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    <title><![CDATA[Comments on: Buying Batteries]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Since you are old enough now to buy a hard drink, you don't have much need to tap your tongue on a 9 volt battery to get a buzz anymore.  However, when the remote control goes south, you'll need to figure out what an AAA battery is in a language without A's.  It's harder than you think, so let ChinesePod ease your Mandarin battery buying experience.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-10 18:00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: clay]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69257]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[clay]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[This was inspired by my recent experiance trying to buy some double A's for my camera.  Ha, no such thing here.  

So either study this lesson, or bring the dead battery in question to the store with you....]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[This was inspired by my recent experiance trying to buy some double A's for my camera.  Ha, no such thing here.  

So either study this lesson, or bring the dead battery in question to the store with you....]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: mandomikey]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69259]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[mandomikey]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[So glad to see this lesson, as I was wondering about this very topic as recently as yesterday.  Thanks!]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[So glad to see this lesson, as I was wondering about this very topic as recently as yesterday.  Thanks!]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: foleadu]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69275]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[I saw that the 'Vocabulary' tab is using a new application to present the vocab.  Now, when I uncheck a word (i.e. I don't want to save it to my vocab manager) a popup windows comes up that says 'false'.    Just a bug?  I'm using Firefox

The lesson was useful.  I had noticed that China doesn't use the AA/AAA system, but never gotten around to learning what they use in its place.

On the supplementary vocab you have '没电' for no power.  How would you say it has a full charge?  满电？]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I saw that the 'Vocabulary' tab is using a new application to present the vocab.  Now, when I uncheck a word (i.e. I don't want to save it to my vocab manager) a popup windows comes up that says 'false'.    Just a bug?  I'm using Firefox

The lesson was useful.  I had noticed that China doesn't use the AA/AAA system, but never gotten around to learning what they use in its place.

On the supplementary vocab you have '没电' for no power.  How would you say it has a full charge?  满电？]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: changye]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69282]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[changye]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Absolutely one of the most helpful lessons ever! I still sometimes have trouble buying batteries here in China. Below is a comparison of battery names in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Btw, I suggest that you do not buy very cheap batteries in China since they leak easily.   

Size D battery 一号电池 (単一)
Size C battery 三号电池 (単二)
Size AA battery 五号电池 (単三)
Size AAA battery 七号电池 (単四)
Button battery 扣式电池 (ボタン電池)
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Absolutely one of the most helpful lessons ever! I still sometimes have trouble buying batteries here in China. Below is a comparison of battery names in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Btw, I suggest that you do not buy very cheap batteries in China since they leak easily.   

Size D battery 一号电池 (単一)
Size C battery 三号电池 (単二)
Size AA battery 五号电池 (単三)
Size AAA battery 七号电池 (単四)
Button battery 扣式电池 (ボタン電池)
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        <title><![CDATA[By: goulnik]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69286]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[goulnik]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[must be a new app, doesn't work for me, returns an error :
装载数据失败！A URL must be specified with useProxy set to false.
so long as the html file is still there I don't really mind though]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[must be a new app, doesn't work for me, returns an error :
装载数据失败！A URL must be specified with useProxy set to false.
so long as the html file is still there I don't really mind though]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: tucsonmichael]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69287]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Great lesson, John, Jenny and crew!  Very practical and useful.  Thanks also to changye for the sizes not mentioned in the lesson....I didn't know if only AA and AAA  (五号或者 七号) were the only sizes available.   I hope to retire to Shanghai in the future, so this is a "must" lesson for me.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Great lesson, John, Jenny and crew!  Very practical and useful.  Thanks also to changye for the sizes not mentioned in the lesson....I didn't know if only AA and AAA  (五号或者 七号) were the only sizes available.   I hope to retire to Shanghai in the future, so this is a "must" lesson for me.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: panda2 / Panda Beer]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69289]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[panda2 / Panda Beer]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Try buying a 9 volt battery in China ??? or even most of Asia ...you cannot get them ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Try buying a 9 volt battery in China ??? or even most of Asia ...you cannot get them ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: panda2 / Panda Beer]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69291]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[panda2 / Panda Beer]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[PS: a follow on to above 
Good advice:....
If you have tech equipment that uses 9 Volt battery carry spares from home. For Multimeters etc]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[PS: a follow on to above 
Good advice:....
If you have tech equipment that uses 9 Volt battery carry spares from home. For Multimeters etc]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: clay]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69297]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[clay]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[After pulling up a picture of one online, the girls here had never seen one off those odd looking 9v batteries in China.  However, if you find a store that has one, you would say:

九V电池  （jiǔ V diànchí）  

I'm not sure why this makes me laugh, but it does.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[After pulling up a picture of one online, the girls here had never seen one off those odd looking 9v batteries in China.  However, if you find a store that has one, you would say:

九V电池  （jiǔ V diànchí）  

I'm not sure why this makes me laugh, but it does.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: chittttywangwangwang]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://chinesepod.com/lessons/buying-batteries/discussion#comment-69302]]></link>
        <author><![CDATA[chittttywangwangwang]]></author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is 电频 also meaning battery? ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is 电频 also meaning battery? ]]></content:encoded>
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