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Repetition and its use in the Chinese language.

February 04, 2013 at 08:50 AM

Recently I have been thinking about repetition and its use in the Chinese language. In spoken English repetition is usually only a feature of the old ( they are conf... Read more

Response to "辛苦了“

January 19, 2013 at 08:28 AM

My school principal oftens says "辛苦了" to me after I have spent an evening teaching classes. I don't know how to answer. I want to say, "Not at all", but I don't know... Read more

chinese transliterations

January 05, 2013 at 12:38 PM

Hi all,   I was just thinking recently about all these Chinese transliterations of names of products, places and people from outside of China. Does anyone know... Read more

using 尽力 in a sentence

December 30, 2012 at 07:50 AM

Hey all,   I was wondering if anyone knew if you could say 我要你学习学的尽力- "I want you to study as hard as you can" like a teacher talking to a student Read more

How to display pinyin for hanzi in Word on a Mac?

December 27, 2012 at 03:19 AM

    In Windows XP, you can highlight characters and Word will give the pinyin for each. Is there an easy way to do this with Word on a Mac? I set up the Ma... Read more

Photos, photos, photos - 相片, 图片, 照片 - What's the difference?

December 20, 2012 at 07:01 PM

Based on my own little keyhole of experience: 相片 - 照片? 图片 - used on web sites to link to photos 照片 - Print photos usually developed in via negative/chemicals Read more

Some text books suggest that 么 is an interrogative modal particle.

December 14, 2012 at 04:50 PM

So in what sense is   这是什？   Different in tone than   saying 这是什么？ Likewise  if you say 这本书是你的吗？   Is saying  这么本书是你的吗？ Less... Read more

Sentences with "who"

December 12, 2012 at 05:35 PM

Hi, everyone. I wonder about translating "who". I'll post a few attempts and hope someone corrects me. "He is the man who stole my book" 他是把我书偷的人 "I hate peop... Read more

时间 vs 期间

December 08, 2012 at 11:17 PM

Is the main difference between these two words is that 时间 is a shorter period of time and 期间 is a longer period of time? Read more

Inputing pinyin - help!

November 26, 2012 at 05:25 AM

I've been studying Chinese off and on for five years so this is embarrassing to say the least - but I can't figure out how to input "nu" meaning "woman". I'm using M... Read more

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