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Posted on: Copy and Paste
March 28, 2012 at 2:41 AM

My mac and my iPhone use 「拷貝」 for copy.

Posted on: Copy and Paste
March 28, 2012 at 2:03 AM

A collection of lessons on computer related terminology would be great!

PDF file says nián tiē

Posted on: Saying Goodbye
March 15, 2012 at 1:45 AM

Neat lesson, I didn't know this phrase.

(Im not sure it needed 11 minutes to cover an eight sylable phrase though.)

Posted on: When is Your Birthday?
February 24, 2012 at 1:40 PM

Thanks guys! I can kind of hear the difference, but reproducing that slight difference with my mouth seems impossible!

Posted on: When is Your Birthday?
February 24, 2012 at 8:07 AM

I realise both rì and rè are used in podcasts, they are both common words after all. Are they supposed to sound the same?

Posted on: When is Your Birthday?
February 24, 2012 at 12:45 AM

Is there supposed to be a difference in pronunciaiton between rì and rè? ie 日 vs 熱?

Posted on: Scheduling a Time
December 2, 2011 at 3:05 AM

I like the speed of this lesson. Some of the Elemetary lessons seem so painfully slow. Great work!

Posted on: A Lot of Sisters
December 2, 2011 at 1:27 AM

Yes, for thoe most part, these browser mouseover tools are much more useful than relying on what people type for pinyin, especially since people some times don't type the tones, or don't spell it right.

If you have not tried one of these web browser tools, I highly recommend it. When you get to higher levels, it really helps with other things such as reading newspapers as well.

Posted on: Where is the Supermarket?
December 2, 2011 at 12:17 AM

Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated!

PS: I don't think anyone should expect you to be familiar with all the local variations of words. (:

Posted on: Where is the Supermarket?
December 1, 2011 at 9:29 AM

I was taught that the word for supermarket is 超級市場 chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3, can this word and the word from the dialogue 超市 be used interchangably in both China, Taiwan and elsewhere?

I realise chinesepod is based in Shanghai, but information about regional variations is useful for those of us not living in china (: