User Comments - goulnik
goulnik
Posted on: Paying Child Support
September 5, 2007 at 6:39 AMhow about first wife、husband，second wife ？ 不是多妻制 （duōqīzhì），polygamy的意思，但第一、第二次结婚的妻子和丈夫。
Posted on: Too Much to Drink
September 5, 2007 at 5:20 AMVodka ： 伏特加 (fútèjiā) vodka, but I also found 俄得克酒(édekè jiǔ) but no CPod dictionary entry？
Posted on: 商战与兵法
September 4, 2007 at 4:10 PMMan2Toe, 你说花鼠那些 chipmunk 还存在吗？不一定，可能成为灭绝的物种。 可能只辛普森 (xīnpǔsēn)家庭还在：-）
Posted on: The DVD Vendor
September 4, 2007 at 1:23 PMWhat's also confusing is it seems that 集 (jí) can refer to both individual parts, e.g. 上集 / 下集, first/last part, 第一季, first episode, or the whole, e.g. 剧集 (jùjí) drama series.
Posted on: Beauty Pageant for Bloggers
September 4, 2007 at 11:52 AMthe Chinese obviously have different beauty criteria, they wouldn't want to dye their hair otherwise, would they?
Posted on: Man or Woman?
September 3, 2007 at 2:57 PMIs 妳, the feminine written form of 你 used in PRC nowadays? I've seen it in subitles of Taiwan movies and I was arguing with a friend originally from Shanghai about it.
Posted on: Introducing Hotels
September 3, 2007 at 2:33 PManother part of the email exchange re: trying to reserve a room : 10月5日锦江之星上海ⅩⅩ店的商务房已经预定满了，现有ⅩⅩ元的标准间您是否需要？ 已经预定满了 （yǐjing yùdìng mǎnle) fully booked 是否需要 (shìfǒu xūyào) do yo need/want it or not?
Posted on: Introducing Hotels
September 3, 2007 at 12:28 PMShort confirmation email from the hotel+vocab: ⅩⅩⅩ 先生：您好！ 感谢您的订房！您预订的"(锦江之星上海ⅩⅩ店)" 10-Ⅹ-10-Ⅹ的标准房:1间,房间已经预定成功，房间为您保留至当天18:00，若在保留时间之前无法抵达,请及时与门店联系,过时门店系统自动取消预定. 地址：上海ⅩⅩⅩ33号，电话：01234567890，若您的行程有所改变，请及时与我们取得联系； 非常感谢您对锦江之星的支持，预祝您在锦江之星过得愉快 -- 预订 （yùdìng） book， reserve -- I guess 订房 （dìngfáng) is a contraction of 预订房间 (yùdìng fángjiān). I guess 预定 also means 'reserved'. 保留 (bǎoliú) keep; reserve - hotel will keep the room 至 (zhì) until 18:00 抵达 (dǐdá) v. reach; arrive
Posted on: Introducing Hotels
September 3, 2007 at 7:28 AMThis isa very appropriate lesson to me, though I only remembered to check it out after the fact :-( I had a few email exchanges with the 锦江之星 (JinJiang) chain in 上海, I just got confirmation of the 标准房 I booked (269 人民币 1 间) as they didn't have 商务间 available. They have a very comprehensive website listing all their locations, services, transport facilities, interactive map, with Chinese and English version. Much better than motel168 for which I saw some negative feedback, we'll see what rooms and service are like, but they advertised free wireless internet access. I had trouble booking online because they required a local cellphone number, but email worked perfectly.
Posted on: Applying For a Visa
September 5, 2007 at 11:39 AMJust noticed on that in the UK, Chinese visa fees are different depending on nationality, highest for Americans, lowest for non-British?! As I am going to attend CeBit-Asia, I asked them to send me an invitation letter so I can apply for an F-visa (business) but they passed it on to a service provider that wanted to charge me $100 (USD) so I'll be quite happy with a L-visa (旅客）. What's the implication of an F-Visa anyway (访问？). Also, I was thinking of using ChinesePod as contact on the visa form, would this be a problem?