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Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 7, 2007 at 9:28 AMHey guys, Here's the CORRECT way to say surgical mask: 口罩 (kǒuzhào) And the word of the week, hypochondria: 疑病症 (yíbìngzhèng)
Posted on: Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation
December 7, 2007 at 5:23 AMno! how bad mine is! so embarrassed, hehe. thanks kelvin. :)
Posted on: Lesson
December 7, 2007 at 2:58 AMHi aphaia, Podcast: 播客 (bō kè)
Posted on: Downloading Music
December 7, 2007 at 2:54 AMhi mandomikey, There are a few different ways to say CD in Chinese. Many people just use the English letters, "CD" pronounced in first tone. Here are a couple other ways: 碟片 (diépiàn) 光盘 (guāngpán) and the measure word is 张 (zhāng)
Posted on: Musical Instruments
December 7, 2007 at 2:50 AMhi mandomikey, It's 曼陀林 (màntuólín)
Posted on: Key Card
December 7, 2007 at 2:48 AMpeterm, In the context of a hotel room number, 1208 would be pronounced: 1208 yāo ér líng ba (sometimes 1 is pronounced yāo in spoken Chinese) So there likely wouldn't be any confusion.
Posted on: Key Card
December 7, 2007 at 2:42 AMhi tmod5862, Yeah, the exercises are all being revamped shortly, so you will just have to bear with us for a little longer! Sorry for the inconvenience!
Posted on: Key Card
December 7, 2007 at 2:36 AMHi Sebire, Yes, that's right, it's also a measure word: 一间房 (yī jiān fáng) you can also say: 一个房间 (yī ge fángjiān)
Posted on: Key Card
December 7, 2007 at 2:35 AMhi Bazza, To tell them your card isn't working, you could say any of these: 房卡不能用。(Fáng kǎ bùnéng yòng.) 房卡坏了。(Fáng kǎ huài le.) 房卡不灵。(Fáng kǎ bù líng.) And yes, you can also call it: 钥匙卡 (Yàoshi kǎ)
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 7, 2007 at 11:11 PMInterestingly, last night as I rode my bicycle home (it was freezing last night!), i was thinking as the wind whipped my face, "I think I need a 口罩 (kǒuzhào)!"