Elementary - MSN and QQ

I am just stunned to see a lesson on QQ and MSN on CPod! I just found out about QQ maybe 4 months ago and have yet to understand everything I can do with it; usually I just guess what certain button's do. But on a more positive note...I'm really excited everytime I understand an Elementary lesson. This means that I am making progress. *YaY*

QQ has been my link to China for the past 10 years, having video link well before MSN, Have used both the English version and Chinese version as it has a lot more advantages. (QQ12677546) cut and paste works well from NJ Star !!!

Thank you. This was perfect. Where else would we get a lesson like this! Ken you are super and Jenny is always precious.

What a great lesson! The height of technology in my Chinese textbook is the cassette tape. BTW - you should have pointed out the MSN/QQ chat Chinese signoff: 88 (ba ba = bye bye)

In China,QQ is more widely used I think, My QQ is 770365655

So happy to find there are many people studying Chinese! I am a chinese, spending a lot of time studying English now! As to this discuss, I'd like to say MSN is more popular now in China, especially for people in work, Maybe students are more likely to use QQ.

I'm very happy to see a lesson about MSN. I didn't knew QQ existed so it's the first time I hear about it. I'm going to register to QQ now has for my MSN is the same has above.

One of my friends once jokingly told me that he was very proud of his sixteen-year old “multitasking” daughter. She can do several things very effectively at one time in front of her PC, such as watching a movie, eating snacks, net surfing, sending emails and short messages, making a cell phone call, and of course, chatting online. The problem is that she unfortunately has very poor “doing homework” function in her multitasking capability. chat 聊天 (liao2 tian1) online 在线 (zai4 xian4) multitask 多任务 (duo1 ren4 wu4)

According to Wikipedia: "The original name of QQ was OICQ (believed to have meant either Open ICQ or Oh, I seek you)." It was changed b/c of possible trademark violations.

After 我一直用QQ she says 我也是 not 我也用. I am not clear when you do not have to use the original verb in the reply.

I downloaded an English version of QQ but couldn't register. In fact the error messages were in Chinese! I think it says 'sorry I am too busy'. Does anyone use QQ from the 'West' to talk to people in China? There is some stuff on chat rooms about it using a different server in China....

mikeinewshot, 我也是 can be used after someone says something to somewhat mean "I'm also that way". It is more vague than saying "我也+V" where V is the verb used.

Oh, and like Ken said in the podcast, another translation of 我也是 is "Me too".

So, uh, Jenny... 你的QQ号码是多少? ;) (and your grandma's 呢? :P)

I've just setup a QQ number, but haven't been able to download the software yet. My number is only 9 digits I think not 20. ;)

QQ Client for the Mac: http://im.qq.com/qq/mac/download.shtml Very basic but seems to work.

mikeinewshot, I also tried this and could not connect to the server. There is another download out of south African that worked but my QQ number is only 7 digits. I dont think its the same although there were a few people from SH registered. Im guessing we cant use the China system from the west but I would love to know differently if anyone knows how.

i like to mention, there are a few numbers have special meanings: 8 = luckly . (88 also means bye bye) 4= bad luck 520= I love you. (wo ai ni.) 1314520= i love you forever(yi sheng yi shi wo ai ni.) 54088= i am your dad. (wo shi ni ba ba)

you also can creat your personal QQ space, you can upload your photos, music and games and share with your friends on QQ , it is great fun... you can design your dream home on that QQ space...It has many other functions very entertaining...i think it is bit better than MSN...

Why is there such a fascination with giving meanings to numbers in China I wonder? My favourite has to be 419 = one night stand -- partly it makes sense in English but not Chinese ("For one night") You can definitely connect to the Chinese QQ servers from outside of China. To sign up for a QQ number you have to be able to read Chinese -- the anti fraud system requires you to retype pictures of Chinese characters to check that you are a real person. They tended to be fairly simple characters though so it's not totally impossible for us foreigners. Much better than QQ is Tencent Messenger, now finally available in English as well. It uses the same network as QQ but has a more "business like" interface. I still have vastly more business contacts using QQ than I do MSN, although the number of MSN users is definitely growing. One thing in QQ's favour is that it's noticeably faster to transfer files than it is by MSN.

i use both msn and qq to communicate with my friends and once applied qq No. for my foreign friends . I recently opened qq zone and keep writing journals ,but i never decorated my qq zone 'cause that need q money ,LOL.Welcome eveybody to my qq space and leave messages for me .o(∩_∩)o... http://user.qzone.qq.com/357992810

QQ is my working software.But I prefer MSN. I created a QQ group of Cpod, welcome all of you join in. the number is :57242820

Get a Chinese friernd to help you sign up... In 2004 I started using QQ beyond my decision... all the sudden, before I knew it, a few Chinese people I met in Inner Mongolia had signed me up for QQ... and I wasn't even sure what it was all about. Still I prefer MSN to talk with all my Chinese friends. How well is Skype received in China?

I hate QQ. Installing it trashed my laptop. True story, you've all been warned.

I'm really tempted to use QQ to practicing chatting in Chinese (since I don't get to work on my "writing" a lot). I'm quite scared though. Can someone enlighten me about QQ protocol, or etiquette? What are some do's and don'ts. Should I be wary of random users who message me? Also, how do you say "BRB" in abbreviated Chinese instant-message lingo? I'd appreciate all of your advice! 谢谢大家！

Is there any difference between 上网 shang4 wang3 and 网上 wang3 shang4 in either meaning or usage?

Channa 上网 is a verb eg.我上网查资料。i surf net to get infos 网 is a noun,在网上means on the web.u need put 在before网上 eg.我可以在网上查到资料。I can get infos on the web i'm not sure is that clear?

I am surprised that no one mentioned "Yahoo". It seem that everyone in China has Yahoo for both e-mail and as a messenger (chatting). It works well with both English and Chinese characters.

I never say any thing but I thought that this lession was good. I will be able to use every day. 我从未说任一件事但我认为这类是好的。我能使用每天。 Thanks Tom

1---i use 靠kao4！quite often kao=cao...i don't want to explain this here.... 2---RPWT,is short for 人品问题ren2 pin3 wen4 ti2, some problems we can't find out the reason..we can ascribe to RPWT. eg. A:我电脑坏了修不好,怎么回事?/ my computer is broken and i can't fix it,why is it? B:RPWT。 3---DD or 东东, dong2dong2 means 东西,stuff/thing eg. 这是什么东东？ what is this stuff? 4---FB:腐败fu4 bai4 is not the mean of corruption.we use it for party.. eg.我们去FB吧. let's go drinking/eating/singing/...whatever. anyone can tell more?

I've never met anybody in China who uses Yahoo...I guess we hang with different circles. QQ for Windows is what I would call very "invasive" software. Seems to embed itself quite deeply into the operating system. As a Mac user, where most programs are a single file that can be completely erased by dragging into the trash can, I tend to mistrust such software. Be careful with this software, click a few wrong buttons and suddenly the person you're talking to can take control of your mouse cursor from his/her computer and go poking around your computer looking at all your documents, etc. QQ for Mac is still extremely basic, and QQ for Windows English version also doesn't have the full functionality of the Chinese version. Overall, I think the software is very good for what it's used for. Socially awkward students attempting to express themselves and communicate with each other, but for a Western adult it's a bit over the top. I think, however, that for somebody who is looking for a clean interface, reliability, fast file transfers, and good voice quality, Skype (Mac and PC versions) beats QQ and MSN hands down. Skype is also gaining popularity very quickly among Chinese people, especially among young professionals.

^Oh, God: the grammar in my previous post is atrocious. I promise in the future, before clicking on the "Add Comment" button, to actually read what I've just written.

Is the Chinese version blocked to those outside China? http://im.qq.com/qq/dlqq.shtml

texastochina, you asked- Where else would we get a lesson like this! answer- learn chinese on line.com a comparable alternative to chinesepod. at least those making comments in beginner lessons are considerate enough to also include 'pinyin' for conversation only mandarin learners. i say use both podcast program Jenny, your comments are undeniably useful so please do your share in neubie and elle lessons

Speaking of QQ, Aric used to blame his lacklustre love life on not having a QQ account.

ohdannyboy brought up the subject of invasive software. It has a colourful name in Chinese 流氓软件/liu2 mang2 ruan3 jian4/rascal software.

Great lesson. Now can you do a lesson on how to make that blinking orange task bar go away faster when your boss walks by?

Every single download link fails for me, even the English version.

If anyone outside China has recently successfully set up and used QQ to talk to people in China I would be delighted if they could give chapter and verse on how to do it

For me, the most interesting point in this lesson is not the internet stuff. It's the difference between "n" and "ng"! (In wan and wang.) Is that not quite hard for Shanghainese? Very well done Jenny! ;-)

great lesson! For some reason I can not change my gender to male in the english version of QQ. No problem with the chinese version though. Anyone inexperienced this issue?

mikeinewshot: check out the following website: http://qq.bur.st/

Great lesson. Does anyone in China use Skype?

My registration fail and I try both ways! Can someone help us out step by step? I live in the US. :(

Skype is not popular in China. the most popular is QQ and Msn. QQ is popular on campus while Msn is popular among people who is at office.

As a native speaker. I can help you to translate. 您的基本信息=your basic information 昵称：=nickname (1~12 english letters or 1~6 Chinese characters) 年龄：=age 男=male 女=female 密码：=password (6~16 letters,if u type pure numbers,then at least 9 numbers) 重新输入密码：=password again 国家：=country(foreigners select "其他国家和地区") 省份：=province *城市： =city 问题：= quentions(the 3 questions must be selected and answered) 答案=answer 安全邮件地址：= your E-mail address (the nest 4 you do not need to type) 验证码=type the words you see in the pictur

then click "下一步" you have to answer the 3 questions u select, then finished. sometime u will fail to sign up for a number because the website is busy.so if you want to sign up smoothly,choose a time when China is at mid night, my qq is 770365655 and was pleased to talk with people who learn Chinese(I am hard-working for College English Test band 6 and the nest year: TOEFL, then GRE.So we can help each other)

"sometimeS" "my qq is 770365655 and IS pleased to...." sorry I typed too fast

If anyone is looking for a less-invasive QQ client (for windows), there is Tencent Messenger 2008 (http://im.qq.com/intl/en/tm/2008/) with both the download page and client itself in english-language. It offers less 'extra' functionality than the QQ client (no virtual pet, far fewer buttons, and no adware/spyware), but you can still populate a friends list and do most of the chat-centered stuff (for me, everything I wanted QQ for in the first place). Even if you'd rather the regular client, the TM2008 page has an english-language link to create a QQ account that can be used regardless of which client you use (look for the link in the upper right-hand part of the page). Hope this helps anyone still trying to get things to work.

I have received several Skype calls from China but have never answered because I thought they were spam. Since few people use Skype in China, apparently, could these Skype calls be legit? Curious...

Nonsense. Lots of people in China use Skype. At any time during Chinese daytime or evening, you will always find a big list of Chinese people who not only have their Skype turned on, but also they are in the very open to all "Skype-me" mode. If you look at their personal details, you will often find people pleading for language exchange. At any moment there are more Chinese people on Skype than you'll ever have time to meet.

I particularly like MSN. Maybe cause I'm 30, and not a college kid anymore. And most of my friends in China use MSN, but I lost touch with a lot of the students I taught, probably because they use QQ. I did try Skype for a Chinese online school, they used it for live tutoring, and it seemed to drop alot of calls. My favorite is MSN.

The QQ downloads seem to work ok today.

I just tried to download QQ, but my computer doesn't want to show me chinese characters, instead it replaces them by questionmarks and lots of ugly stuff, never mind, I hope you guys have more luck. I just received a chinese e-mail and at the end, there was written: 常联系. I didn't know what 联系 meant before this lesson, so I say thank, that saved from looking it up in the dictionary! But how would you actually say things like ''Yours Sincerely'' in chinese? I like the lesson, especially imgining Jenny's grama sitting in front of a laptop chatting on the Internet, I think my mom wouldn't even know how to use msn.

vandyke, 此致敬礼 (Cǐzhì jìnglǐ ) is the Chinese equivalent of 'Yours Sincerely'

vandyke, it's probably a non-unicode program if I does that, you'll probably need to change it to Chinese in advanced language options.

Wish Chinese use yahoo!!!

Hi all, Thanks to Jenny and Ken for another superb lesson. I'm a newbie who is slowly making a few tentative steps in to Elle level with your help. I use QQ and msn to chat with my friends in China and agree that the English QQ does not show characters, which is a little annoying (I can't read them but could cut & paste them into Google Language tools if they would display). Anyway, my question is this: I just used "baochi lianxi" as shown on the lesson pdf but my friend didnt recognise it at first and then corrected it to "bao chi lian xi". Are the spaces important when writing Pinyin? Cheers guys and keep up the good work Pete

Hi sh... sha... shagrat. I'm just wondering, does your name mean the same thing in the UK as it does in Oz? ;-) I don't think the spaces are important at all, especially to Chinese people, since they tend to write English without spaces andwonderwhywefinditsohardtoread. But if that person was not very used to using pinyin, perhaps they needed the additional help of separating it into the character lengths so that they could parse an unfamiliar form into chunks more easily recognised. That's my guess.

Hi Auntie Sue, thanks for the explanation. I guess you are right, my friends are probably not used to writing pinyin. As for my name......it may be what you are thinking.......or it could simply be a character from Lord of the Rings.......I'll let you decide ;-)

AuntySue and shagrat, I was not used to type pinyin before. we get used to type each word's pinyin separately in China. And i should admit that i was puzzled by those pinyin without tones sometimes. You know, a pinyin can have several characters to match in chinese. Such as, ta=他/她/它; shui=谁/睡/水/税; there are many examples alike. So i think it is important to add the tones when you type pinyin. Otherwise, it will take time to guess the meaning sometimes.:-) when it come to QQ, i just want to mention a pop saying “潜水”qian2shui3. 潜水original meaning is dive or diving, but in this QQ context it means 隐身yin3shen1. 隐身means that someone who hide and pretend to be offline.

Thanks for that Casie, I agree that without the tones it can be confusing, but I can't think of a simple way of adding the tones when writing pinyin. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you everyone for the help! I'm going to try registrate again and lets see how it goes works out.

Well I can't download it, my connection is too rubbish at the moment and it always freezes halfway and won't let me resume it. I've tried about 30 times now.

is this a hidden wang wei/yang jie lesson?

I know when typing a lot of pinyin, the easiest way is just to put the number at the end of the syllable, and for neutral tone just leave off the number: Ta1 shi4 wo3de peng4you. That is a way to specify tones, but I don't know if that will exactly be quick for a Chinese person to read, as they don't necessarily think about what tone such-and-such word is right away. Yet I have to agree with Cassie, that a sentence like the above is much easier to read if the tones are there, otherwise have to think too much. For example, "lianxi" can be "lian2xi4" (to get in touch) and "lian4xi2" (to practice/exercise).

you can access QQ from outside china, I used OICQ when it first came out and it still used the little penquins at that time, the only downside to qq is the amout of spyware and viruses it puts on your computer, like most chinese websites. make sure you have a good firewall.

Thank you Amber and Bazza, I can now write lots of letters in chinese with nice greatings in the end and at the same time chat on qq (although I might not wanna do that as user12965 said that it put a lot of viruses on the computer...)

Hi casie and rich, I have always wondered how difficult it is to listen to and understand the lyrics of Chinese songs for native speakers, because pronouncing words with correct tones is not an easy job when you are singing. Of course, cut-and-dried phrases, such as 我永远爱你, 别离开我, and 梦里见过你, are very easy to catch even for us learners, even if their tones are not clear, but what about more complex and profound lyrics?

I was introduced to QQ by one of my good friends from Liuyang, Hunan China. After getting help downloading QQ from my friend, I have been able to meet most of my Chinese friends using QQ. Most of the Chinese people that I have met on QQ are amazed that I am an American using QQ and wonder how on earth I was introduced to it. Surely I am not the only caucasian using QQ? If you wish to chat with me on QQ my QQ number is 693017677. 88 Brad

Somewhere I heard that Chinese composers usually do not attach much importance to tones anymore when they write songs in Mandarin, which probably means that tones are not so crucial when listening to Chinese songs. At the same time, I also heard that tunes with a quick tempo, especially rap music, are extremely difficult to catch their lyrics even for native Chinese, partly because tones are being almost completely neglected in those music pieces. On the other hand, it is said that Cantonese composers tend to try to synchronize tones with melody lines as much as possible, since otherwise it would be difficult to catch lyrics in Cantonese, which has more tones than Mandarin has. That is the main reason why a Chinese song often has two different lyrics both for Mandarin and Cantonese. What I care about should be something not worth bothering about for natives, but I am interested in tones in Chinese songs.

@changye: actually I think, thats why chinese like karaoke so much: its the only way they understand the lyrics ;-)

Hi matthiask, In fact, almost all the TV music shows in China provide captioned lyrics in Mandarin. I think it is a very wise way to broadcast music programs in a country of which official tongue is a tone language. Similarly and thankfully, most of Chinese dramas and movies have Mandarin subtitles. They are very helpful not only for deaf people, but also for Chinese-learners and “native Chinese dialect speakers”.

Hi changye, yes, you are right, it is hard to remember the lyric of rap music. I wonder that do you know Jay, chou? The pop star from Taiwan, China. His songs are very famous in the young generation here although sometimes it is hard to catch each word in the lyric. Jay always sing unclearly and that is his song's character. And matthiask is right. Karaoke is very popular here. I often go to KTV with my friends! You can look at the lyric and sing. Whether you are good at singing or not, just have fun!^_^

Hi casie, Thanks for your reply. And what about songs other than rap, such as ordinary pop music, ballades, and folk songs? Do you basically have no difficulty understanding or catching song lyrics without captions? p.s. I know nothing about rap music.

Changye, For me, it is easy to understand those ordinary pop music ,ballades and folk songs. The understanding is basis on the context. Each song has its own context like a short story. But i should admit that sometimes i will also miss some words when i listen to it for the first time.

Heh, I remember trying to get QQ when I first came to China. I was in a small town and so desperate to make some Chinese friends - I'd picked up a stack of numbers already. After a few weeks, I finally managed to get one of my students to patientally help me sign up... After that I used it a grand total of once. Maybe I'd have used it more if I'd have had a computer in my apartment... I wouldn't be surprised if I'd have been the only laowai laoshi in the country without one...

I used the english version of QQ in China for a year, but when I returned to Australia I could not login. Changed to the latest chinese version and it worked fine. Problem has something to do with the authentication protocol. If the chinese version does not display characters properly in win xp, go to control panel/regional & language options/advanced tab, and set language for non-unicode programs to chinese PRC.

If you are having problems removing QQ from Win XP, run msconfig.exe, go to the startup tab and disable SPlus1, then manually delete any remaining files from the Tencent directories.

Hi casie, Thanks again for your answer. You have a point there, guessing the meaning from the context is vital in listening not only to songs, but also to conversations, news, and dramas in a foreign language, although that is not so easy for non-native speakers. Come to think of it, comprehending song lyrics completely when you first listen to them might be somewhat difficult in any languages. The most typical examples should be opera music, especially coloratura sopranos, and Chinese folk songs by “宋祖英”. p.s. 邓丽君 and 宋祖英 are my favorite Chinese singers.

I'm not sure if or how it works but I found this client online that allows you to chat with all of your MSN QQ Yahoo and AIM friends in one software: http://www33.imhaha.com/webmsg/ I actually had another one like it installed on my computer before, but I can't remember the name. I'm currently downloading the recently released "preview" version of QQ for MAC. I'd be glad to let anyone know how it works after I've had some time to look into it. How about a CPOD lesson on MAC vs PC. Do people in China say MAC or do they say 苹果电脑？ I recently read that an Apple store will open in Beijing in time for the Olympics.

Another useful tip: If you're having trouble reading the 汉字 to create your QQ account and you're using Firefox, you might try this add-on for your browser: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3349

Hi,very nice to meet everyoen here.I'm a chinese,I want to improve my English,like every one here want to learn chinese,so I use search google to find this place.About QQ,it is a software created by Tencent about 10 years ago,after 5 or 6 years,it gets very popular in china,expecially among students.Now I have graduate from univercity,and I still use QQ to contact with my friends.and almost my every high school and college classmates have QQ,now we also can set up a “QQ 群",like all of my high school classmates set one "QQ群"，and everyone join in and we can talk in a public place,everyone who had joined in know what you are talking about. My QQ is 325919620,anyone who get a QQ and want to improve chinese and help me improve my oral English can contact me.We also use Skype and MSN,Msn is more popular among the people who are working.skype is little people using,but if we need to contact with our foreign friends,we may use skype,because it is more popular out of china.my skype is xiaoxin6655,welcome to contact me and help each other.

Still haven't been able to download the software most I've got to is 55% before my connection froze, it's weird why it won't resume any downloads in Firefox at the moment. I guess I've have wait till I get my connection fix. I got my broadband line upgraded but it seems my current modem is not up to the job.

Bazza, Try downloading it from my website, just put it on there: English Version (2005): http://www.richmahn.com/DOWNLOADS/EngQQ2005Formal.exe Chinese Version (2008): http://www.richmahn.com/DOWNLOADS/QQ2008SpringKB1.exe For those of you who haven't signed up for QQ, or had problems since it is in Chinese, here is the link and some vocabulary for signing up: http://freereg.qq.com/ * - required info *昵称：Name to be called *年龄：Age 性别：Gender *密码：Password *重新输入密码：Enter your password again *国家：Country (if you don't live in China, select second item) *请输入您所在的国家：(Please enter your country) *省份：Province *城市：City Then you select questions and type answer: *问题1：Question 1 *答案1：Answer 1 *问题2：Question 2 *答案2：Answer 2 *问题3：Question 3 *答案3：Answer 3 安全邮件地址：Secure Email Address 手机号码：Cell phone number 真实姓名：Real Name 证件类型：ID Type (1-Student card, 2-Passport, 3-Military ID, 4-Other) 证件号码：ID Number (the 6 items above are simply used for retrieving your lost password) 验证图片：Confirmation Image *验证码：Confimation Code 我同意以下条款： (I agree with the below conditions [check box]) 下一步 （Next step [click here]) NOW, USE THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOVE FOR THE 3 QUESTIONS ON THIS NEXT PAGE (IT IS THOSE THREE QUESTIONS YOU SELECT ABOVE THAT YOU ANSER HERE, BUT YOU CAN JUST PICK THREE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, ANSWER THEM "AAA" "BBB" and "CCC" AND ANSWER THEM THE SAME HERE TO GET IT RIGHT) Click 下一步 and walla! You have your QQ number. Message me if you have difficulties. Files for QQ might not be there later (just doing that for Bazza). My QQ number: 307188017 Skype: richmahn

I think people somewhere in this thread said you were trying to type the characters on the second page into the box? No no no... you aren't to repeat the characters, you are to answer the questions using what you answered on the 1st page. (just to clarify my SHOUTING MESSAGE above a little bit more, and make sure you try again if you were just trying to type the same sentence into the box)

Thanks Rich, but it still won't download fully, freezes at 44%. I'll have to wait till I get my new router on Friday I think, hopefully that will fix it.

Just realised I can download it at work and copy it on my flash drive which I keep on my keyring. :)

hey, you're getting smarter. ;) ha ha. I often have to go to computer labs to get stuff, and figure out how to get around automatic installers and built-in video players all the time since my dorm room's connection is so damn slow.

That didn't work either unfortunately, when I tried to install the file is said it was corrupt. That was the one from your site, maybe I should try it from the original source next time.

Hmmm... you saying I'm corrupt? Ha ha. I downloaded that file directly from QQ while shelling into my account there, and just used the command line "wget" program to get it. Never had problems getting other executables that way. Let me know if the one you download from qq.com works.

Yep, it worked from the original source. Finally got it installed :) My number is 514567082.

Could do with a guide to using the Chinese version now, I'm a little lost without the use of Hanzibar hehe.

I've just added you Rich. I think. ;)

It is possible to change it's default browser from IE to Firefox?

What's the Chinese equivalent of these? BRB (Be Right Back) BBIAB (Be Back In A Bit) GTG (Got To Go) BBL (Be Back Later)

Got my connection sorted now, my bt home hub arrived today, so I'm running at about 6meg now. :)

Are these the correct meanings of the status'? 我在线上 - I'm online Q我吧 - msg me 忙碌 - busy 离开 - away 静音 - do not disturb 隐身 - invisible 离线 - offline

Would "I have to go now“ be 我现在需要去?

Wakan's popup tool works with QQ. http://wakan.manga.cz/

"(88 also means bye bye)" In Germany, using this abbreviation would be a rather foolish idea. Could get you in real trouble with the authorities.* (However, I doubt they monitor QQ. Though that's not such a strange notion - I heard they passed a kind of monitoring act permitting storing all virtual data of their citizens for some months in order to counteract terrorism) *(Why, you might wonder. Think hard. What's the 8th letter in the alphabet? Who had these initials?) :-P

Wouldn't that technically be 18? :P

Well, you're right, but what about the key-phrase greeting?

mikeinewshot, I can confirm that you chat between the uk and china via QQ. Had my first, albeit very short, conversation today. It was quite exciting. :)

I am a chinese boy. I want learn english,who can help me . My QQ's NO. is 16437728 月下孤影 MY MSN is yrck520@hotmail.com Thank you!!

yrck@163.com MSN

How about developing this into a serial? Would love to learn some handy computer phrases like "wait for a minute while I restart my computer" "my laptop battery is low" or "want to chat using a webcam".

I accidently added the person who has the same number the QQ Cpod group. I searched in the wrong section.

Yes, a computer series of podcast lessons is definitely an order!!! (been trying to get more computer stuff taugh on Cpod for a long time... after all, we are all 在线上 are we not?

WARNING - MALWARE rich, the qq client you are advertising on www.richmahn.com contains malware!!! NO GOOD!! :-((

jeez...seems like the original qq software available for download on www.qq.com is also infected by this shit....that's just poor! no qq for me:-( i am using my work computer...can't risk that...

It's not malware really. Apparently some security software classifies QQ as malware because it contains so much advertising.

Wikipedia says "Because of QQ's extensive use of advertisements and processes related to ads, it has been branded as malicious adware by many anti-virus and anti-spyware vendors." You hardily notice them though, and it's kinda cool with them being in Chinese anyway. ;)

hi rash, 等一下，我得重启电脑。 Děng yīxià, wǒ děi chóngqǐ diànnǎo. Wait for a minute while I restart my computer 我的电脑快没电了。 Wǒ de diànnǎo kuài méi diàn le. My laptop battery is low. 我们视频吧。 Wǒmen shìpín ba. Let's use the webcam.

I've been successfully using and talking to my chinese contacts for almost a year now! I'm using a prog called for the Apple Mac... anyone else used this? I also use the actual QQ prog in my Virtual PC mode too! not probs with that either... other than annoying 'pop-ups' :^)

I noticed some that some chinese people were asking for english help and offering to help with chinese. My QQ #: 859107653 If anyone just wants to chat/practice chinese thats cool too. I love these lessons! Helps a lot to learn outside of the book work assigned in class.

I had trouble hearing the ending "ng" sound in yòng (用). It sounds too much like yòu. I'm slowly getting used to hearing speakers dropping their "g"s in Chinese. After all, English speakers drop their "g"s a lot too - poor "g". However, dropping the "ng" is a new one for me. What was in the background of the dialog? It sounded like a hockey game.

sorry missed out the prog. name it's LumaQQ

i am using LumaQQ too, my #77617685

my QQ is : 55663676

A usefull lesson, I've had qq for a year now and it helps my pin yin and oral Chinese when I use the ear goggles,but why do you guys chit chat for 3 minutes before the lesson?( I guess i'm always in a rush!)

"ear goggles" 是什么?

my QQ 961562740,

I've got English QQ but am unable to display characters. Any ideas on settings etc that may be wrong? All other Windows based programs are fine

crusty, try Control Panel... Regional and Language Options... Advanced... Language for non-Unicode Programs = Chinese (PRC), then re-boot.

ah !! ha! great!! i am very pleasant to see you all here!! i can get more things! yeah! i am also used english windows vista verision and downloaded a chinese version qq software if you wanna it works and can display chinese ! simply you should use a AppLoc or to to change the regional and language options to chang chinese(PRC) in frankly i prefer yahoo messager to qq but most of my friends use qq! so i need to have to use it!! just keep it!!!! and way i wanna making friends and talking to you all@ by the way my qq number is 278329793 see ya! there

bazza: 静音 means turn off qq sound

Are there no free clothes for your QQ秀 now? Am I forced to stay naked apart from a pair of boxers? I'd happy to buy some, as there are some really cool stuff, but I've no clue how to setup QQ money.

我的电脑是大和快 ！：） Is that correct way to say it?

qq在中国真的很流行哦，如果想认识更多的中国朋友，qq会是一个很好的工具。我的qq是469586626

"我这里总是掉线" 和“我这里还没有接网线”用英文怎么表达？

If I change my system default locale to Chinese (PRC) how will it affect my other normal English apps?

It does effect some, I have a stamp-printing program that will no longer work as it can't do £ (pound) signs. I also have a English dictionary program that now has stray Chinese characters in some of the definitions which shouldn't be there.

I suppose I can always switch back if it messes up too much..

mikeinewshot ， I think “我也是。”, It's full sentence is ":我也是一直用QQ的。“ . So it's a 是.......的 sentence .sortly reply frome your 1st sentence that may be said " 我是一直用QQ的" instead. But I'm not sure that It's a perfect correct answer for you. LOL

Bazza

Re.......

It does effect some, I have a stamp-printing program that will no longer work as it can't do £ (pound) signs. I also have a English dictionary program that now has stray Chinese characters in some of the definitions which shouldn't be there.

It will do this in W2000 & Xp if you set control panel to PRC also the daes will print in Chinese in word documents.

I run NJ Star commuicator in Chinese mode to see all characters on QQ & WEB. But need to paste QQ text into NJ Star WP, before using in some applications; NJStar WP also gives e the pinyin of he text an helps mewith learning the Chinese text

nevermind, I found the answer to my question, it is '短信‘.