General Discussion

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May 06, 2009 at 06:00 AM
Hi - I may get a chance to go to Baoji this summer.  Anyone been there - what's it like?  Also, how would I politely address the principal of a school when... Read more

Hello

May 05, 2009 at 04:51 PM
I used to live in Lijiang, and near Kunming before that. I plan to be back in Kunming for a few years maybe in July or August. Read more

Just move on .

May 05, 2009 at 02:19 PM
   At first,I must say sorry to everyone in the Chinesepod. I did not mean to hurt anyone.    Well,I didn't expect that my post could draw so man... Read more

tuan - 团- how to pronounce

May 05, 2009 at 11:17 AM
hi all i am new to this site (and to the language) so please bear with me I know that the pinyin spellings such as "xuan" is pronounced more like "xuen" - e.g. xuan... Read more

如何学好中文

May 05, 2009 at 06:23 AM
我在美国留学,然后工作.前后8年左右.现在在中国工作. 我周围很多朋友都想学中文,努力过,但都没有学好. 我建议他们到中国后,再学.他们担心自己一点基础都没有,无法生活.这是错的,现在中国人年轻一代80%以上都会简单英文交流. 最终我大学有二个同学来到中国,他们一开始一点也不会,但现在都是中国通,要知道他们只有2年时间.确切的讲... Read more
...with no accent ;-) This is a paid gig.  A fellow coworker is looking for a woman who speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese to do voice recordings for a Fortun... Read more

Activity stream settings

May 04, 2009 at 09:39 PM
I don't know if anyone else finds this a slight nuisance, but the Activity Stream difficulty setting seems to be linked to my profile level, and changing one seems t... Read more

Recommend Chinese Language CDs?

May 04, 2009 at 08:43 PM
I am a newbie...listening to podcasts and taking a course in Mandarin at the local junior college. I would like to buy some CDs to listen to while commuting to... Read more
I've noticed a few times that the pinyin support on my pera-kun plugin enabled firefox shows tones different from the pinyin tone tags provided on the cpod vocab,exp... Read more