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On May 27 at 4:42 PM by tingyun

Hi Keth, I think that is a false assumption - that there is any relationship between being a tonal language and the use of modal particles. Perhap... Read more

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On May 27 at 3:54 PM by podster

Hi Toianw, According to the mandarin popup plugin dictionary on my Firefox browser 屌 can mean "cool or extraordinary (colloquial)" Now with 牛... Read more

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On May 27 at 11:24 AM by timothygstout

我的工资都花光了,就等着年终奖呢! I think John explained that the 呢 had something to do with the way we might say, "and" at the beginning of a sentence. A Chinese fri... Read more

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On May 27 at 11:14 AM by toianw

Hi Podster, here's an entry for 鸟 (diao3). I suspect until recently 屌 wasn't a very frequently used character (it's not included in some of the C... Read more

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Posted on: Sing and Dance
On May 27 at 11:14 AM by thomasbarnes185

I have just noticed, I didn't mean 可疑 (ke3yi2), but 可以 (ke3yi3) Read more

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On May 27 at 10:26 AM by podster

Four dictionaries? Sounds like time to get a new dictionary. I could not find one the did NOT have 屌. Interestingly, when I searched by pinyin one of... Read more

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Posted on: Sing and Dance
On May 27 at 10:18 AM by thomasbarnes185

Is there a rule for using 會,可疑 & 能? (hui4, ke3yi2 & neng2). In this lesson they use 會: 你會唱歌吗? (Ni3 hui4 chang4ge1 ma?) but then sometime... Read more

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Posted on: A Bad Guy
On May 27 at 10:14 AM by bohan2007

What I meant was that those people you mentioned aren't professional Chinese teachers and nobody pays them to teach Chinese. Chinesepod is a company t... Read more

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On May 27 at 9:50 AM by tonybranigan168

Grammar sentence: 新产品已经投放市场了,根据客户要求,我们会不断改进。(The new products are already on the market. We will make continuous improvements to our customers' r... Read more

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On May 27 at 9:35 AM by floalvarez

一些词汇 : 世故     shì gù          the ways of the world; sophistication; wo... Read more