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Posted on: How Relaxing
March 14, 2016 at 7:20 AMI think what you're asking is what is the word for a “drinking straw”? In that case it is 吸管 xīguǎn。
The rest are words for types of grass.
Posted on: What Did We Eat Again?
March 12, 2016 at 7:34 AMThanks. Wikipedia tells me that the name was Quillian :)
This is the coolest Gwilym I know (He's world coffee maker 2009)
Posted on: How Relaxing
March 2, 2016 at 8:28 AMThat's a good question. Try not to think of 很 hěn as very. 很 hěn is merely linking a noun + adjective. You can read more here. Of course, if you emphasise the 很 hěn in the sentence (by elongating the 3rd tone), it will act as "very."
In general, if you want to highlight something as VERY, it's best to use another wod like 超 chāo，or 非常 fēicháng。 非常 fēicháng means extremely so is quite strong.
挺 tǐng gets translated as both really, very, or quite (colloquial). In many cases, it goes 非常好>很好>挺好>还好, but since the speaker in the dialogue is using it with emphasis, you can think of it as it's regular meaning of really. The two in the middle (很好 & 挺好) are very similar and can vary in degree depending on the speaker.
Hope that helps a bit.
Posted on: Budget Airlines
February 24, 2016 at 2:25 AMJust to update this, the dialogue sentences have also been updated on the Dictionary search. We actually discovered a large bug which prevented updating of the most recent lessons. Now you should find the search feature displays a lot more sentences now.
Give it a try :)
Posted on: Budget Airlines
February 23, 2016 at 9:53 AMWe have actors from both China and Taiwan. In this lesson, the female is actually from Taiwan, but in other recent lessons, the female speaker is from China.
Posted on: Can You Teach Me Japanese?
February 22, 2016 at 3:24 AMApologies. We had a bug over the weekend preventing video for basics. This should have now been resolved. Please check again and it should work. It's always best to clear your cache/cookies first.
Posted on: Could You Pass The...
February 19, 2016 at 9:22 AMThe two tracks are synced up ok, so perhaps try refreshing your browser. Might be a computer glitch. It could also be a mental thing since the tones of our voices are quite different to usual because the mics are so close.
Posted on: Budget Airlines
February 19, 2016 at 2:33 AMYou can already download the sentence by sentence audio on the dialogue tab here:
https://chinesepod.com/lessons/budget-airlines#dialogue-tab
Is that what you wanted?
Posted on: Do You Want to Go Together?
February 17, 2016 at 3:13 AMYou might find this answer helpful on stackexchange
http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/2032/difference-between-%E4%B8%8E-%E5%92%8C-and-%E8%B7%9F
Alternatively, if you're still stuck, you can post this question on our forum.
Posted on: Cutting A Song At KTV
March 15, 2016 at 2:15 AMMy bad. I've updated the lesson description with the two songs.