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I have been showing some visitors around our city and on a couple of occasions I have pointed to some authentically old housing districts (little old... Read more

Siyi, this happens to me often. Chinese is the fifth language I have studied. Tagalog is my native language, then I learned English when I came to t... Read more

下面有我写下来的词语。小心一点儿，有可能有一些错误。 石油泄漏xièlòu to leak 0：49 一片漆黑了qīhēi： pitch-black 造成的影响 1：04 对这个事件产生的一些质疑zhìyí: to call into question, to questio... Read more

Does anybody know any other characters that most Chinese people don't know how to write? I find that while they're always very nice when complime... Read more

This lesson doesnt make much sense because its unclear what the person is asking for when you say "Whats your number". Number for what? Address, cell... Read more

how do you use these verbs in terms of using it with adjectives?  for example, how would you say: "if you do this for me, then I'll be happy"... Read more

Here is a photo I took of the 三轮车人 sānlúnchē ren.          I see it as looking across two cultures... Read more

in the diaglogue john and jenny say hutong is 2nd tone and neutral, but in the photo you show 2nd tone and 4th tone Read more

I believe hutong is originally a Mongolian dating back to the Yuan Dynasty and the origins of Beijing that means water well, or something like that i... Read more

呵呵, yeah. It was more of an observation than a problem though. I like 了 and like it thrown in for good measure. It would feel strange without it, kind... Read more