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Posted on: All in the Family
October 7, 2008 at 1:30 AMhi hitokiri,
Yes, you can say 你有兄弟吗？ Nǐ yǒu xiōngdì ma？
To say, 'Do you have brothers and sisters?' you can say:
你有兄弟姐妹吗？Nǐ yǒu xiōngdì-jiěmèi ma？
Posted on: Farm Animals
October 7, 2008 at 1:28 AMhi hitokiri6993,
crocodiles and alligators are both referred to as 鳄鱼 (Èyú) in Chinese!
Posted on: Editing a Photo
October 6, 2008 at 9:11 AMhi gossie,
signage 标记 (biāojì)
portfolio 框 (kuàng)
bleed 颜色出血 (yánsè chūxiě)
crop marks 剪切记号 (jiǎnqièjìhào)
portrait 肖像 (xiàoxiàng)
landscape 风景 (fēngjǐng)
art director 美术指导 (měishùzhǐdǎo)
senior designer 资深设计师 (zīshēn shèjìshī)
Posted on: A Business Dinner with a Supplier
October 6, 2008 at 9:05 AMhi doezeedoats,
比手划脚 (Bǐ shǒu huá jiǎo) is used more when speaking of making bodily gestures to get your meaning across, to gesticulate.
指手划脚 (Zhǐshǒuhuájiǎo) carries more of a meaning of ordering someone else around, bossing someone about.
Posted on: Los Angeles
October 6, 2008 at 8:55 AMhi chris,
There are a couple of uses of this 起来 (qǐlai). In that expansion sentence, it is the (adjective) + 起来, and what it does is express a deepening of intensity or level of something, i.e.
冷起来 Lěng qǐlai
天冷起来了。Tiān lěng qǐlai le.
胖起来 Pàng qǐlai
每天吃很多东西，他还是不会胖起来。Měitiān chī hěn duō dōngxi, tā háishi bù huì pàng qǐlai.
Posted on: Do you have a menu?
October 6, 2008 at 8:41 AMhi china4me,
Adding the 的 (de) on the end just adds a bit of emphasis, confirmation, to the tone.
Posted on: Here she comes
October 6, 2008 at 8:39 AMhi tvan,
笨 (bèn) means unintelligent, stupid
呆 (dāi) also means unintelligent, but can also have the added meanings of obtuse, silly, idiotic, blank
Posted on: Here she comes
October 6, 2008 at 8:32 AMhi bfurong,
Yes, you can also say:
我怎么这么呆
Wǒ zěnme zhème dāi
Posted on: Here she comes
October 7, 2008 at 1:35 AMhi nickorange,
You can say:
我喜欢你。 Wǒ xǐhuan nǐ. I like you.
我对你有感觉。 Wǒ duì nǐ yǒu gǎnjué. I have feelings for you.