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Zhou Youguang - The inventor of pinyin

February 21, 2008 at 09:58 AM

From The Guardian, here is a link to a short interview with the inventor of pinyin, Zhou Yoguang. Not particularly enlightening but worth a look, he's a pretty h... Read more

The use of 有

February 21, 2008 at 06:39 AM

I frequently hear chinese speakers from Taiwan,Hong Kong,Singapore and Malaysia use 有 followed by another verb. Eg:- 你有吃过吗？，你有看过吗？ Is this gramatically correct? Ca... Read more

Forbidden Kingdom

February 21, 2008 at 06:01 AM

This has absolutely nothing to do with learning Chinese, but I just saw the trailer for The Forbidden Kingdom and I squee'd all over the place. I'm gonna nee... Read more

Two articles in Skeptical Inquirer regarding China.

February 21, 2008 at 05:35 AM

I thought I'd let you know about some articles which might be of interest.  This month's Skeptical Inquirer are about China:   CFI (Center for Inqu... Read more

How Do You Pronounce 哪里 nǎli (where) Correctly?

February 21, 2008 at 03:42 AM

I've seen "where" written in pinyin as "nǎli" and "nǎlǐ".  Nǎli seems to be used more often.  My question is how do you p... Read more

千里马and伯乐

February 21, 2008 at 02:59 AM

Hi everyone， I am going to share something new about horse with you guys today. First,千里马qian1li3ma3=swift horse If you say someone is 千里马 that means he or she... Read more

No one's minding the store!

February 21, 2008 at 02:27 AM

Has anyone ever tried to get help from this website? I've sent several emails and tried to call. Sort of eerie... Read more

Getting organised in Chinese!

February 20, 2008 at 04:03 PM

I have started using a moleskin notebook as a sort of personal organiser and I was thinking it would be good prectice to use chinese to write down the recurring stuf... Read more

Learning Mandarin as a Family

February 20, 2008 at 02:29 PM

Hi all.  I am curious as to whether there are other ChinesePod users out there who are learning Mandarin together with their families.  If there are, it mi... Read more

hi everyone

February 20, 2008 at 01:44 PM

my name is Jim. I ahve been studing Chinese for about 2 yrs now with a tutor. I'm thinking about going to Beijing for one of the study programs. Has anyone gone... Read more