User Comments - bweedin
bweedin
Posted on: Tea Refill
February 9, 2011 at 7:00 AMWhat's everyone's experience with tea in China? I remember most places not having that courtesy tea in China, except in Guangdong. They usually served 开水kāishuǐ (hot water), if they did serve anything.
Posted on: Inside the Baozi Business
February 9, 2011 at 6:55 AMSome so-called trendy Americans are also calling them "gyoza" after the Japanese name which I discovered is written in Japanese as 餃子 when I was bored writing the bus and ran into this Japanese guy I knew who couldn't speak much English, and I just started writing all the Chinese characters I knew and when I wrote 餃子 he said, "gyoza"
Interesting that you consider guotie/potstickers as breakfast food, because I used to only eat them for dinner
Posted on: What's in a name?
January 30, 2011 at 9:30 AMso yes, although I may not look like it, I am 1/4 Chinese.
Posted on: What's in a name?
January 30, 2011 at 9:28 AMthe name of my 外公 is 鄭軒／郑轩/zhèngxuān so I just added 龍 to make mine 鄭軒龍 just because I think the dragon is cool, and I'll never forget how to write it!
I've had confirmation from Dongbei to HK that it's a good name, so I'm sticking to it.
Posted on: 温州人
January 30, 2011 at 9:14 AM我在美國學中文，但是從去年二月到七月在溫州練習 哈哈
溫州人的普通話不太標準，是不是阿？所以我去上海，福建，廣東的時候，都聽得懂，因為你比比聽，別人的中國話比較容易懂。而且，他們的發音很差，所以在那裡才發現了，說話的時候，注意聲調，發音不太重要。比如說：我聽過“jīnniān”. 應該是”今天“ 因為“天” 是第一聲。
對不起，很多廢話。
你怎麼樣？
Posted on: 温州人
January 28, 2011 at 5:44 AM很多人認為廣東人的普通話說得不清楚，但是他們的普通話比溫州人的標準多了。
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 27, 2011 at 6:47 AMI think that would qualify, because you assume that no foreigner has been to China outside of Beijing or Shanghai. but come on, how can I not feel that way when me and my German ex-roommate walked into a school yard in some village and there was a head sticking out of literally every window in the building staring at us?
healing prayers? Western medicine? In the REAL China, 開水 heals all.
and I don't recommend you do that last thing you suggested. That couple would pass out, possibly die, from so much face.
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 26, 2011 at 6:51 AMIt was kind of weird when I left my 農村 on the occasional trips to Shanghai and I saw other foreigners there, and even some that could *gasp* speak better Chinese than me!
but yes, now that I'm back in the States, I annoyingly make it a point to say that I've actually been to China, and not just Beijing and Shanghai, but the real China. hahah ( evil laugh) ahaha!
Posted on: Tea Refill
February 10, 2011 at 6:24 AMyep, small town China （十万人口）. When I ventured out to Shanghai, I would have Western food, go to hole-in-the-wall restaurants, or street food, so the whole tea situation did not apply.