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xuchen

Posted on: Student or Teacher?
June 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM

@shenyajin

我的亲近的朋友们叫我小土。。

Posted on: The Stingy Boss
June 16, 2009 at 3:34 AM

@pete
 nciku says it is 吝啬 lin4 se4 both forth tones.. typo? :)

Posted on: Student or Teacher?
June 16, 2009 at 3:06 AM

Many people who know I teach English part-time have their kids call me (shu1shu1) "叔叔”。。I'm so young and am usually too embarassed to accept the title..

I tell my students to call me by my first name dispite the school saying it's not formal enough.

 

BTW:
My name is 许 because my last name starts with an S, plus I like to joke with chinese people that I'm just 也许 灰尘。。maybe Dusty..许尘。

Posted on: Delivery Problems
June 16, 2009 at 3:00 AM

I have a friend here, his Chinese is pretty good but whenever is wife calls to inquire about where he is, he just says "恩，恩，马上，马上。。恩。。”

Posted on: Delivery Problems
June 16, 2009 at 2:56 AM

If you have ever lived in China then you probably know most people have their drinking water delivered. It's a good way to judge how your Chinese is progressing.

At first the conversation goes like this:
"您好，请麻烦你送一桶水”
"什么？什么？ 你是哪位？？”

And after you get a little practice something like this..
"喂，师傅，请送水到（address),尽快吧。。”

“恩，好。”

When I first starting learning Chinese I used to tell the guy on the phone something like..

"Remember, the place with the foreigners? No, I don't know what your saying.".

I live in a fairly small town so it's safe to say there aren't to many other places it could be..

 

Posted on: Student or Teacher?
June 15, 2009 at 4:00 AM

I actually study Chinese during the week and teach English on the weekends.

How should I reply?..

Posted on: What's Your Surname?
June 12, 2009 at 5:45 AM

我性许，言午许。我叫尘，小土尘。

Posted on: Dubai
June 11, 2009 at 2:53 PM

@barryb

Thanks for sharing that article, makes me sad.

Posted on: The Final Show
June 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM

I can't be bothered to find Amber's new podcasts. If they were apart of CPOD I would listen again.

I don't think CPOD is really out too much, it's just bad etiquette.

Posted on: The Final Show
June 11, 2009 at 10:56 AM

For the record,

I'll gladly come and work at CPOD and do a "Dear Xuchen" series..Actually my real name is Dusty, so perhaps a "Dear Dusty" series would better suit..

Live and learn or just learn Chinese...

:-)