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Hi threecats33 , What you've got there looks to me like a 白菜 bai2cai4. 青菜 is smaller and shrubbier looking Please remember though that thes... Read more

hi all, da4 jia1 hao3 is this Chinese cabbage, qing1cai4? I just did a google image search and quite a few vegies are labelled Chinese Cabba... Read more

Hi bodawei , You are indeed correct. Thank you for taking the time to help a fellow poddie. Please note that 长 zhang3 refers not only to one's... Read more

whoops Pete, you beat me - glad to see you are on the ball.  Read more

@luolina27 I think the meaning here is more along the lines of 'grow', in the sense of 'grown' to be like... It is a commonly used verb when descri... Read more

Hi luolina27 Great question. 长 is a 多音字，a character with multiple readings. It can mean "long," as 长城 the Great Wall, as you suggested. But he... Read more

@desluo949, While '他女朋友长什么样' means 'what does his girlfriend look like', in Chinese it means 'exactly how does his girlfriend look like, i.e. what d... Read more

Thanks Pete. Perhaps you should answer luolina27's question on the same sentence. I would jump in, but I can't remember the term for these types of... Read more

Hi owie , lentakis , jess13 , sophastre and qingshan09 , I've let the thank you's get away from me lately. But thank you all for the kind wor... Read more

Hi desluo949 Good question. The verb + 得 construction requires an adverb afterward. 他长得怎么样 is literally asking " how does he look" as opposed to... Read more