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Posted on: Fast Cars and Dangerous Driving
July 30, 2009 at 8:58 AM

Hi mikeinewshot

9:56 -- 近两年的一个说法jìn liǎng nián de yī ge shuōfa

Posted on: Manila
July 30, 2009 at 2:19 AM

Thanks raygo for the good explanation of 逛.

Some commonly used words,

逛街、逛公园、逛马路、逛商场、逛超市

Posted on: Fast Cars and Dangerous Driving
July 30, 2009 at 2:07 AM

changye 说的没错。“爆好”和“巨好”这两个词在网上用的很好,而且是年轻人的流行语,意思就是“非常非常好!”

Posted on: Manila
July 29, 2009 at 2:22 AM

@ chanelle77

Btw, how do you say "cat fight" in Chinese?

There is no such slang in Chinese, but you can say, 女人打架 nǚrén dǎjià.

Posted on: Surfing the Internet (original)
July 28, 2009 at 2:46 AM

Hi mystic

办公室 bàngōngshì means "office".

上班 shàngbān means "go to work".

Posted on: The Big Deal about Shenzhou 7
July 28, 2009 at 2:41 AM

Hi mikeinewshot

0:18 and 4:08 -- 神七 shén qī(a shortened form of 神舟七号)

8:44 -- 低端的体力活 dīduān de tǐlìhuó

Posted on: A Lot of Sisters
July 27, 2009 at 8:33 AM

@ bababardwan

The father would address his daughters as follows, however the former ones are more common than the latter ones.

大女儿 dà nǚ'ér or 第一个女儿 dì yī ge nǚ'ér

二女儿 èr nǚ'ér or 第二个女儿 dì èr ge nǚ'ér

三女儿 sān nǚ'ér or 第三个女儿 dì sān ge nǚ'ér

小女儿 xiǎo nǚ'ér or 第四个女儿 dì sì ge nǚ'ér

@ orangina

The oldest sister would address her younger sisters as follows,

大妹 dàmèi

二妹 èrmèi

小妹 xiǎomèi

Posted on: Funny Business
July 27, 2009 at 8:08 AM

Hi amounseyhite

You can use this pattern.

how much of your time is spent with customers per day?

你跟客户在一起的时间占了你一天时间的百分之多少?

Nǐ gēn kèhù zài yīqǐ de shíjiān zhàn le nǐ yī tiān shíjiān de bǎifēn zhī duōshǎo?

Posted on: Measure Word Fundamentals: 个,只,条,张
July 27, 2009 at 7:39 AM

@ pinkjeans

In mandarin, the measure word for 嘴 is 张, not 把.

 

@ houban, bababardwan

The measure word for 词 or 量词 is 个.

 

Posted on: Discussing Work
July 27, 2009 at 7:24 AM

Hi shitouguaiwu

Thanks for pointing out this error. We will correct it as soon as the publishing system permits.