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Here is my effort at a summary of the sample sentences and ideas in this Qingwen lesson, but please feel free to provide corrections if you spot mista... Read more

China is now growing there own coffee.  Yunnan coffee is very good. Read more

Can we also say, "Wǒ kěyǐ bāng nǐ" Read more

I don't hear it used much around here in Baoding. I have heard it used as a greeting though, mostly in large cities with a larger expat population. Fo... Read more

there are 1.4 billion answers to every question in China, and they are all correct. Here is one view but I think its safe to say that "ni hao ma" does... Read more

看来 和乌龟有关的神话故事 非常普遍，无论是中国，印度，还是北美。根据有些美国的本土民族神话，全部世界其实是在一只乌龟的背面。我觉得很有意思，这些不同的民族，彼此没有关系，都重视乌龟为文化象征。 Read more

Ummm, it's not really an 啊 sound, it's not pronounced enough to be one in my opinion. You will also see other phrases ending with an "i" sound that w... Read more

Thanks, RJ. So, it would mean "Are you OK?" Any native Chinese speakers want to step in here and confirm who is right? Would you use "nihao ma?" as... Read more

Heh, my mistake, must be a partial 啊, as covered here http://chinesepod.com/lessons/ending-your-sentence-with-啊-呀-a-ya Does anyone think it's prono... Read more

I am glad that an experienced user brought this up. I thought it was only me. Besides the challenging content of the Upper-Int. lessons, speaking ver... Read more