User Comments - floalvarez
floalvarez
Posted on: Visiting Taiwan
August 14, 2012 at 9:39 AMYour friend is right, given the large population and diversity of Chinese in this world. In my case I was referring to the standard spoken conversational Mandarin used by the teachers in the Chinese school. But they do switch from standard Mandarin to colloquialism which I sometimes do not understand. They are aware of this too because they use standard and mainstream Chinese in formal meetings.
The writing style is obviously different. The Taiwanese tend to be more emotional.
Posted on: 孔子拜访老子 2：小国寡民
August 14, 2012 at 9:21 AM谢谢！
Posted on: Visiting Taiwan
August 14, 2012 at 1:06 AMI get along with people from Maindland and Taiwan, and the language they use are not much different; I think they influence each other.
Posted on: 孔子拜访老子 3：无为而治
August 13, 2012 at 9:43 PM一些词语：
客套 kè tào politeness; formality
耍大牌 shuǎ dà pái actor or actress who is arrogant, inconsiderate and unprofessional
低调 dī diào low key; low-profile
变通 biàn tōng to become flexible; accommodating; to bend the rules
賢人 xián rén a virtuous person; a worthy person; a philosopher
即将 jí jiāng on the eve of; to be about to
前辈 qián bèi seniority (work place); (in respect) one who mastered or worked in the field earlier
辈分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy
欲望 yù wàng desire; aspirations; longing
举荐 jǔ jiàn recommend (a person)
省心 shěng xīn free from worry
Posted on: Say It Again, Please
August 13, 2012 at 8:49 PMIn the Philippines, we use 读 extensively. This could be a Taiwan influence, but that was a long time ago and Chinese has evolved so much since.
Posted on: Unique Professions (Part One)
August 13, 2012 at 8:46 PMI cannot be an accredited Chinese Pod addict when I have a daughter who almost follows me everywhere and says things like: "Is Chinese Pod more important than me?" Guilt trip!
Posted on: 孔子拜访老子 2：小国寡民
August 13, 2012 at 7:39 PM一些词语：
通俗 tōng sú understood and (or) liked by the general public
高深 gāo shēn advanced; profound
积极 jī jí positive outlook; proactive; constructive; energetic
治理 zhì lǐ govern; administer; to put under control
条例 tiáo lì regulations; rules
懲罰 chéng fá punishment; penalty
孤立 gū lì isolate; isolated
密不可分 mì bù kě fēn closely or inseparably connected or associated
相互 xiāng hù reciprocal; mutual
启发 qǐ fā enlighten; arouse
精華 jīng huá best feature; most important part of an object
Posted on: Unique Professions (Part One)
August 12, 2012 at 1:22 PMQi or no qi, the idea of donating my blood creeps me out.
Posted on: 孔子拜访老子 1：道可道非常道
August 14, 2012 at 9:12 PM我的学校没有强调任何宗教，而且菲律宾的华侨大部份是做生意的。所以我对道教不太认识。我想台湾应该有道教的信徒。