15日)在北京日本大使馆会见记者作出回应。 共同社引述他说,日本使馆方面一直遵守中国的法律,迄今为止所做的事"没有任何问题"。 他还表示,泄密案不会对今后的对华外交造成影响。 虞家复供称曾收受了宫本提供的现金。关于泄密案的详情及虞家复的供词是否属实,宫本均表示"无可奉告"...
goulnik
General Discussion - Help - cant download anki files
Thank you, I set up the mandarin file but when I go to import, the file downloaded from chinesepod is a x.txt file and is not recognized as importable. Any ideas?
fryear
Sydney - Sydney Meet and Greet
Yup yup! I'll be there! :) Chinatown at 1pm today! :)
light487
Elementary - Watch Out!
Hi yuikoc, I highly recommend www.englishpod.com
lechuan
General Discussion - Lesson Numbering System
I had the same concern, so to make sure I wasn't missing any lessons, I download ALL the lessons from all levels into one folder, run a perl script to make sure that no numbers are missing, then run another perl script to sort all files into individual folders...
lechuan
WeLoveChinesePod-Software - DL Media, Vocab Tour, etc.
Does anyone know if there is any way to edit the ini to download the media lessons or the vocab tour? Thanks again guys for this software. At risk of sounding like a broken record, I really appreciate all of the little mp3's. Having such a large assortment gi...
eupnea63355
Newbie - Exchanging Money
"That's right," the man said. "I couldn't remember the word." He was the only t, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 175 million active users in amount of visitors, making Facebook the ...
karleyrt
General Discussion - Are you a Chinese speaking 'Study Skills' 老师?
I am interested in making contact (if possible) with a Chinese speaking poddie with an academic background who is either already experienced in teaching or willing to design a course in "Study Skills" for Chinese freshmen at my school. By "Study Skills" I mea...
tal_
General Discussion - Her Parents
Nice to meet you! 见到你们真是太高兴了!jiàndào nǐmen zhēn shì tài gāoxìng le!
helenshen_counselor
Sydney - Sydney Lunch Meet Tomorrow!
Whoops, I meant Saturday the 16th!
threecats33
Sydney - Da Jia Hao
你好 Alan, 欢迎! maybe we can help you with your English and you can help us with our Chinese.Have you been in Australia long? Where are you from in China? You should say: I WOULD like TO share my Chinese culture.... Feel free to ask me a question at alancong...
threecats33
General Discussion - Hey,hey,hey~
Hi noiesy, Check out the getting stared guide here: http://chinesepod.com/help/using#1
lechuan
Vocabulary Picture of the Day - 裸体 luǒtǐ
That is very interesting! I was wondering what happened to "裸体一号" but maybe it's best not wonder such things! Thanks for posting that.
elliot
Poems with Pete - Stopping at a Friend's Farm -- 过故人庄
hi
khurasany