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crystal_counselor
Posted on: Finishing Work for the Weekend
March 10, 2010 at 8:47 AMHi,
“加班 jia1 ban1" is the word for "work overtime”, it's a verb.
你昨天加班了吗？
"加工“ is a verb which means " to process".
Posted on: Flying a Kite
March 10, 2010 at 2:28 AM你好，“ 合适”是形容词（adj），“适合”是动词(verb）。
所以你可以说“我觉得这件衣服很合适”。
"这件衣服很适合你"=the clothes suit/fit you very well.
Posted on: The Black Spectrum of Meaning
February 21, 2010 at 5:13 AMHi
very interesting question. well, there is no such kind of terms in Chinese as far as I know. 黑客 in Chinese is always a negative word.
Posted on: An Invitation to the God of Wealth
February 21, 2010 at 3:43 AM我老家温州没有请财神的习俗，但是春节我们一定要去山上“拜坟”(visit a grave ），然后在山上放鞭炮或者放烟花，让坟墓也显得很热闹。
Posted on: How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People
February 20, 2010 at 12:13 PMhi guys
I mean when you want to say " how are you", you should say "你好吗？“ instead of ”你怎么样？“.
a lot of Chinese teachers like to use this to help the beginners.
Posted on: How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People
February 20, 2010 at 7:19 AMhi, this is not common , and it sounds strange for Chinese.
you'd better say "你好吗？" instead of "你怎么样？"
Posted on: How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People
February 20, 2010 at 5:12 AM这个不错，我最近忙着和老朋友聚会，拜访亲戚。
现在这个时间也可以问大家 ”新年过得怎么样?"
Posted on: Fire in the Hallway!
January 14, 2010 at 3:54 AMI am sorry, I thought using the "math symbols" would make it more clear for you since not every one is a linquist. the explanation can be two ways, one is " language is 习惯, we used to say that, sometimes you can not explan why" another explanation refers to the grammar that is what I tried to do. hope you will get a better explanation to solve your problem.
Posted on: Fire in the Hallway!
January 14, 2010 at 3:54 AMam sorry, I thought using the "math symbols" would make it more clear for you since not every one is a linquist. the explanation can be two ways, one is " language is 习惯, we used to say that, sometimes you can not explan why" another explanation refers to the grammar that is what I tried to do. hope you will get a better explanation to solve your problem.
Posted on: Fire in the Hallway!
March 10, 2010 at 8:59 AMHi， you can not say "滅人".
"滅" is usually used for fire or light.
for example, 吹滅蠟燭chui1 mie4 la4zhu2(blow out the candles).
"滅" also means "to exterminate" ,like "滅鼠mie4shu3"(to exterminate rats )
the word for "annihilate" is ”殲滅 jian1 mie4“， you can say" 殲滅敵人jian1mie4 di2ren2"(annihilate the enemy)