<![CDATA[Comments on: Stopped at the Gate ]]> 2008-11-03 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: pretzellogic]]> I never did this, but what would be the impact of just ignoring the guy at the gate? Is it like ignoring the doorman at some swanky Manhattan apartment, and the doorman calls the police?

Also, isn't wei4le also "in order to", as in

"wo3 mei2you3 lai2 zhong1guo2 wei4le he2 mei3guo2 pi1jiu3?

"I didn't come to China in order to drink American beer"

(sorry if my tones are waaaay off)

]]> I never did this, but what would be the impact of just ignoring the guy at the gate? Is it like ignoring the doorman at some swanky Manhattan apartment, and the doorman calls the police?

Also, isn't wei4le also "in order to", as in

"wo3 mei2you3 lai2 zhong1guo2 wei4le he2 mei3guo2 pi1jiu3?

"I didn't come to China in order to drink American beer"

(sorry if my tones are waaaay off)

]]> <![CDATA[By: chanelle77]]> I also live in a gated community in China. One day we returned home a little later than usual and the security guy would not let us in. Obviously the guy was new and did his job, but we really wanted to go home!  After a few friendly request he still would not let us in we were puzzled a bit. We showed our keys, business card etc. but no luck. Eventually  I got really mad and started screaming "I live here" (in Chinese). That somehow seemed to do the trick.

]]> I also live in a gated community in China. One day we returned home a little later than usual and the security guy would not let us in. Obviously the guy was new and did his job, but we really wanted to go home!  After a few friendly request he still would not let us in we were puzzled a bit. We showed our keys, business card etc. but no luck. Eventually  I got really mad and started screaming "I live here" (in Chinese). That somehow seemed to do the trick.

]]> <![CDATA[By: cassielin]]> I remember when I was a junior college student, once I tried to enter a community and post my tutor information there, I was stopped at the gate by the doorman！He asked me "which apartment are you looking for" and "what's the owner's name"? I didn't know the answer because I had never been to the community before!

]]> I remember when I was a junior college student, once I tried to enter a community and post my tutor information there, I was stopped at the gate by the doorman！He asked me "which apartment are you looking for" and "what's the owner's name"? I didn't know the answer because I had never been to the community before!

]]> <![CDATA[By: xuchen]]> Haha,

Sure it's easy to complain about over protective guards until you come home to a missing bicycle..

I lived in a large building complex of about 30 - 40 buildings and a few thousand people. Everday there was probably about a dozen or so reports of bike/scooter/car theft and vandalism reported. When I questioned the guards they had told me that the problem had gotten out of hand and the new policy was "protect your property".

If your gaurds are good be sure to thank them with smokes and oranges!!

-许尘

 

]]> Haha,

Sure it's easy to complain about over protective guards until you come home to a missing bicycle..

I lived in a large building complex of about 30 - 40 buildings and a few thousand people. Everday there was probably about a dozen or so reports of bike/scooter/car theft and vandalism reported. When I questioned the guards they had told me that the problem had gotten out of hand and the new policy was "protect your property".

If your gaurds are good be sure to thank them with smokes and oranges!!

-许尘

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Another great intro[lol;the tunnel vision act is an extended version of the dense foreigner act],but it forgets to mention another great method as seen in the film Schindler's list.This is where you start scratching your head like you've got lice.No guard wants to come near you then.Worked in the movie anyway...

]]> Another great intro[lol;the tunnel vision act is an extended version of the dense foreigner act],but it forgets to mention another great method as seen in the film Schindler's list.This is where you start scratching your head like you've got lice.No guard wants to come near you then.Worked in the movie anyway...

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> Many of residential complex/小区/xiao3 qu1 in China are huge, like Xuchen said, a couple dozens of buildings. I find security guards there have a very philosophical approach to their job. They look at, nod and smile at you non-committedly. You never know whether they really know who live there and who don't. 

 

]]> Many of residential complex/小区/xiao3 qu1 in China are huge, like Xuchen said, a couple dozens of buildings. I find security guards there have a very philosophical approach to their job. They look at, nod and smile at you non-committedly. You never know whether they really know who live there and who don't. 

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: look_up_english]]> I used to get freaked out by the security guard that would blow kisses at me as I entered the ground floor of the building. It got to the point where I would go in through the underground carpark.

In the end I declared to myself that enough was enough and I made friends with the guy. While he speaks the most incomprehensible Chinese I have ever heard, we seem to get on alright now.

How do you say, "Please don't blow air kisses?"

]]> I used to get freaked out by the security guard that would blow kisses at me as I entered the ground floor of the building. It got to the point where I would go in through the underground carpark.

In the end I declared to myself that enough was enough and I made friends with the guy. While he speaks the most incomprehensible Chinese I have ever heard, we seem to get on alright now.

How do you say, "Please don't blow air kisses?"

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> look_up_english,

Incidents of cultural misquotes put a wry smile on one's face. Air kiss is 飞吻/fei1 wen3, litereally flying kisses. 'Please don't blow air kisses' is 请别对我飞吻/qing3 bie2 dui3 wo3 fei1 wen1.  

]]> look_up_english,

Incidents of cultural misquotes put a wry smile on one's face. Air kiss is 飞吻/fei1 wen3, litereally flying kisses. 'Please don't blow air kisses' is 请别对我飞吻/qing3 bie2 dui3 wo3 fei1 wen1.  

]]> <![CDATA[By: amber]]> hi patmethany...,

Yes, 为了 (wèile) means for the sake of; in order to:

For your sentence, it's good, but is a little smoother to say:

我来中国不是为了喝美国啤酒。
Wǒ lái Zhōngguó bù shì wèile hē Měiguó píjiǔ.

]]> hi patmethany...,

Yes, 为了 (wèile) means for the sake of; in order to:

For your sentence, it's good, but is a little smoother to say:

我来中国不是为了喝美国啤酒。
Wǒ lái Zhōngguó bù shì wèile hē Měiguó píjiǔ.

]]> <![CDATA[By: look_up_english]]> jennyzhu.

Perhaps you can help me another one. Old men in my neighbourhood sometimes pat my bum, and then start giggling at me. In the UK, this might suggest something else. What does it mean in China?

 

]]> jennyzhu.

Perhaps you can help me another one. Old men in my neighbourhood sometimes pat my bum, and then start giggling at me. In the UK, this might suggest something else. What does it mean in China?

 

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