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dunderklumpen
Posted on: Which Finger?
April 5, 2009 at 7:56 PM哈哈 bababardwan, I never heard that fine piece of poetry before. Neither in english nor chinese :)
手指 [shǒuzhǐ] finger
脚趾 [jiǎozhǐ] toe; digit
nciku
Posted on: Which Finger?
April 3, 2009 at 7:54 PMHi ptsmith,
I found some information on nciku and mdbg:
指 [zhǐ]
1. noun finger
2. verb point to
3. verb point … out
4. verb refer to
5. verb rely on
手指 shou3zhi3 finger (Classifier: 个 ge4, 只 zhi1)
Posted on: How Many Zeroes?
April 3, 2009 at 12:23 PMHi recep,
Check these discussions:
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/stuffy-room/discussion#comments
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/up-and-comer-in-the-office/discussion#comments
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/i-want-coffee/discussion#comments
...and these lessons:
Posted on: How Many Zeroes?
April 2, 2009 at 11:06 AMHi everett,
I'm not 100% sure but I think it can have two meanings.
Either "oh, it is that far, then I won't go" i.e. a change of mind. A while before I wanted to. Now I don't want to. (There is a newbie lesson about 袋子 dai4zi. I think it has the same pattern. "bu4 yao4 le5")
Or it can be a shortened form for 这么远，我不要去了. (QW)
"I didn't go" should have 没 (past tense negative, nciku) mei2 instead of 不 bu4.
Ta det med en nypa salt ;)
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
March 31, 2009 at 9:48 AMredraven
My mistake... Yes it's a bit small.
Posted on: Clearing the Table
March 31, 2009 at 7:05 AMstanimal, pete, jiaojie
Good question. Good answer. Now I know a little more chinese.
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
March 30, 2009 at 1:33 PMRedraven,
if you use firefox you can change the character size by pressing [ctrl] and [+]/[-].
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
March 28, 2009 at 3:19 PMChangye,
that's funny. Once, I was given two knifes in my favourite restaurant. One waitress said to the other: Oh, you gave him "liang3 zhi1 dao1" (two knifes).
de.mdbg.net: zhi1, classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc.
However, zhi1 dao1, is not very common on google, so I may have to get it out of my head :/
一把刀两把刀三把刀四把刀一把刀两把刀三把刀。。。 yi1 ba3 dao1 liang3 ba3 dao1 san1 ba3 dao1 si4 ba3 dao1 yi1 ba3 dao1 liang3 ba3 dao1 san1 ba3 dao1...
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
March 28, 2009 at 9:55 AMAs you know, the measure word 只 indicates one of a pair (and animals).
Thanks, I didn't know it could mean one of a pair :) Changye, I noticed that knife (dao1) can have at least two measure words: zhi1 and ba3. What kind of knife is zhi1 dao1 and what kind is ba3 dao1?
Posted on: Guilin Mifen
April 14, 2009 at 8:24 PMVery good! But the discussion is not as spicy as that of the radical show ;)