二0一0年五月三十一号的问题

trevorb

May 31, 2010, 08:55 PM posted in General Discussion

As written Questions:

一) In china are sleeves on shirts normally long or short long or short?

在中国衬衫的袖一般长还是短

Both but long most popular

二) do people in china normally wear a shirt and tie to the office?

在中国办公室的员工一般穿既衬衫又领结吗（ling3jie2)

Depends people do both.

三) how do i say 25% discount in chinese.

用拼通话怎么说25%打折

七五折

四) What is the make of your cell phone?
我的手机是苹果的，请问你的手机什么牌子

Nokia, common china

五) In China is it right this lessons cell phone is known as a "shanzhai" cellphone?

在中国这节课的手机叫山寨手机,对不对

Yes

六) Are western TV programmes shown on Chinese Television??

西方电视节目在中国的电视上吗

Yes, subtitled （字幕）

七) is buying take out really that cheap in China?

真的是在中国买外卖那么便宜

Yes it is really that cheap.

八) Can you buy English takeaway in china?

在中国你可能买英国外卖吗

You can get Western takeaway normally Pizza

九) If yes what is you favourite dish?

如果可以买，你得最喜欢的菜是什么

十) do they deliver on motorbike or bicycle.

他们送到的时候用摩托车还是自行车

Bicycle - some are electric

trevorb

May 31, 2010, 09:03 PM

一) In china are sleeves on shirts normally long or short long or short?

在中国衬衫的袖一般长还是短

Both but long most popular

trevorb

袖子 - sleeve

长袖 -Long sleeve

短袖 - Short sleeve

trevorb

May 31, 2010, 09:06 PM

二) do people in china normally wear a shirt and tie to the office?

在中国办公室的员工一般穿既衬衫又领结吗（ling3jie2)

Depends people do both.

trevorb

领结 - Bowtie

领带 - Is a neck tie

seems nobody wears a bow tie in China, but then nobody wears one here either! (my profile picture is an exception!)

helencao_counselor

June 01, 2010, 01:39 PM

二) do people in china normally wear a shirt and tie to the office?

在中国，办公室的员工一般穿既穿衬衫又打领带吗？

trevorb

真的奇怪！用打seems unnatural。I think of 打as hit 例如‘打篮球’ :-)

为什么用打 is there a story behind it or is it just one of those things that just is?

I've decided to include the English to my questions so that you can see what I intended to ask in case I have it wrong! Truth is last week was the first week that I wrote the English questions out rather than just doing Chinese. I did it because I realised I was phrasing the questions to suit my vocabulary and not challenging myself to ask other things. I'm still doing that to a degree and I notice the English affecting my word order but.....一步一步来吧；-）

helencao_counselor

Ah, good question! :)

Actually “打”有非常非常多的意思。It can even be read as "da2", meaning "dozen".

For example, “十二个是一打” .

Here are some commonly used words regarding "打da3" :

1. 打字= to type word

2. 打印= to print

3. 打哈欠= yawn

4. 打包= to pack, or doggy pack

5. 打车(or 打的da3di1)= to take a taxi. ( This is more common than 坐出租

车.)

6. 打架= to fight (physically)

7. 打工= to work as a temporray employee

8. 打开= to open (such as window, door, book, etc.)

9. 打招呼= greet (e.g. 见到朋友要打招呼。)

helencao_counselor

我觉得你的想法很好，it would be much better if you include English to your questions.

Great job, Trevor!

你的中文最近进步真的很大，你的问题也都很好！

继续加油哦！:)

trevorb

那里那里。你就是很好的老师，非常非常耐烦啊 :-)

我记得另外的打，是“打喷嚏”

这周末我把老婆去她父母的家，没有时间学习。下星期一我的问题没有去星期一的好。三节课about碟很有意思，可能我有很多很多问题啊

星期一（星期二在上海）见

Trevor