User Comments - go_manly

Posted on: Baby Care

Thanks for that John.

Posted on: Transportation

No, I don't believe the 2nd sentence works. The only question word I can think of that always comes at the end of the sentence is 吗. Other question words go in the position of the word that will replace it when the reply comes.

As 怎么 requires a complex answer, and not just one word, I'm not sure of the logic for the word order here - but only the first version is correct.

Posted on: Baby Care

In the podcast, Jenny says:

...像一个 Casanova 情圣一样... (xiàng yīge Casanova qíng shèng yíyàng)

At least 情圣 is how Richy interpreted that in his transcription.

I can't find 情圣 in any dictionary, and when I look up 'Casanova', a transliterated name appears.

What does 情圣 mean? (And did Richy get that right?)

Posted on: Baby Care

Here is a vocabulary list from the dialog. It is more comprehensive than the Key Vocabulary list.

biétí le (别提了) to not mention
bĭrú (比如) for example
dài háizi (带孩子) to take care of a child
fùzé (负责) to be in charge of / to be responsible for
hŏng (哄) to soothe / to calm / to coax (a child) / to fool / to deceive
huàn niàobù (换尿布) to change a diaper
lăogōng (老公) husband
niàobù (尿布) nappy / diaper
tĭlì (体力) physical strength
mŭrŭ (母乳) mother’s milk / breast milk
mŭrŭ wèiyăng (母乳喂养) breast feeding
qĭlai (起来) to get up / to stand up
shuìbuhăo (睡不好) to not be able to sleep well
shuìhăo (睡好) to sleep well
tĭlì (体力) physical strength / stamina
tĭlì xiāohào (体力消耗) physical exertion
wèinăi (喂奶) to nurse / to breast-feed
wèiyăng (喂养) to feed / to raise
xiāohào (消耗) to consume / to use up / to exhaust / to deplete / to expend
yèlĭ (夜里) during the night / at night

Posted on: Automated Phone Recordings

Here is a more comprehensive dialog vocabulary list than that provided in the Key Vocabulary list:

běn (本) this
bō (拨) to dial
căilíng (彩铃) ringing tone
fēnjī (分机) telephone extension
fēnjī hào (分机号) extension number
găo (搞) to do / to be involved in
gēqŭ (歌曲) tune / song
huò (或) or
jiētīng (接听) to answer the phone
jĭnkuài (尽快) as quickly as possible / ASAP
kōng (空) empty / hollow / void
liánluò (联络) to contact / to communicate
língshēng (铃声) ringtone / bell tone
liúxíng (流行) to be fashionable, popular, in vogue
liúyán (留言) to leave a message / to leave comments
mángyīn (忙音) busy signal / engaged tone
réngōng (人工) manual labour / man-made / artificial / manually
réngōng zhuănjiē (人工转接) to switch manually
shāohòu (稍候) to wait a moment
shēng (声) sound / noise / voice
tíshì (提示) [n.] prompt / cue / reminder / to remind / to point out
wúfă (无法) unable / incapable
wúrén (无人) no one
xiăng (响) sound / noise
xiànlù (线路) line / circuit / wire / link
yīn (音) sound / note / tone
yŭ (与) together with
zhèng (正) right now / just (in the middle of doing sth.)
zhí (直) straight / direct
zhíbō (直拨) to dial directly (an external or long-distance call) without transferring.
zhìdiàn (致电) to call to / to phone
zhuănjiē (转接) to transfer a call

Posted on: Automated Phone Recordings

2 questions

1. From the dialog:

电话无人接听 (diànhuà wúrén jiētīng) no-one is answering

What is the difference between using 无人 and 没人 in this situation?

Same goes for 无法 (wúfǎ) vs 没办法 (méi bànfǎ) later in the dialog.

2. Three different characters are used by themselves in this dialog to mean 'sound':

音 (yīn), 声 (shēng) and 响 (xiǎng)

What is the difference in meaning and/or usage between these three?

Posted on: Attending a Trade Show

After I made my post, I looked up 有眼光 on Nciku. They had a few example which led me to the definition I have in my post below.

I honestly didn't have a clue when I asked the question originally - it wasn't a challenge, just a query.

Now that I've looked at Nciku though, might I suggest that the translation should be "Sir, you have a good eye for quality" (the statement was a response to the previous comment by the customer about the quality of the products).

And recognising the quality of a product is not really the same as counting that product as one of your 'tastes'.

Posted on: Attending a Trade Show

As there are so many non-Elementary words in this dialog, and the Key Vocabulary list only has 15 words, here is a more thorough vocabulary list. (Note CPod, this is Dialog vocabulary, not Premium material. Please don't delete it.)

bàojià (报价) quoted price / quotation / offer
bàojiàdān (报价单) quotation form / price list
bĭrú (比如) for example
chănpĭn (产品) product / goods / merchandise
chuízi (锤子) hammer
chūkŏu (出口) to export
duìle (对了) that's right / by the way
fàngxīn (放心) to set one’s mind at rest / to be at ease / to rest assured
gèzhŏng (各种) every kind of / all kinds of / various kinds
gōngjù (工具) tool
guójì (国际) international
hézuò (合作) to cooperate
jiàgé (价格) price
jiāoyìhuì (交易会) trade show
jièshào (介绍) to present / introduction / to introduce
jĭnguăn (尽管) even though / to feel free to / albeit / though / despite / not withstanding
jìnkuài (尽快) as quickly as possible / as soon as possible
jùtĭ (具体) concrete / definite / specific / particular / detailed
lèixíng (类型) type
lìngwài (另外) in addition / besides / moreover / other / furthermore / different
míngpiàn (名片) business card
mùlù (目录) catalog
năguórén (哪国人) a person of which country?
páizi (牌子) brand / trademark / make
qīdài (期待) to look forward to
qíquán (齐全) complete
qíshí (其实) actually
rúcĭ (如此) in this way / so / like that
shāngliang (商量) to discuss
shēngchăn (生产) to produce / to manufacture / to give birth to
shénme de (什么的) (used after a series of items) things like that / and so on / and what not
shŏucè (手册) manual / handbook / reference book
tīngguò (听过) to have heard
xiāoshòu (销售) sales
xiāoshòu jīnglĭ (销售经理) sales manager / marketing manager
xiăoxíng (小型) small-scale / miniature
xìngjiàbĭ (性价比) value for the money
yănguāng (眼光) vision / sight
yŏu yănguāng (有眼光) to have vision / to have foresight / to have an eye for
yŭ (与) together with
zhèbiān (这边) over here / on this side
zhìliàng (质量) quality / calibre
zhŏnglèi (种类) kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class
zhuānmén (专门) specially

Posted on: Attending a Trade Show

Regarding the following sentence from the dialog:

先生您真有眼光。(Xiānsheng nín zhēn yŏu yănguāng.) Sir you have very good taste.

The Key vocabulary list does not include 眼光. In online dictionaries it is translated as 'sight' or 'vision'. How does that get translated as 'taste'.

Posted on: Apartment Hunting

Here is a transcript of the podcast. It is not a full transcript, as a lot of English is used, rendering a transcript unnecessary for much of the podcast.

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