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si1teng2
Posted on: Touch Your Toes
January 27, 2015 at 1:15 PM很有用的词汇！(hěnyǒuyòngde cíhuì)
This would make a perfect video lesson (for people like me, whose work prevents them from studying in China)! Loads of great vocab that would be made immediately intelligible by context and actions. Though I guess sound recording would be tough? Worth a try though?
Posted on: Let Me Sleep a Little Longer
January 26, 2015 at 7:17 PMcute sound effects! :)
。。。 我还要睡啦！
Posted on: House Hunting
January 22, 2015 at 1:36 PMMarek, the vocab is explaining the meaning of the Chinese word tīng "厅", which primarily means "hall" or "reception hall" (especially in a grand building or hotel), but is also used to refer to larger rooms in a house or apartment, such as a living room. (Chinese and English divide the world up differently! So you should expect many Chinese words to have several meanings that are not synonymous in English.) Hope this helps!
Posted on: Put your Phone Down!
November 21, 2014 at 1:33 PMThanks for dealing with some North/South differences. Very useful!
Posted on: Switching Language Input Methods
October 21, 2014 at 11:25 AMI've been using MS input for years. It has incorporated smart input methods for a while now. I sometimes type first letters alone even for entire sentences.
I also use the input method that's part of the Mac system. That really is badly out of step with the times. I dread having to input Chinese on my Mac. Maybe I should install one of the systems you recommend. I'm assuming they would work on a Mac?
Posted on: Professional Photos
October 3, 2014 at 11:47 AMIn the States (California, at least), people do sometimes go to a professional studio for this stylish type of portrait, especially family portraits. But I don't think it's anywhere near as common as Jenny describes in China.
Posted on: It's That Time of the Month...
October 1, 2014 at 12:59 PMJillian, robertkjr3d was referring to the lesson PDF (which is not premium content). The literal Chinese term for 'period' or 'menses' is not listed in the Supplementary section at the end of the PDF.
Posted on: 吧 (ba) and 要不 (yào bù)
September 28, 2014 at 1:48 PM太棒了！:)
Posted on: 吧 (ba) and 要不 (yào bù)
September 27, 2014 at 1:17 PM《请问》很有用。How about tying in the words, phrases, grammar discussed to surrounding lessons? Different lessons exemplifying different usages, perhaps. Otherwise, the disconnect makes them easy to forget.
Posted on: Breaking News - 4.0 Earthquake
January 31, 2015 at 2:12 PMI think "lock in on" for 锁定 gives a good sense of its meaning in this context. 'Lock in on this station' = 'Stay tuned'.
Incorporating the news report into a conversational dialogue was a great idea! Newscasts tend to be a bit daunting. Maybe if the speakers in the dialogue commented on the report more directly we could hear both formal and informal versions of the same information?