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daizi
Posted on: Someone needs a shower
August 13, 2007 at 2:51 PMThere're also 沐浴 mùyù v. shower; bathe; and 淋浴 línyù n. shower; bath. However, they seem more archaic to me. Anyone else?
Posted on: The Olympic Mascots
August 9, 2007 at 7:54 PMThey need one more mascot for the games. Might I suggest 烟烟? They can borrow him from the U.S. Forest Service. 烟烟 = 大气污染 yānyān = dàqì wūrǎn Smoky = air pollution
Posted on: What meat is this?
August 7, 2007 at 1:36 PMAs a vege－terrorist myself, I agree that meat is meat： why draw the line at ANY animal? I would certainly encourage the eating of humans as an environmental move (of course, vegetarians would still be verboten). Think of the possible dishes: 宫宝鸡丁 gōngbǎo rén dīng (Empress empress) 鱼香人丝 yú xiāng rén sī (yuxiang peeps) 北京烤人权 Běijīng kǎo rén (baked Peking man) 麻婆豆腐 mápó dòufu (with real 婆) 红烧人肉 hóngshāo rénròu (braised red man) 人肉干rénròu gān (jerk jerk)
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
August 3, 2007 at 4:27 PMActually, Steve, I meant tones, not tone marks. I realize one can type in the number of the tone. It would be great to simply type in the morphemes sans reference to the tone number and then select from all the options. This would be specifically helpful in multisyllabic words and multi-word terms. Sometimes one doesn't can't make out the tone or tones of words, especially where neutrals, variants, and tone sandhi come into play.
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
August 2, 2007 at 5:27 PMSure it does, Bazza. Look under mad cow: 疯牛病
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
August 2, 2007 at 3:19 PMMajor: This is a great and robust dictionary. In fact, calling it a dictionary is damning with faint praise. It's getting close to what we were all discussing a year ago...a compendium of language and culture, not limited to mere vocabulary but comprised of lexical chunks and whole language. Dictionary definitions don't take you very far; with this dictionary, one can flesh out proper usage with the copious examples and the links to related lessons. Minor: I agree with Henning in that one should be able to look up pinyin sans tone marks. But this is niggling, really. Grade: A+
Posted on: What meat is this?
August 1, 2007 at 7:58 PMI've seen dogs being butchered in Beijing, skinned puppies on bike racks in Guangzhou, and signs for 香肉xiāngròu (the aforementioned euphemism) in Taibei. Of course, there's a resurgence of bourgeois pet dog ownership in China, now, and that might explain the denial.
Posted on: Track and Field
July 31, 2007 at 10:22 PMActually, it's a very logical and consistent way to look at things. The Chinese often have things conceptualized in what I call 'big to small' mode. Addresses: China, Beijing, Haidian District, Street, Alley, house number, addressee Dates: 2007.08.01 Names: surname>>given name
Posted on: What meat is this?
July 31, 2007 at 4:21 PMIt's not you. The zh, ch, and sh sounds all have the tongue in the relatively the same position, rolled back and touching the roof of the mouth. These as differentiated from their counterparts J, q, and x, which have the lips pursed and the tongue forward.
Posted on: Someone needs a shower
August 13, 2007 at 4:15 PMThere's a video version of it coming out, too, called YouSmell.