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Posted on: Pinyin Terms
September 19, 2011 at 10:08 PMJenny/Connie:
Just curious, if you learn pinyin in elementary school, when do you learn the Roman alphabet? It would seem you would have to learn that first??
BTW, great lesson! It is good to know I need to especially concentrate on getting the tones correct.
Posted on: Addressing People Revisited
September 12, 2011 at 6:17 PMIn Guangzhou a few years back, one of my native Chinese colleagues from that area would call the waitresses, 'liang nu' (亮女??) I think. Also xiao jie (小姐) was very common as well, no negative connotations.
Posted on: Breakup
August 18, 2011 at 9:39 PMHow about something more positive like "I'm dating her" or "I'm in a relationship with her"? 跟她一起谈恋爱 Gēn tā yīqǐ tán liàn'ài?? ^-^
Posted on: Breakup
August 17, 2011 at 9:04 PMhow would you use '谈恋爱' in a sentence?
Posted on: Getting Picked up by a Driver
April 15, 2011 at 5:56 PMthanks, I was wondering what the distinction was between '司机' and '师傅'.
So '师傅' when addressing taxi drivers and '司机' for drivers of private or company cars? Is this correct?
Posted on: Asking about What to Wear
October 18, 2010 at 9:13 PMHmm, is '一点儿' more of a Northern China phrase? It seem when I travel to Shenzhen or GuangZhou it is not so common and people look at you a bit funny.
Posted on: Pinyin Terms
September 20, 2011 at 12:46 AMInteresting, I was always wondering about the English spelling of Shanxi and Shaanxi. I guessed it had something to do with the 3'rd tone. According to the above wiki page, a double vowel helped indicate a syllable with a 3'rd tone.