User Comments - henning

Posted on: Transliteration into Chinese and the Long Pinky Fingernail

Amber, so what is your (current) Chinese name?

琥珀 is most certainly be the coolest of all choices as it has both elegance and depth.

Posted on: Traveling and Chopsticks

bababardwan,
among others there a shows with Yves Goulnik, with Bazza (!), and an excellent one with AzerdocMom.

I remember that I told told my wife after the show that I thought her advice about bringing your own formula sounded almost a bit paranoid to my ears.

In the light of the recent events...

Posted on: Riding the Subway

Yes, Cassie!

And while you are there, come into Amber's show. Or even play a cameo role in one of those video?

Posted on: Recovering a Cell Phone Number

clay,
好久不见！How are you?

Posted on: Riding the Subway

Thanks frances.

Now I could even look up the appropriate term in my own mother tongue :P

Posted on: Riding the Subway

Jiaojie, Connie, good job.

Amber:
What do you call a 闸机 in English?
Is there any shorter form than "the barrier at the entrance that opens when you swipe a card"?

;)

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

You select the text that you want to transform into a link and then press on that little chain icon in the toolbar on top of the editing window. A new window will open where you can enter the URL.

Images always need to be stored elsewhere, e.g. on your personal flickr space.

As to where this is all explained: Good question.

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

frances & babardwan,

one of the many things I learned from changye is that for many seemingly funny collocations which form Chinese words you find sober explanations when considering the vast array of meanings most characters carry - including older or even ancient readings.

太 for example obviously has the additonal meaning of "big, vast" - without a superlative connotation.

For mnemonic reasons, stranger explanations are of course more helpful which is why I also apply them wherever I can.  :)

Posted on: Recovering a Cell Phone Number

Thanks, Jenny.

:)

连这么基本的我还不懂。

Posted on: Recovering a Cell Phone Number

Question on one of the Expansion sentences:

When I heard

你什么时候跟我说的？我不记得了

I first thought it was supposed to mean "When was the last time you spoke with me? I can't remember!" (marriage-gone-bad-setting).

How do I know the correct translation is "When did you tell me about that?" Where do I get the hint that 说 is "talking about something" and not just "talk" in general?