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confusion over these words

September 12, 2012 at 02:42 PM
can 科学家 mean mathematician, scientist,physicist,chemist,biologist? In the dictionary it just says 科学  Scientist . So is it incorrect to say 科学家。 Is 数学家 a term e... Read more

Pronouncing Latin Alphabet

August 25, 2012 at 09:17 PM
Recently, a tricky question came into my mind. How do you pronounce the Latin alphabet in chinese? Suppose, you live in, let's say Taiwan, and you have got, for inst... Read more
Does anyone know of a good website for ebooks in Chinese? I've been trying to create and account on cnpub.com, but don't understand how to fill out the section for v... Read more

Radical dictionaries

August 10, 2012 at 01:50 PM
Suppose you have a word like 生日。Would it be classified under the Radical 109 生  or under under Radical 75 日? Are there rules about how a word is classified .For... Read more

丟不丟人啊?

July 12, 2012 at 07:19 AM
Taken from this sentence: "爸,在遇見聊天麻煩不要用自己的真實頭像,丟不丟人啊?" I translate the first part as: "Dad, when you're meeting people to chat (online), please don't use your real p... Read more

boss is "老板"...

July 05, 2012 at 02:17 PM
What is Chinese for the people working for him/her?  In USA we might say 'direct reports' or sometimes informally 'team'. Read more

yiyun zheng, jiaolu zheng

July 02, 2012 at 01:58 PM
Hi!  I have the pinyin only of two words that I've been trying to look up, and wonder if anyone can help me with them.  They are mental disabilities: yi4yu... Read more

电饭煲,tones

June 04, 2012 at 10:26 AM
What are the tones for this word? It seems like this is a word that has one reading in the dictionary, and another in real life Read more

Qing Wen on 可 words

June 02, 2012 at 01:51 PM
Thank you all so much for the qingwen lessons.  All that i have listened to have provided a lot of help.  Would it be possible to do a lesson or series of... Read more

老板

June 01, 2012 at 10:40 AM
hi,大家好, who could tell me why a boss in Chinese is called a 老板= an old plank.很有意思 (hěn yǒu yì si)? Read more