General Discussion

Welcome to the group. This group is intended to help like-minded people study together.

As all foreigners here in China know, we get asked some strange questions.  Most conversations, in cabs for example, begin like this:  师傅: 去哪儿? (Where to?)... Read more

Xinjiang Food Outside China

September 28, 2007 at 02:54 AM
Anyone found a decent Xinjiang restaurant outside China? You can find the restaurants everywhere in Beijing but non-Lanzhou places are tough to find in Shanghai. I&#... Read more

difference between 茨 and 遍

September 26, 2007 at 12:25 AM
hello everyone,my first post ever....could anyone explain the difference in usage and/meaning betweem 栨 and 遍 Read more
I think I may have broken the "中秋节快乐 to Chinesepod staff" topic, I tried posting an image and make a mistake in the code, and now it won't let you add... Read more

Intensive Chinese Study

September 25, 2007 at 01:13 PM
I am planning on doing about a year and a half of Chinese language study in China, but I am not sure where to start.  I am looking for a good program that is no... Read more

iFlash Export Problems

September 25, 2007 at 11:34 AM
I'm trying to export my vocab list for the iFlash flashcard program, but the characters aren't coming out right. I'm using a mac, I don't know if that has anything t... Read more

月饼 (yuèbǐng) madness

September 25, 2007 at 07:16 AM
Am just eating a 咖啡味道的月饼 (coffee-flavour mooncake) Can anybody top that? Read more

中秋节快乐 to Chinesepod staff

September 25, 2007 at 04:29 AM
Jenny, Connie, Amber, John, Ken and everybody else on the Cpod staff, Last Friday, my Tianjin colleague sent me the following greeting: 但愿人长久,千里共婵娟。 I learned from h... Read more

Practice Plan Promotion

September 25, 2007 at 03:12 AM
Chinese is increasingly the language of global business. The world’s most spoken language is also the language of the world’s hottest economy, and knowle... Read more