Lesson Comments

On IME Microsoft Pinyin the 顿号 is also the backslash - above the enter key. Read more

And - 'dot dot dot' sounded pretty acceptable too - that's what I would have said! Read more

Thanks for answering my question!  I was curious about Chinese punctuation after the important role of the 冒号 in 《Detective Li and the Mysteriou... Read more

Jenny:  In conversation you showed some differences in terminology between English brands - perhaps because of your Australian education, where w... Read more

I recently finished a language class in Business Chinese, so I have a little bit of an advantage with this lesson. ^^ But there was still a lot of int... Read more

这个课文很有代表性, 大多数的招聘广告都会用这样的书面语. Read more

Is 'ge' the only measure word that uses the neutral tone?  It seems this way as all the measure words I've come across so far have had either the... Read more

Thanks Jenny as always! So lǎo would just be plain wrong in this situation? Read more

是"亲生妈妈"(qin1 sheng1 ma1 ma1), biological mother. Read more

请问, 招聘广告一般是完全口语的, 完全书面语还是一半口语一半书面语 ? Read more