Lesson Comments
Hi victor_n P/S. The second "电话" in (2) in my previous posting might be superfluous. （2） 我等他的电话等了一上午，他下午一点才打来。 In the case you are not qualified... Read more
Two suggestions: Would have been a great opportunity to comment on the 3 different "shi4"s--to be, to try, and thing. All pronounced same,... Read more
@xiaophil, "你怎么这么早才来？" is wrong. The elements 早 and 才 contradict each other. Like you said, an easy way to master the pattern is to collocate... Read more
Hi li4wei3 Here is a more detailed explanation on the origin of 猜拳 in Wikipedia (traditional Chinese), which advocate the theory of "from China to... Read more
Thanks changye.Yeah 先生。I just thought it a little 奇怪 to have it translated as Mr without any context.I mean if I were sitting the HSK or something I c... Read more
Hi victor_n Here are my translations. (1) is the same as yours. (1) 他今年才学会游泳。 (2) 我等他的电话等了一上午，他下午一点才打电话来。 "他不会参加比赛" should be translated as "He... Read more
Hi bababardwan As you said above, 小王 is not necessarily a child. If the guy "王" is younger than you, you can call him 小王. It's just a matter of com... Read more
From the expansion: 最近 小王 老 听见 奇怪 的 声音 。 The rollover has 小王 translated as Mr Wang.Is that right? I suppose if Lao Wang has a son,his so... Read more
really grasping the difference between j/q/x and zh/ch/sh was my first big hurdle learning chinese... i must have spent days or weeks trying to figure... Read more
I just bought a macbook pro and the Apple sales person told me that with the next release of leopard you will have the ability to write chinese charac... Read more