User Comments - Fiona@ChinesePod

Posted on: How Often Do You Workout?

Thank you for your feedback :)

Posted on: Do I Need To Learn Chinese Characters?

Yes Memrise is a great resource. I've used it for French and all the mnemonics they have helps learn new vocab. 

Posted on: The Brave Little Tailor (Part 2)

Hi Mingmao, our glossary has 3 sentences (and lessons) with this phrase in it. Hopefully they will give you a broader context on all the situations you can use it in. There are also more examples here. 

Posted on: Can You Teach Me Japanese?

Both mean the Chinese language (中文／汉语）. 文 wén is a more general term for language in general (written/spoken/grammar) and 语 yǔ is generally more focused on the spoken aspect of the language.  

Posted on: How to Add a New Keyboard on iOS

I had to record the audio review three times coz I was giggling :p

Posted on: How to Add a New Keyboard on iOS

Hi Tony,

Thank you for spotting that typo. 通 is indeed first tone. We have corrected it on our end and it should update on the site and notes by this evening. 

Fi 

Posted on: NBA: 十八连胜

Hi veronique, 

We have three coming up :) if you have any suggestions feel free to email me at fiona@chinesepod.com

Fi 

Posted on: Making Handmade Cards

Hey ahmadayaz,

This lesson was written by a Chinese teacher from Hangzhou. The language used in this lesson is used most Chinese speaking regions. Most of our lessons are written by Chinese Chinese teachers so you need not worry too much about the language leaning to much towards a particular region. 

Fi :)

Posted on: Making Handmade Cards

Hi Sean, 

I actually consulted the Chinese teacherthat wrote this lesson before recoding, as I was a little confused as to what was used to dry the cards. I initially thought they may have chucked the cards in the tumble dryer also!

This activity was actually something she did in her class with her students a few weeks ago. She said it was a special device that was shaped like a box with a round opening that blew hot air out. It was not a hair dryer. As there was no official name for the device she used the term 烘干机.

The term literally means ‘the machine that drys things', it just so happens the tumble dryer is a common household appliance, so it's totally natural that both you and I thought of it. But it is also natural that she chose that term as it explained her device best. 

Fiona

Posted on: Small Talk Like a Native

Hey Adam, 

Great idea. I'll run it by Constance and see what she suggests. I've added it to our Qing Request list :)

Fi