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jgwilson
Posted on: Shopping for a Rice Cooker
September 6, 2010 at 4:22 AMI thought the northerners always ate noodles, not rice...
Posted on: What is up with 由
September 4, 2010 at 5:16 AM由=from, up to somebody, because
由于=due to, because of
Posted on: A Magazine Subscription
July 23, 2010 at 8:25 AMI heard on another Chinesepod lesson that one in every three babies is Chinese. Is this true??? Where did you guys get that statistic?
Posted on: Guests, Interns and the 4th of July
July 4, 2010 at 12:53 PMhow about Taiwanese?
Posted on: 太空旅游
July 1, 2010 at 7:46 AM口水=saliva, spit?
But in the dialogue, the girl wanted to drink 口水?
Posted on: How was your flight?
July 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM你們猜對了，我現在在台灣。
在台灣，人會說：
星期xīngqí
信息xìnxí
Google Dictionary for Traditional Characters also has the second tone.
信息 [xin xi] Pinyin [ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧˊ] Zhuyin
information; news; a message
But with the simplified dictionary Google Dictionary uses the same tone as you guys.
信息 xìnxī
音讯，消息
信息灵通人士。
用电讯、数码传递的数据、内容
信息战 | 网络信息。
Posted on: How was your flight?
June 30, 2010 at 3:40 AM信息=The tones should be xìnxí. Why did you teach xìnxī? Is that the way people in Shanghai speak it?
Posted on: Traditional Chinese Paintings
June 1, 2010 at 11:06 AMI have some traditional Chinese paintings in my apartment.
Posted on: Suffixes for Describing People
May 29, 2010 at 7:52 AM我的印象是【者】跟【家】的意思是一模一样。
例如说：艺术家/艺术者
作家/作者
音乐家/音乐者
Posted on: Working in the Countryside
September 23, 2010 at 3:40 AM請問，妳可不可以留言妳所提到的唐詩？