General Discussion

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 I thought this might be a good simple business in China topic and dialogue. Here's a sample below, real life.  Anyone who wants to talk about it and l... Read more
 I don't know if posting here will help, but thought I'd try anyway.  I am finding the Conversation lists in the "Connect" page almost us... Read more

hey everoneeee

May 07, 2007 at 01:47 PM
      I am Jamie,I like my tone: CHINESE       I am from China,and I am Chinese.nice to meet all of u friends!... Read more

Swearing in Beijing

May 07, 2007 at 07:21 AM
Here's a hialrious, but profane, blog post at Danwei , about Beijinger's penchant for swearing. Find out how to tell a complicated story with only 2 words, b... Read more
It's a little after 2 pm here in China, Monday the 7th, the day before the official end of the weeklong holiday. It is sooooooooo quiet. It's almost spooky.... Read more

Why learn Chinese

May 06, 2007 at 09:59 AM
I asked this question in the blog today? I want to see if learner motivations have changed since we started ChinesePod (in September 2005!)  So, comments, here,... Read more

How to ask how to say something

May 05, 2007 at 11:44 PM
A lot of posts on here are about the dialogue, with many people asing "Can I say... instead?" But how would I ask that in Mandarin, if I'm speaking to... Read more

chinese proverb

May 04, 2007 at 03:19 PM
Hi, I am looking for the chinese translation (characters and pinin) for the following chinese proverb, would be great if somebody could help me out! "If you wan... Read more

Importing Vocab Issues

May 04, 2007 at 04:34 AM
Has anyone been able to successfully import vocab from other software programs?  I have a huge list of vocab I'm trying to import from the ZDT flascard prog... Read more

a test

May 03, 2007 at 02:49 PM
I can't type in Chinese on my computer at work. Read more