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Posted on: I'm Married
June 1, 2008 at 2:02 AMWhat's more common for husband? I hear 丈夫（zhang4fu5） more often.
Bill
Posted on: One-on-One Basketball
May 29, 2008 at 8:43 PMjiajie,
Pickup basketball means simply hanging out at the basketball courts and joining a game there. It can be one-on-one , two-on-two，..., five-on-five。It can be half court or full court.
Jenny, thanks for your defintions. What about "zone defense?"
Bill
Posted on: One-on-One Basketball
May 29, 2008 at 3:22 PMWhat about these expressions in Mandarin:
Dribble, free throw, jump shot, pick and roll, slam dunk, time out, charging foul, technical foul.
Bill
Posted on: KTV
May 25, 2008 at 5:22 AMOne might also clarify that "hog" is a synonym for 猪。 Bill
Posted on: When will he return?
May 24, 2008 at 5:27 AMLesson Downloads Podcast MP3 (64kbps, 0mb) Podcast MP3 (128kbps, 0mb) Dialogue MP3 (0mb) The Fix MP3 (0mb) 有小问题 ...
Posted on: Xīnkǔ 辛苦
April 22, 2008 at 9:26 PMThanks for another one of those jewels of the Chinese language. This reminds me of when I would return home from "work" really wiped out. My wife would say, 你很累！And I'd smile and say, "It's a labor of love." 我很辛苦 would've been just right. Bill
Posted on: Ending your sentence with 嘛 （ma)
April 16, 2008 at 2:32 PM你好，Connie, 明白了！ 多谢, Bill Bill
Posted on: Ending your sentence with 嘛 （ma)
April 15, 2008 at 3:14 PMConnie, What's the difference between 刚刚好 and 正好？ Bill
Posted on: Ending your sentence with 嘛 （ma)
April 14, 2008 at 4:47 PMAs I listen to each 请问 lesson, I sense 越来越 spontaneity of expressions. Things as simple as 喜欢就买嘛 and 生活嘛 are so useful for introducing us to what I would call "Chinese street talk" or how people really converse with one another. It's one of the keys to really speaking any language, isn't it! Bill
Posted on: I'm Married
June 1, 2008 at 4:19 AM老公 (lao3gong1) and 老婆 （lao3po2) are informal or familiar terms for husband and wife, respectively. They occur frequently in the more advanced Cpod lessons.
Bill