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connie
Posted on: Tone Change Rule: Yi '一'
September 16, 2009 at 2:53 AMHi genebild
Yes. “万一” is pronounced as wànyī.
Posted on: May I take your photo?
September 16, 2009 at 2:47 AMHi go_manly
这是他的照片。(Zhè shì tā de zhàopiàn.)
It means both "1. this is a photo of his" and "2. this is a photo of him."
Posted on: City Series: Bali
September 16, 2009 at 1:30 AMHi misterjess
不可以说： "我也可不敢喝。"
你可以说："我也不敢喝。"
Posted on: City Series: Bali
September 14, 2009 at 9:50 AMHi monix
“东西”的“西”是轻声。
“东西方国家”，这里的“西”是第一声。
意思不一样，发音不一样。
Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message
September 14, 2009 at 9:37 AMHi themainman
“情趣”通常用在男女关系中，形容对方是不是懂得浪漫，是不是很会开玩笑，让对方开心。
可以说：她男朋友很有情趣，经常送花给她。
Posted on: Language Exchange
September 14, 2009 at 9:07 AMHi stevemisch
Really sorry!
It's fixed now.
Posted on: April Fool's
September 14, 2009 at 5:54 AM"to play a prank" :
"搞恶作剧gǎo èzuòjù" or "作弄zuònòng" or "整人zhěngrén"
"His coworkers played a prank on him." :
他的同事整了他。Tā de tóngshì zhěng le tā.
他的同事作弄了他。Tā de tóngshì zuònòng le tā.
"you must be joking!" :
你开玩笑吧！Nǐ kāi wánxiào ba! ("吧ba" is needed.)
Posted on: How to Say "and" in Chinese
September 14, 2009 at 4:02 AMHi bobveale
“及” is used to connect nouns and only used in written Chinese.
Posted on: May I take your photo?
September 16, 2009 at 9:53 AMHi rjberki
In case #1, you can say: 这是他的照片。zhè shì tā de zhàopiàn.
In case #2, you can say: 照片里的人是他。zhàopiàn lǐ de rén shì tā.