Getting organised in Chinese!
ratatouille
February 20, 2008, 04:03 PM posted in General DiscussionI have started using a moleskin notebook as a sort of personal organiser and I was thinking it would be good prectice to use chinese to write down the recurring stuff that typically gets written into this sort of thing.
Priority
Waiting
Doctor's visit
get groceries
Follow-up
Project
do laundry
pick up dry cleaning
Someday/Maybe
Inbox
Completed
Being outside China it is also a good way to add a layer of privacy to my notebook if I misplace it.
rich
February 22, 2008, 12:45 PMWow, I think Cassie is like a human dictionary more than anything, ha ha. I have to say thanks to you too, Cassie, since I didn't know a bunch of those words. Very good. :)
rich
February 20, 2008, 04:14 PMuh, of course my passwords aren't written in my phone (I have a notepad and all that to sync with outlook in my Nokia N70)
ratatouille
February 20, 2008, 05:08 PMWhere is Casie when you need her?:-)
cassielin
February 21, 2008, 11:26 AMratatouille, I m sorry for the late response. Here comes the question, i can not understand. you need me to organize those words into a sentence?
cassielin
February 21, 2008, 11:47 AMPriority n.先xian，前qian，优先youxian，优先权youxian quan Waiting n.等待dengdai Doctor's visit 看医生kan yisheng get groceries 买杂货mai zahuo Follow-up adj.继续的jixu de n.后续措施houxu cuoshi,后续行动houxu xingdong Project n.计划jihua，方案fang an，工程gongcheng v.设计sheji，计划jihua do laundry洗衣服xi yifu pick up dry cleaning (i m not sure about this one, is it refer to those clothes that had cleaned?) Someday/Maybe 有一天you yi tian，某天moutian/可能keneng Inbox收件箱shoujianxiang Completed 完成wancheng
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 11:50 AMno Casie I need your great talent to provide the individual words that might be used regularly in a filofax. For example, Doctor Visit and then after the visit you might pencil in "done" or "postponed". I just want to get my lazy hanzi hand working and not be relying on keyboards all the time! This should be as easy as ABC for you!
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 11:53 AMwow you read my mind! thanks Casie , I nominate you as Best Supporting User! Thanks
cassielin
February 21, 2008, 11:55 AMIs that make sense?
rich
February 20, 2008, 04:10 PMyeah, I keep my cell phone (bought in China) in Chinese so the menus and screen would be extremely hard to navigate through if someone stole it and didn't know exactly how to use that make an model. I also put clues to my passwords, etc. in Chinese, but the passwords are English words, so quite more safe then if all in English.
bababoo
February 21, 2008, 12:22 PMhoho....looks terrible. Casie will work her tail off....
cassielin
February 21, 2008, 12:56 PMNext Actions 下一步xia yibu send e-mail to...发邮件到...fa youjian dao call..打电话dadianhua Return call..回打电话给...hui da dianhua gei tidy desk整齐的桌子zhengqi de zhuozi read article阅读文章 yuedu wenzhang Research the company XYZ (what' XYZ?) 研究yanjiu/调查diaocha=research 公司gongsi=company Charge mobile 付费手机？（not very sure) cut the grass割草gecao put out the garbage 扔垃圾reng laji(i m not very sure) pay bills付费fufei / 结账jiezhang Synch MP3 player synch同步tongbu MP3player=MP3播放器bofangqi vacuum carpet (vacuum? carpet=地毯ditan) Organise folders (i have no idea about this. ) Update spreadsheet更新电子数据表gengxin dianzi shujubiao
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 01:13 PMwow Casie, you are fantastic. I hope this hasn't been too much work for you. But in case you are enjoying it, here are even more... Postponed Cancelled Meeting Scan all mail (use a scanner) Buy labels Get the car serviced Record documentary to watch tomorrow Prepare lunch Hang out clothes Bring bottles to recycling centre exercise for 30 mins put the cat out!
wei1xiao4
February 21, 2008, 01:22 PMRatatouille are you using Casie as your new secretary?
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 01:30 PMha ha - secretary does not do her justice - personal assistant/life coach or just plain life-saver! (Thanks for drawing Casie's attention over here from another thread.)
cassielin
February 21, 2008, 04:02 PMPostponed 延期yanqi 推迟tuichi Cancelled取消quxiao Meeting会议huiyi Scan all mail (use a scanner)浏览所有的邮件liulan suoyou de youjian Buy labels （i m not sure about this. 买mai=buy, 标签biaoqian/商标shangbiao=labels) Get the car serviced做汽车保养zuo qiche baoyang Record documentary to watch tomorrow (not sure about this) Prepare lunch准备午饭zhunbei wufan Hang out clothes晾衣服liang yifu 晒衣服shai yifu Bring bottles to recycling centre 把瓶瓶罐罐送到再循环中心ba pingpingguanguan song dao zaixunhuan zhongxin(not very sure) exercise for 30 mins运到半小时yundong banxiaoshi/锻炼半小时duanlian banxiaoshi put the cat out! 把猫放出去ba mao fang chu qu. uhm, hope other people can help out the others. It late here, good night.
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 04:39 PMThanks again Casie - you are brilliant. I dig your new photo. Sleep well. (I was going to ask how to say "book a wake up call" but I better stop now!)
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 04:47 PMIn the west we say "as easy as ABC" whereas in the east I wonder should that be changed to "as easy as XYZ" because of the number of words that use these letters as initials. Just a thought.
ratatouille
February 21, 2008, 12:01 PMhow about the some more ? Next Actions send e-mail to... call.. Return call.. tidy desk read article Research the company XYZ Charge mobile cut the grass put out the garbage pay bills Synch MP3 player vacuum carpet Organise folders Update spreadsheet THanks!
ratatouille
February 20, 2008, 04:09 PMCan any of the more advanced learners help out and save my thumbs from the dictionary! THanks