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Posted on: The Neutral Tone
February 11, 2008 at 3:37 AM

I always try to picture my mouth "shaping" the sounds for the tones.. However for the neutral tone I find myself picturing it "falling" out of my mouth with nothing to hang on too.. danmacleod I've check a couple of sources and haven't found any with 欢huan having a tone.. Nor have I even heard it in daily dialogue.

Posted on: What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?
February 10, 2008 at 9:17 AM

I often hear 厉害 when I over hear a Chinese person talking about me or another group 老外.. I didn't realize it could be used for bad things.. perhaps they were talking about my Chinese being good or the fact that their subtly got caught was very 厉害..不好的意思。。 许尘