Lesson Comments

i dont understand the usage of kuan as a measure word....why does it supersede the normal measure words for things.... Read more

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Skritter (under the Vocabulary tab).  My brain seems to work by needing to be able to 'see' the character in m... Read more

Fixed. A lot of the words I used in the podcast that are not in the dialog are "teaching" words such as “接下来/jiēxiàlai/next up”，“分析/fēnxī/to analyze”，... Read more

When traditional characters were simplified, a number of characters that were originally separate traditional characters were merged into one, e.g. "發... Read more

thanks Jenny. I was wondering if "nin"ing it would be enough to get you out of trouble. Would using "shiqing" instead of just plain "shi" sound more f... Read more

I think we hardly ask "why" or "what" when a boss asks us to do something. But you could say ＂您有什么事＂． Read more

凶 means having a mean and aggressive attitude and often verbally abusive. It's used to describe people. Read more

so if shenme shi is too informal/impolite to use with a boss, what would be the polite equivalent? Read more

Thanks guys! I was wondering about that too! Read more

these countries still use long scale by the looks of things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Long_scale_countries_and_languages... Read more