User Comments - artkho
artkho
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
January 11, 2008 at 9:10 AMAmber, You guys forgot to mention the star-ratings for toilets found in Chinese tourist spots. I think the facilities in the Forbidden City are rated four stars.
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
January 11, 2008 at 8:51 AMI didn't know that 马桶 is toilet. How does this word differ from 厕所 or 洗手间?
Posted on: Bad Service Restaurant
January 10, 2008 at 12:35 AMThe guy in this lesson got mad enough to miss an afternoon's worth of work. Since the lesson is based on a true story, which Cpod staff person skipped work? :)
Posted on: Using Verbs 不出来 , 得出来
January 7, 2008 at 10:51 AMAmber, In the lesson on Singapore, you mentioned these four words: resultative complement verb structure. When I first saw these words, 我念不出来。They were a mouthful. :) Should verbal diarrhea be translated as 口头腹泻?
Posted on: Singapore
January 7, 2008 at 7:29 AM我喜欢这个课程的词汇。所以这个课程好的不得了。
Posted on: Trip to the Chinese Doctor and a Special Guest
January 4, 2008 at 8:26 AMWhen I was in Shanghai, our tour group's operator forced us to go to a Chinese "Medical Institute" where we met a bunch of snake-oil salesmen who diagnosed almost everyone with various ailments to convince them to buy Chinese medicine. The "head doctor" didn't even bother to get his underlings to diagnose me after talking to me for a few seconds. I guess I didn't have the face of dollar signs. :-) But the rest of the tour group did get diagnosed and received the sales pitch. Some got mad and some bought Chinese medicine.
Posted on: Tennis Anyone?
January 4, 2008 at 2:19 AMBazza, You forgot to mention that you had to wait at least a week to see Jenny while you were in Shanghai. ;-)
Posted on: New Year's Song
January 3, 2008 at 7:54 PMDid anyone video-recorded the Cpod gang singing ABBA songs? ABBA is popular in China? What's the next karaoke adventure for the Cpod Gang? The Bee Gees? ;-)
Posted on: Night Cat
January 3, 2008 at 5:29 AMRegarding the slang 泡妞, how does the word 泡 as in 泡茶 (make tea) become womanizing when combined with 妞?
Posted on: Lost Cell Phone
January 11, 2008 at 10:18 AMTerrific lesson. I didn't know that 戏 also means drama or luck. I only know about 游戏 (to play). 破财 made me think of 破产 (go broke, zhongwen.com is so handy). I grew up hearing 破产 mentioned a lot in my dialect. 真倒霉，破财了, 没脑子 and 没戏了 are short words that I can use when typing short instant messages with my Chinese friends. Given the right context, these words can be silly and funny during a conversation. Keep up the good work.