User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: Introducing the Managers

Interesting the similarities btw jie4shao4 and jian4dao4 ,though I'm sure this is just a coincidence and there is no link.Does Chinese poetry use rhyming very often like Western poetry often does?

It was great to have the cultural insight into kuai4 so well explained;thanks.I can see how that could lead to cultural misunderstanding otherwise.

Posted on: Introducing the Managers

In the discussion of the dialogue Ken mentioned a contraction of  这位 .I'm guessing this contraction is only in spoken Mandarin and not in written,[and probably not in Pinyin also?].Can anyone clarify this?

Posted on: Do you have a menu?

jadelotus28,

There is a whole lesson on Sichuan cuisine here.Hope this helps.

Posted on: Interview with Cassie

cassielin,

You found a much nicer banyan photo than me.Perhaps you used baidu when I used google.

Posted on: Interview with Cassie

Cassie,

What did you learn about marriage customs between China and US,and has it been useful?

Posted on: Around the Office

I'm probably wrong in the above.I think it's easier to find Waldo in this clip:

Posted on: Around the Office

JP,

Is this like a "where's wally" contest? I've watched twice now and would like to submit my guess:at the 58sec mark you guys appear just before zhou1zi ?

Posted on: Interview with Cassie

nativespeaker,

Nice to hear from you.

"but not the  economic centre in that prov"

...would that be Xiamen ?

Posted on: 麻烦你 (Máfan Nǐ) to Say Please

stifler,

If your head caught on fire like in the below photo,I think you'd soon find out how troublesome it was.

Posted on: Interview with Cassie

I met someone from Fuzhou recently in Oz.Here's a picture of Fuzhou:

And a pic of the banyan trees it's famous for [which I think you can see in the above pic on the shoreline ]: