User Comments - bweedin

Posted on: Good Morning!

In what part of China do they say, "hello" to each other? I never heard that in Zhejiang province.

Posted on: Language Power Struggle

if you have a good pronunciation of Mandarin, then your listening ability will also improve. Yes, there are regional accents, but some things are pretty universal across all parts of China like ji qi xi, and even still, listen to the tone and get context out of that. There have been many times where the pronunciation of many people I've encountered is not standard (completely wrong!), but by the speakers tones, I can correctly guess the meaning. Of course this all takes practice. When they say something in the local accent, you convert it in your head the standard way. It's the same how when I hear a British accent in English, I can match it to its American counterpart.

Posted on: Ending, Completing, Finishing

I find that 好了 goes a long way in expressing this for most situations.

Posted on: Getting a Tattoo

還想說，看得懂簡體字，所以你應該看得懂繁體字。就公平啊！

Posted on: It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity

bill 已經說好了，加州海岸的天氣差不多都不錯，但是內地有很多山或沙漠。

Posted on: It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity

我也住在加州。世界上最好的天氣！

Posted on: Yellow Mountain

just random, in the song 北京歡迎你，迎接 is the first word of the lyrics！

Posted on: Getting a Tattoo

啊，好的。哈哈

我沒有興趣。

Posted on: Getting the Correct Change

我聽到上海的年輕人說“二百塊”，但是應該說兩百塊，對嗎？

也許聽錯了吧。

Posted on: Getting the Correct Change

I went to the post office with my friend from England and I asked the man working at the post office how much it costs to send a postcard to 英國，and he said “四塊五”. My friend then asked me how much he said, and before I could translate, the guy working at the post office said, "four five" and my friend said, "WHAT! forty-five yuan to send a postcard!"  The shock from both sides of the counter was priceless.