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BeccaChu
Posted on: The 5 "W" Questions
April 9, 2019 at 10:05 AMThanks for the feedback! Sorry this lesson is a bit hard for newbie. You mentioned you can't hear Grace's voice when she's repeating the words, that's because she's just silently mouthing the words for the users to repeat:)
Posted on: Popular Brand Names
April 9, 2019 at 9:57 AMI'm sorry you didn't find this lesson useful. Our goal of this lesson is for people who are learning Chinese can just point at the big sign of "Subway" on the street and say "赛百味"! We thought it would be encouraging for the students to be able to say the Chinese brand names they're familiar with in full confidence:) If you prefer to learn situational dialogues, we have one newbie lesson coming up, and we hope you'll like it!
Posted on: The 5 "W" Questions
April 9, 2019 at 1:36 AMWe're sorry about that. It's a typo. 什 has different pronunciations and in 什么, it's pronounced as "shen2".
Posted on: The Key to Closing a Deal
April 9, 2019 at 1:34 AMYes it is! So many things require "天时地利人和":)
Posted on: The Key to Closing a Deal
April 9, 2019 at 1:33 AMThanks for the feedback! In terms of pronunciation, we're sorry about that, the host de-emphasized the "g" sound in "cheng2" and "sheng1", that's why they sound wrong to you.
Posted on: 4 Tones of Zhu
April 9, 2019 at 1:30 AMI think you're thinking of 这(zhe4)! It means "this".
Posted on: Chinese Holidays 中国的节日
April 9, 2019 at 1:29 AMI think what they're saying is there's no direct equivalent to "yes" in Chinese because there's so many ways to response affirmatively. You're right, 正 in 正月(zhēng yuè) is supposed to be the first tone. Both usages 快点吃 and 快快吃 can mean "to eat faster".
Posted on: Chinese Holidays 中国的节日
April 9, 2019 at 1:21 AMOnly when 正 appears in 正月 , it's pronounced as first tone, meaning the first month. In all the other usages, it's pronounced as the fourth tone.
Posted on: Spending Christmas in Asia
April 9, 2019 at 1:21 AMWe're glad it's useful for you!
Posted on: Chinese Idioms - Spiderwebs and Horse Tracks
April 9, 2019 at 10:18 AMji4 would be the correct pronunciation!