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Posted on: Number Two
October 22, 2007 at 3:58 AMhi Kyle and goulniky, These kinds of questions are often hard to answer, because there is rarely an exact equivalent! But, for 'smart ass' you could say: 他是一个自以为是的人 Tā shì yī ge zìyǐwéishì de rén
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 21, 2007 at 6:43 AMYes, although there are more bicycles on the road in Shanghai, I find it much safer than Taipei. Taipei is like a free for all. The traffic wardens in Shanghai are pretty strict about the rules. In Taiwan, anything goes. Both have their advantages.
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 20, 2007 at 1:49 AMthanks dmartind, does that mean you are a driver in China!? I am interested to hear about how things are on the road for those amongst us that are bold enough to drive in China...
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 20, 2007 at 12:22 AMhi AZERDocMom, Clay is the new guy at Cpod! You will get to know him soon. And JohnB is still here too. Our cpoddie family just got a little bigger.
Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: Date with a Nerd
October 19, 2007 at 9:21 AMhi jobebbe, Yes, I had a listen, the 要 (yào) is there, it's spoken very quickly after the 就 (jiù).
Posted on: Cooking
October 19, 2007 at 9:15 AMhi shifu, Thanks for pointing that out, it's been fixed now.
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 19, 2007 at 9:03 AM...was having a rough day. haha.
Posted on: Phone Call for the Boss
October 19, 2007 at 8:58 AMhi mora, The most common way to ask for someone to answer the phone would be: 谁能接一下电话？ Shéi néng jiē yīxià diànhuà？ Who can answer the phone? 接一下电话。 Jiē yīxià diànhuà. Answer the phone You don't have to use a measure word when talking about phone calls... its optional. 个 (ge) and 通 (tōng) are both acceptable measure words for phone calls. 你有(一个)电话。 Nǐ yǒu (yī ge) diànhuà. You have a call. 有三个电话找你。 Yǒu sān ge diànhuà zhǎo nǐ. There were three calls for you. 一通电话 yī tōng diànhuà
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 19, 2007 at 8:01 AMhi lunetta, haha... if you'd ever had baijiu you would understand. It tastes like bandaids. But, that may be because the stuff I tried was the cheap one they sell in the convenience store for a few kuai. Ew... bad memories.
Posted on: Cooking
October 22, 2007 at 4:03 AMhi RoninDC, Yes, 烧 (shāo) is used to describe cooking: 烧饭 shāofàn. It's the same 烧 (shāo) as in 烧火 (shāohuǒ) 'to light a fire'. Because most cooking was done over a fire, the term was coined. Now it can be used in general to describe any cooking, not just that over a fire.