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On August 29 at 9:43 PM by inland

OK, another question.  If 馆呢就是一个地方, why use 院 (yuan4) for hospitals and movie theaters (Yi1yuan4, Dian4ying3yuan4)?  what's a yuan4? Read more

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On August 29 at 9:27 PM by aaronpos

@inland You're right; 家 is the measure word for restaurants, etc. （ex.: 两家饭馆） Read more

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On August 29 at 9:25 PM by aaronpos

I finally got the differences down now. Thanks ChinesePod. Read more

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On August 29 at 8:50 PM by inland

RE: chanelle77's    comment, in Chicago's chinatown restaurants use 酒家 (jiu3 jia1).  Also, is 家 the counting... Read more

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On August 29 at 7:30 PM by hazelreid

我越来越喜欢汉语和ChinesePod! Read more

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On August 29 at 6:34 PM by chanelle77

Loved this QW. This reminded me of something I noticed this week here in my laojia. The use of 酒家 for the local "Chinese" restaurant! Any thoughts o... Read more

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On August 29 at 5:49 PM by kimiik

Great lesson. That was very entertaining. As Changye mentioned 太空穿梭机 (space shuttle) in the comments, I thought that a boomerang was another kind of... Read more

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On August 29 at 4:55 PM by chinesecatherine

OK, I may not get an answer to this as it's so long since the show aired - but I'm terrified of going to China and ending up in a situation where I am... Read more

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On August 29 at 4:32 PM by vonb

OK, I too have decided to promote myself to Upper Intermediate (gulp) so that I can follow Lao Wang, as I suspect he will still have a home there.... Read more

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On August 29 at 3:11 PM by bodawei

@mandarinkoala Jenny Zhu said 'I heard that in Taiwan, 土豆/tu3 dou4 means peanuts (花生/hua1 sheng1 on the mainland), not potato.'  And I underst... Read more