User Comments - Gwilym-ChinesePod

Posted on: Jazz Bar

This is how you download lesson content onto your computer :) 

Posted on: Ways of Using ChinesePod

Good question. What you could try doing is click on the discussion tab (you would have to be a premium member to do this). Click on the settings cog and choose to hide english translations. Then go back to the lesson page, (press the back button twice). Highlight all of the sentences, right click and print. That way you should get a printable single page of Chinese characters which you can print out and annotate at your leisure.

Posted on: Donating Remains

Interesting. Are you talking about the Dialogue tab audio (https://chinesepod.com/lessons/donating-remains?player=new#dialogue-tab) or the mp3 files. Could you try again on a different browser, or try resetting your cookies.

Posted on: Ways of Using ChinesePod

For more ways of using ChinesePod, check out some articles here such as linking with Skritter, or printing lesson notes:

http://blog.chinesepod.com/we-love-skritter/

http://blog.chinesepod.com/view-grammar-and-expansion-tabs-in-print-friendly-views/

Posted on: Learning about Levels

Here is a new blog with all the info about our ChinesePod levels:

http://blog.chinesepod.com/all-about-chinesepod-levels/

Posted on: Introducing Business Connections

Honor and Honour are both correct. Thanks for towing the line for British English Bon.

Posted on: Say "Cheese"!

You can say "Is the water melon sweet?"  And then everyone replies "sweet."

西瓜甜不甜？   甜！！

Xīguā tián bù tián? Tián!!

Posted on: Dormitory Drama - Part 2

Here is a forum discussing the similarities of the yin/ying noise in Chinese. At the end of the day, it's what ever comes out of your mouth the easiest, and doesn't hinder communication.

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/29155-pronouncing-yi-yin-ying/

Posted on: Salt and Pepper

Posted on: Salt and Pepper

Jiao1 = http://chinesepod.com/tools/pronunciation/section/10

Zhao4 = http://chinesepod.com/tools/pronunciation/section/4

There is a very subtle difference in the noise, so to make it easier, try to really exaggerate the initial zh noise. Try sticking your tongue right to the top-back of your mouth, and say the english word judge.