User Comments - jennyzhu
jennyzhu
Posted on: Varieties of Candy
October 30, 2009 at 6:09 AM@henning,
Yes, that's exactly what we are referring to. I still get a kick out of the plastic toy inside the chocolate egg.
Posted on: Varieties of Candy
October 30, 2009 at 2:52 AMNougat (牛轧/niu2 ga2) is popular in Shanghai too. A culinary influence brought by early Western settlers.
Posted on: Costume Ball
October 27, 2009 at 5:27 AMWe will have a costume competition in the office this Friday. The winner will get one hour off from work.
Posted on: Anybody home?
October 26, 2009 at 10:15 AM@siyi,
Likewise. It's great to see you on the site. Great point about 有人吗. I am sure it was one of the many great moments in China where the language you studied came to live.
Posted on: Anybody home?
October 26, 2009 at 1:59 AM@pahi8975,
No, the vast majority of people in China don't know about Halloween. But I've noticed a change in Shanghai this year. Many stores and restaurants are doing Halloween themed promotion. After Christmas and Valentine's Day, it looks like Halloween will be the next big imported commercialized holiday in China.
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 23, 2009 at 1:21 AMI still fail to see the charm of it...
Posted on: Adventures of an Andy Lau Fan on Taobao
October 22, 2009 at 3:17 AMI do most of my shopping on Taobao. After using it, it's almost impossible to use ebay. The interface is designed a lot better.
Posted on: Buying a Bike
October 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM@Ariane,
You gave us a good lesson idea. We will definitely feature those words in a lesson in the future.
In the meantime, you could try the bike related lessons linked by pretzellogic. Hope they are helpful.
Posted on: Turn Right, Turn Left
October 16, 2009 at 3:25 PM@esumner,
Thank you for giving us the idea.
@whylearnmandari,
'turn around'is 调头/diào tóu, 'to back-up' is 倒车/dào chē, 'to speed up' is 加速/jiā sù and 'to slow down' is 减速/jiǎn sù.
Posted on: Varieties of Candy
October 30, 2009 at 7:42 AM@simonpettersson,
" Liquorice" should be 甘草糖 /gan1 cao3 tang2. It's not popular in China. Most of the liquorice sold here is imported. I remember a user brought us some a while ago and it was the first time that most of our Chinese colleagues had never tasted it. Many think it tasted like Chinese medicine.