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Posted on: Baby Photos
On June 25 at 11:20 AM by bodawei

请问一下, 在这种情况下可以说‘弟弟’和'妹妹'而不是'男孩子'和'女孩子'?  (In this situation would it be okay to use the terms 'didi' and 'meimei' instead of nanha... Read more

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On June 25 at 11:17 AM by changye

Hi rjberki Chinese children often mix pinyin and Chinese characters, justl like "今天我du子teng", when writing someting. Actually it's impossible for th... Read more

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On June 25 at 11:09 AM by erwans

I guess the lady who has connections the legal and not-so legal business is the one who wants to get the accountant 'fixed'? Or am I mixing up lessons... Read more

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Posted on: Podcast Language 3
On June 25 at 11:08 AM by lydia1981

Hi Pete, Don't you think the 领导 will be mad at you for putting them last? ;-)   Read more

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On June 25 at 10:58 AM by goulnik

Out of 148 phonetic components, here's a list of the 36 that do have a single pinyin transcription, tone excluded (at least across most frequent moder... Read more

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On June 25 at 10:53 AM by changye

Hi calkins Thanks a lot for the great information on Hanyu Pinyin in Taiwan. Judging from the info, it looks like that bomopofo is still enjoying it... Read more

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On June 25 at 10:41 AM by paulinurus

Most difficult pinyin consonant to pronounce is 'r'. Even though Chinese dictionaries say pinyin r is pronounced similar to English r, it is... Read more

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On June 25 at 10:36 AM by bodawei

@changye that is interesting - once Mao got an idea in his head he was difficult to shift it seems, so we should perhaps be thanking those who stoo... Read more

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On June 25 at 10:25 AM by vikram

Pinyin for me was useful sending text messages when in China.Also helped improve my vocabulary. Though most chinese friends recommended me to pick up... Read more

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On June 25 at 10:06 AM by RJ

changye, Hmmm, no Chinese characters. Would I complain. I dont know. It would have problems of its own but.......   Read more