User Comments - jennyzhu
jennyzhu
Posted on: Just Call Me...
September 1, 2011 at 2:14 AMIt's common for Chinese to have both one or two characters as their given names. It's also a rather generational thing. Two character given names were pretty much the norm until the early 1980's. A lot of people born in the early 1980's (myself included) were given single character given names because it sounded fresh and new to echo the country's new start I suppose. Now, the trend seems to have reverted back to two character names. Occasionally, people give three character given names to their children now.
Posted on: Breakup
August 31, 2011 at 9:14 AMBy adding 的时候 to the end, it stresses when I am with you. In the context of the dialog, it implies when I am with you, I am tired and unhappy. But when I am not with you, I might be OK. Whereas not adding it, it implies I am pretty frustrated because I am with you.
Posted on: Just Call Me...
August 31, 2011 at 9:08 AMYou can say 尼尔, as in 奥尼尔(àoníěr/Shaq O'neal). Every Chinese knows him.
Posted on: Just Call Me...
August 31, 2011 at 6:04 AMMy Chinese name (Zhū qí) is hard for foreigners to pronouce. I've often been called "zoo key".
Posted on: Resume Revisions
August 30, 2011 at 9:00 AMAre you using a dictionary published in Taiwan? I think that's how they pronounce these. There are some differences in pronunciation between mainland and Taiwan.
Posted on: Resume Revisions
August 30, 2011 at 8:58 AM你是软件工程师吗？
Posted on: What's That Website?
August 30, 2011 at 6:20 AMI think by pronouncing it as "yāo", it avoids the potential confusion between "yī"(1) and "qī"(7).
Posted on: Where in Shanghai
August 29, 2011 at 6:16 PM你昨天去书店了吗？is correct. The sentence structure is verb+noun+le. 你昨天去书店吗？ is not correct. Please see the excellent explanation on Oxford University's Chinese department's web page regarding the use of 了. http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Summary%20on%20LE.htm
Posted on: The Door
August 29, 2011 at 6:02 PMDon't be sad. We still have lots of free shows like Qing Wen for you to enjoy and learn.
Posted on: Talking About the Working Hours Policy
September 1, 2011 at 2:24 AMYes, you are correct. Good mnemonic.