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Posted on: Asking Height and Weight
May 12, 2011 at 10:11 AM

Good job on the Chinese sentences. The first sentence would be "很多事情你可以不说真话”。

Posted on: I want to buy this one
May 12, 2011 at 6:51 AM

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Posted on: Living in Nanjing
May 10, 2011 at 9:34 AM

People tend to be more sensitive about using 小姐 in the North. In Shanghai, it's pretty standard to address a young lady as 小姐。

Posted on: Living in Nanjing
May 10, 2011 at 2:47 AM

We'd address young women, e.g. under 35 years old as 小姐/xiǎojiě. Often even if a relatively young woman is married, you can still call them xiǎojiě. You can call older women 太太/tàitai or 女士/nǚshì or 阿姨/āyí.

Posted on: 5000 Years of History
May 9, 2011 at 8:43 AM

斤/Jīn is a Chinese unit of weight measurement. It's half of a kilo. We have an upcoming lesson on that.

Posted on: 5000 Years of History
May 9, 2011 at 6:37 AM

Places frequently function as subject and come at the beginning of a sentence in Chinese, e.g. 办公室有三个人。/ There are 3 people in the office. While you could put people in the beginning and place at the end, which doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, it's much more natural to put place in the beginning and people at the end.

Posted on: What does she look like?
May 7, 2011 at 3:32 PM

矮 is used to describe shortness in height for people. 低 describes objects. 高 is used for both people and objects to mean "tall", "heigh".

Posted on: A Notification Notification, and Other Happenings
May 7, 2011 at 3:29 PM

Thanks for your help as always, Bababardwan.

Posted on: A Trip to Nanjing
May 4, 2011 at 8:15 AM

的话/dehuà is often used when you are making comparisons. Therefore if you are comparing music with something else, e.g. 上海clubbing很好，音乐的话一般般。/ The clubbing scene in Shanghai is great, but the music scene is just so so. More strictly speaking 建议/jiànyì means "to suggest", 推荐/tuījiàn means "to recommend".

Posted on: Long Time No See!
May 4, 2011 at 7:04 AM

Glad you like the lesson! 你怎么样/nǐ zěnmeyàng is indeed quite casual. It's mostly used with peers. You can use 您好吗/nín hǎo ma to show respect with people more senior in age or rank.