Lesson Comments

Nope, using "de shi hou" is very appropriate. You use it when you're talking about a point in time. Since there's no "when" in chinese, saying "Wo dao... Read more

ChinesePod staff: please fix the blooper in the written introduction. We can do something 'on purpose' but not 'on accident'. Yow! It should be 'by ac... Read more

I would say 李小姐, instead of 小李姐. That's the equivalent of saying "Miss Li" in English. And I wouldn't use that for close friends either, it's more of... Read more

Thanks Dan Hey, forgive me if I ask a personal question or too, and feel free to not answer, but I'm a bit curious as to your motivation for coming... Read more

1. 我会去北京 is correct too. 2. I would use 会 over 要, because 要 can be confused with "want". I tend to think that 会 is more concrete and definite, as i... Read more

Just discovered a restaurant near where I live in Seattle that serves xiǎolóngbāo.  They're advertised in the window, though not listed on... Read more

It would have been funny to have the guy who didn't bring the sunblock, sunglasses and umbrella say to the woman, "too bad for you, I just turn red fo... Read more

FWIW, if you have a map of Beijing, and have sense of where you need to go when you arrive, then this might help. When you arrive at the Beijing airpo... Read more

CPod or anyone - Bump And by the way, I didn't mean to post twice. Feel free to delete one of my duplicates. Read more

Small correction on a point in the dialogue (haven't listened to podcast yet so I don't know if it was pointed out there) - but 为 also has a 2nd tone... Read more