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phonetic map : 半 bàn
October 04, 2008 at 06:13 PM
@ 半 pan 判 pàn distinguish; discriminate / to judge; decide. 判定 pàndìng judge; determine. 胖 pán b.f. comfortable; contented 心宽体胖 xīnkuāntǐ...
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phonetic map : 包 bāo
October 04, 2008 at 06:11 PM
@ 包 bao 胞 bāo womb; placenta 细胞 xìbāo cell 饱 bǎo full; plump; satiated 吃饱 chībǎo to eat one's fill * 炮 bāo to quick-fry 炮肉 bāoròu roasted meat 包 bāo to...
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phonetic map : 令 lìng
October 04, 2008 at 06:07 PM
@ 令 ling 零 líng zero / a little extra 零度 língdù nullity (math) 零件 língjiàn spare part 龄 líng age; years 年龄 niánl&iac...
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phonetic map : 云 yun
October 04, 2008 at 05:47 PM
@ 云 yun 运 yùn to transport; utilize 运动 yùndòng sports 运用 yùnyòng to utilize; apply 酝 yùn to ferment; accumulate 酝成 yù...
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phonetic map : 中 zhōng/zhòng
October 04, 2008 at 05:41 PM
@ 中 zhong 肿 zhǒng to swell / swollen 肿瘤 zhǒngliú tumor 钟 zhōng n. bell; clock; time 门钟 ménzhōng doorbell 点钟 diǎnzhōng o'clock 仲 zhòng b.f. middl...
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phonetic map : 反 fǎn
October 04, 2008 at 05:34 PM
@ 反 fan 返 fǎn v. return 返回 fǎnhuí r.v. come/go back 反 fǎn turn over /upside down /on the contrary 反对 fǎnduì v. oppose; be against 饭 fàn n. cooke...
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大家Hao: The Chinese H sound.
October 04, 2008 at 05:22 PM
The Chinese “H” Sound The first sound we are going to focus on in this series about aspiration is a sound, not marked with an Apostrophe in Wade-Giles ,...
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Monolingual Dictionary?
October 04, 2008 at 01:42 PM
I'm looking for an inexpensive (i.e. <60$) monolingual Chinese dictionary. I already own a rather concise English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictionary (Berlitz, 40....
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reality test
October 04, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Thanks Chinesepod and a belated congratulations on the big 1000 lessons! This is by far the best language learning tool I've found short of actually being there. Yes...
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Lung disease main China killer
October 04, 2008 at 07:37 AM
--> 2008年10月04日 英语 “肺病将使数千万中国人提前死亡” 美国哈佛大学一项研究提出，未来25年内中国将有8300万人死于吸烟及污染引发的肺部疾病。 这项由哈佛大学公共卫生学院进行的研究发现，吸烟以及中国大片地...
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