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Posted on: Pregnancy Series 9: Here Comes the Baby!
August 18, 2009 at 1:24 AM@songruixue, thanks for your "lullaby" suggestion, and is that your son? Soooo adorable!
Posted on: Traditional Chinese Medicine
August 17, 2009 at 3:43 AM@kennethshultz, here is a video fyi.
Posted on: 小太监进宫四
August 17, 2009 at 3:25 AM@ouxiansheng, @16:20, it's 更阴的阴谋，Gèng yīn de yīnmóu；@16:26, 想当初，Xiǎng dāngchū，“当初", in the first place.
Posted on: Good Night
August 17, 2009 at 3:17 AM@ii_toxic_muffin, he said: "好困啊！” Hǎo kùn a
Posted on: What's Your Job?
August 14, 2009 at 8:55 AM@xiaophil, "人员" can not stand alone, and one cannot say "我是一个人员” ， we never say that. And There are some examples, "工作人员", "人员调动”，“值班人员”...gōngzuò rényuán", "rényuán diàodòng”，“zhíbān rényuán", you can say "我是这里的工作人员" Wǒ shì zhèlǐ de gōngzuò rényuán, or "我是这里的值班人员" Wǒ shì zhèlǐ de zhíbān rényuán. So, "人员" always collocate with other words.
Posted on: What's Your Job?
August 14, 2009 at 3:21 AM@bobm112, exactly, 老师 Lǎoshī
@lekhawipat，
government officer，公务员 Gōngwùyuán
retired government officer 退休干部 Tuìxiū gànbù
Posted on: What's Your Job?
August 14, 2009 at 3:16 AM@xiaophil, thanks! We'll fix the PDF later! You can say both of them,
Where do you work? 你在哪家公司工作(ni3zai4na3jia1gong1zuo4)？
你在哪家公司上班(ni3zai4na3jia1shang4ban1)？Actually, “上班” is more common in colloquial Chinese.
工人 (gong1ren2): worker - exactly, this is the word for people who do physical labor. Eg, the workers in mass manufacturing factories, or construction workers
雇员 (gu4yuan2): employee - yes, employees work in some place, most of the time, they work in an office building, or shopping mall, supermarket...(they may be redcap...)
职员 (zhi2yuan2): staff member -They are low-mid level office workers. 职员 can also be called 雇员. But not all 雇员 can be called 职员.
人员 (ren2yuan2): staff - It can indicate anyone that is employed, regardless of their field of business, their different positions. We have this "工作人员"..., commonly used.
Is it clear? :-)
Posted on: Buying a Custom-Built Computer
August 14, 2009 at 2:14 AM@Juriaan, thanks! We'll fix that as soon as possible!
Posted on: Washing Dishes
August 14, 2009 at 1:44 AM@remilia, 当然可以了！欢迎你来这里，你可以build a group, 关于中国文化和汉语小知识。但是不可以贴在lesson discussion 里，这里的comments必须是topic-focused, 与课文相关的语言问题可以贴在这里。(Of course! You can build up a group about Chinese culture and language. Then post. But in lesson discussion, off-topic discussion is not encouraged. Just be considerate to our learners!)
You can also go to Activity Stream to share!
谢谢你！
Posted on: What's Your Job?
August 18, 2009 at 2:41 AM@carlos, Changye is right. Sometimes, you can simply say "我是做市场的”，Wǒ shì zuò shìchǎng de