User Comments - drzen
drzen
Posted on: The Magic Word 让 (Ràng)
November 30, 2008 at 9:38 AMcalkins,
On the bus I usually simply say "您坐吧!您坐吧!" That's good enough for me, but among your choices, I'd go for "请坐吧".
Then they will answer: "不用!不用!你坐吧!你坐吧!"
Anybody else got a suggestion?
Posted on: Often: Using 常常，经常，通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng, tōngcháng)
November 17, 2008 at 3:29 AM嘿你们好！请问，我的中国朋友常告诉我可以用：“平常”。平常和通常，什么不一样？
（我写对了吗？）
Posted on: Swimming Pools and the Beijing Accent
November 30, 2008 at 8:18 PMI was in Changchun this summer (Jilin province, north-east part of China). I would regurlarly go with a couple of Canadians swimming in the outdoor swimming public pool. Apart from the head cap, no other restrictions. The water was kinda cold though, and "slightly" dirty. There was no spitoons. People would simply pop their heads out of the water and spit on the ground.
I thought it was kinda odd though to see mostly men swimming, if not almost exclusively men. One of my friends (female) was a lifeguard and swam pretty darn well, far better than the chinese men. Kinda funny to watch their reaction to that.