User Comments - amber
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Posted on: What's that smell?
May 14, 2008 at 1:59 AMhi light487, 好臭 (hǎo chòu): 好 (hǎo) can be used interchangeably with 很 (hěn) to mean 'very'.
Posted on: Where are you from?
May 14, 2008 at 1:56 AMhi gfratti, There's no abbreviated version of that that we know of.
Posted on: Cat in the Hat
May 14, 2008 at 1:56 AMhi chiongzibide, Here are some common cat names here: 咪咪 Mīmī 猫咪 Māomī 小猫 Xiǎomāo 花猫 Huāmāo 黑猫 Hēimāo 白猫 Báimāo
Posted on: Lo and La （咯 & 啦）
May 14, 2008 at 1:50 AMhi misterjess, That would be another character: na = -n + a as in： 好多人哪！ (Hǎoduō rén na!)
Posted on: Lo and La （咯 & 啦）
May 13, 2008 at 10:35 AMsarahjs, Um, I think i'm insane... i dont know why i said i grew up in Taiwan! haha its certainly not the case. I think what i meant to say was "my Chinese grew up in Taiwan". ;)
Posted on: Shopping
May 12, 2008 at 9:14 AMhi ncjones, 其他 (qítā) can be used when speaking of people or objects. 其它 (qítā) is only used for objects.
Posted on: Olympic Medals
May 12, 2008 at 8:39 AMhi nuevacarpeta, It's a 110m race.
Posted on: Do I look good in this?
May 12, 2008 at 6:42 AMhi chris, jazz, et al 这件 (Zhè jiàn) / 这个 (Zhège) The proper and most correct way is to use the measure word 件 (jiàn) for clothing . However, in daily life, 个 (ge) is often used as a generic measure word in spoken Chinese. So both are commonly heard, however 件 (jiàn) is more correct.
Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Geology
May 12, 2008 at 4:40 AMhi chillosk, That sentence uses 只要 (zhǐyào): 你只要爱别人，别人就会爱你。 Nǐ zhǐyào ài biéren, biéren jiù huì ài nǐ. and means, "As long as you love others, they will love you."
Posted on: A Business Dinner with a Supplier
May 14, 2008 at 2:08 AMhi neuvacarpeta, The greetings in this dialogue are used, but are used in a very formal setting. Yes, using 您 (nín) would be more respectful/formal.