User Comments - danchao
danchao
Posted on: Discussing a Thesis Topic with an Advisor
August 5, 2010 at 2:01 AMWell, multi-national expats are definitely not 农民工. Perhaps they can be called 老外工, haha (I have no clue, don't take that seriously).
Posted on: The Attitude Pattern (yǒu shénme... 有什么...)
August 4, 2010 at 2:12 AM"ni yao shen me ma" sounds a bit strange. You can definitely use "shen me" and "ma" in the same sentence, but I would reword it like this:
nǐ yào shěn me dōng xī má?
你要什么东西吗？
Do you want anything?
It's more polite than just saying "ni yao shen me". It doesn't imply that you want something, but rather asks if there is anything you want.
Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert
August 2, 2010 at 2:55 AMHey, yeah, that works!
Posted on: Which Subway Exit
August 2, 2010 at 2:46 AMCan you elaborate what you mean? Like, how to use the different tenses in Chinese? And how does this relate to exits?
Posted on: Tea Tasting
August 2, 2010 at 2:24 AMYou would say 哪样, not just 哪. Otherwise, I believe you're correct.
Posted on: Getting Dressed
August 2, 2010 at 1:54 AMYeah, precisely. "他不回来了" = he won't be coming anymore.
“你不用等他了" = you don't have to wait for him anymore.
Posted on: Smelly Cheese
July 30, 2010 at 1:34 AMI never hear 奶酪. At home, we often say qǐsī. Nobody else seems to say that.
Posted on: 80后-希望还是迷失
July 26, 2010 at 2:53 AM嘿，下载Full Lesson应该行。我刚试过，没问题。你是出现什么问题？
Posted on: New Year's Cash
July 26, 2010 at 2:48 AMDo you say new year's resolution or new year resolution?
Posted on: 4S Dealership
August 10, 2010 at 2:02 AMNice post, and I can definitely sympathize. A lot of Chinese "english" becomes laughing stock among English speakers.
Anyway, 4S isn't an acronym, it's a representation of an acronym, which means "sales, spare parts, service, surveys". Although, while you missed this point, you're still right that it doesn't make much sense. I'm not sure why a car dealership wouldn't specialize in sales, and it seems so redundant to emphasize this. I don't know how surveys fits in either, because I certainly don't enjoy doing surveys. Perhaps it means that they survey the car before they sell it to you.