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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 16 at 1:07 AM by lujiaojie

Here 单子 means "contract", but 单子 can not be used for "employment contract". Read more

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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 16 at 12:28 AM by changye

Hi raymondc “合同” is "contract" in a broad sense. “单子” is "list, form, bill", and it figuratively indicates "contract" in the dialogue. Read more

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On March 15 at 11:54 PM by darkstar94

“我今年才开始学了” (I only just started studying this year) Is this right? Read more

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On March 15 at 11:43 PM by rmacphail

我很高兴听我的老师！她是很好的老师！ HELEN 有耐心。谢谢你 HELEN 帮我。 Read more

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On March 15 at 11:36 PM by daniel70

As far as I know, standard written Chinese, which is used by both Cantonese speakers and Mandarin speakers was based on spoken Mandarin. Thus, a Canto... Read more

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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 15 at 10:33 PM by raymondc

What's the difference between 单子(dan zi) 合同( hetong) both meaning contract ? I guess 合同 is employment contract Read more

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On March 15 at 10:30 PM by jjinfrance

As a native mandarin speaker, I don't understand a word of spoken Cantonese. And most of my Cantonese friends don't understand Mandarin naturally, the... Read more

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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 15 at 10:05 PM by raymondc

Yes, I like this idea of rehearsing the dialogue and not translating. Read more

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On March 15 at 9:49 PM by jadeed

that's really interesting. I didn't know they're so closely related. Read more

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On March 15 at 9:25 PM by BEBC

I have been told by a native chinese translator that the two 'dialects' are about as mutually intelligible as English and French, and that Cantonese a... Read more