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On October 13 at 4:36 PM by ouxiansheng

谢谢！ Read more

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On October 13 at 3:49 PM by mrzhou

"Hokkien" is a local pronunciation of "福建" (Fújiàn [province]). "Hakka" is written "客家" (kèjiā in Putonghua) and is the name of an ethnic group. So we... Read more

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On October 13 at 3:30 PM by bohan2007

Do any of you 中国通s out there know the difference between "Hakka" and "Hokkien" ? If so, please share your knowledge and write as much as you can. Than... Read more

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On October 13 at 2:56 PM by kdogg36

对自己来说，因为我不太用那个生词单，所以不介意这件事情。听完播客以后，我详细地看课文，把所有不认识的词语保存到个人词汇单。学习高级课程的话，我一般找到20到30个新词语。 Read more

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On October 13 at 10:59 AM by darkstar94

That's so weird, I think people like to claim there are big differences between them.  My Chinese lecture told us to make sentences with 不过 and w... Read more

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On October 13 at 10:15 AM by bababardwan

haha, very good mate. Also learnt a bit: hos·er   [hoh-zer] Show IPA noun Canadian Slang . a person who is considered unintelligent or... Read more

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On October 13 at 7:46 AM by bohan2007

Question: In the dialogue, it sounds like when the cab driver says "要停的时候...", the "停" sounds like qíng instead of tíng. Why? That's a huge diffe... Read more

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On October 13 at 6:40 AM by chris

agreed Read more

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On October 13 at 6:19 AM by chris

there are a few QWs on "but", e.g. http://chinesepod.com/lessons/comparing-buts-但-and-却 Read more

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On October 13 at 6:12 AM by Right-Wingnut

The Supplementary Vocabulary does not appear on the text-only version of the PDF for this lesson. Read more