User Comments - beizhantu

Posted on: Help at the ATM

Anyone know the name of the machine that updates your savings passbook? And what is the passbook called in Chinese.

Last question: How do you ask the staff to help you update the passbook? Thnks.

Posted on: Moving House and Chinese Wineries

Living in Hong Kong mean's we are spolied for choice when it comes to wine because all imports are now tax free. I find good Australian wines are cheaper in Hong Kong than in Australia!

So it's always a dissapointment when trying to buy wine in China. Even the locally produced Chinese wines are more expensive than a nice imported bottle in Hong Kong. Answer: sneak a couple of bottles in your suitcase when going to China

Posted on: Public Speaking Tips

Thanks Emily for the update on the Toastmasters scene in China. I hadn't realised there were 70 or so clubs over there. Hong Kong has 30 or so with a lot being Putonghua and multi lingual so Cantonese speakers can improve their Putonghua

Thanks Amber 演讲 会  i guess it would be shortened to.

Pinkjeans - that' why Toastmaster exists - to help people get over their fear of public speaking - perhaps you could visit a meeting sometime? 

Posted on: Public Speaking Tips

In Hong Kong I go to a Toastmasters Club to practice public speaking. In Cantonese it's called Yin Gong Wui. What is it in Putonghua?

Posted on: Going Dutch

I checked with my Cantonese wife if they have AA in Hong Kong. They call it AA jai and it's very common. I can't believe I've never heard it mentioned in my 15 years in Hong Kong!