User Comments - kaixin_in_tampa

Posted on: Saying Goodbye at the Airport

平安夜 - píngānyè - Christmas Eve (safe and sound night)

Posted on: Office Lunch Options

MDBG shows the classifier for a given noun but it lists multiple ones in some cases, e.g.,

http://us1.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=gou3

lists 只 and 条 as classifiers (measure words) for 狗 (dog). You can then use ChinesePod's Glossary to see which one is most often used in daily speak.

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/狗

Seems like 只 is more common.

Posted on: Office Lunch Options

In this video you can see what a typical 回民 (Huí mín Chinese Muslim minority) food joint looks like. 兰州牛肉拉面这么好吃！ (Lánzhōu niúròu lāmiàn zhème hǎochī! - Lanzhou pulled beef noodles are so tasty!). If you visit China, you really owe it to wourself to check out one of these places. First, the food is delicious, specially the noodles. Second, they are the only quick, inexpensive places (AFAIK) that have pictures of the entrees (on the wall), for those of us 汉字-challenged. Lastly, they are dirt cheap: a full meal can be easily had for < $2.

http://www.56.com/u70/v_NDAwOTQ3MDc.html

I can't get the video-embedding thing to work anymore.

Posted on: Fire in the Hallway!

Lily,我也很喜欢Friends！有一些episodes有关烧火，都很搞笑！如果你会打开youtube， 你可以看见这集,Phoebe对Smoke detector:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tkY08MhfoU

请问，我们怎么说： "smoke detector", 还有 "a few episodes"？

Posted on: Calling an Ambulance

叫醒 - jiào xǐng - wake-up call

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/wake-up-call

Emergency Numbers in China:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_China#Emergency_Numbers

Posted on: Basic Shapes

surface area - miànjī - 面积

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/面积

square meter - píng fāng mǐ - 平方米

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/平方米

volume - tǐjī - 体积

http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/体积/1314955

cubic meter - lì fāng mǐ - 立方米

http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/立方米/63446

Posted on: Basic Shapes

pokkpokk, great examples, thank you.

cube - lìfāng - 立方

Water Cube - shuǐ lìfāng - 水立方

http://natgeotv.com.au/Programmes/Videos.aspx?Id=1043&VideoId=95

Posted on: Christmas Carols

圣诞节快乐！ - Sheng4 dan4 jie2 kuai4 le!

Merry Christmas!

Chinese Jingle Bells lyrics with English and pinyin

http://sites.google.com/site/thebestchinesesongsmusic/Home/lyricssongs/christmas-song-jingle-bell

Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: Love and Italian Food

享受生活 - xiǎngshòu shēnghuó - to enjoy life

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/享受

Sorry about the multiple posts, the browser kept displaying "Waiting for Chinesepod.com..." and I kept reloading.

Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: Love and Italian Food

享受生活 - xiǎngshòu shēnghuó - to enjoy life

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/享受