User Comments - jimijames

Posted on: What does she look like?

"zhe wo ke mei zhuyi."

I would direct translate that meaning as "Then I may have no idea"

这我可没注意

Posted on: What does she look like?

Would a heart-shaped face be 心形脸 xīnxínglian3 ?

Posted on: What does she look like?

Genetics causes the make up of and look of eyelid folds, nose bridges, ear size even the ability to role your tongue in a circle.

Posted on: Practicing Kung Fu

"Gastric Emptying Time" would depend on what you may have eaten or drank, or both.

早 as a noun means morning. I usually hear that as a morning greeting before 9am.

Posted on: Practicing Kung Fu

中午 zhōngwǔ is lunch time. 午 wǔ time period has an origin in Chinese Medicine. That each organ system the zangfu 脏腑 organ system is broken into 2 hour time periods. so 12 午 for a 24 hour time period.

中午 is the middle time period or the middle time period of the day. The time period is from 11am to 1pm. A two hour time period.

If you consistly wake from sleep from midnight to 1am it is believed in Chinese medicine that the organ system connected to your gal bladder system is out of balance.

Some chinese medicine techniques are more effective at different time periods throughout the day or night.

So if you really want to sound Chinese, best say 中午好 at 11am. or 你吃饭了吗？ during the zhōngwǔ time period.

Posted on: Practicing Kung Fu

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjIwODYyOTc2.html

Check this Bruce Lee documentary on Jeet Kune Do

Posted on: Introducing New Voices

I have a friend in China she uses 狄 dí .

Possibly it is 狄 dí

Posted on: Practicing Kung Fu

Gong Fu 功夫 is the universal name in Chinese of all martial arts. Where as wushu is one style of chinese martial arts or Chinese Gong Fu 中国功夫

During Bruce Lee's initial popularity to the west was via his Martial Art movies "Big Boss" "Enter the Dragon" then during Brue Lee's association with Hollywood he really pushed his own style, (Jeet Kune Do)the joining of his studies which including WuShu. So Bruce Lee referring to himself talked about his skill coming from Chinese Kung Fu.

Following Bruce Lee's unfortunate death, the west became more and more interested in martial arts including Gong Fu (Kung Fu) and then various forms of Kung Fu came closer to be revealed to the West, Including Wushu, Tiaqiquan, XingYi, Bagau, Fujian White Crane and many many more.

叶问 yèwèn Ipman, Bruce Lee's teacher helped make Wushu famous.

"Ipman One" and "Ipman Two" movies are great!

Posted on: Practicing Kung Fu

I believe the word Kung Fu came from the Cantonese way of pronouncing 功夫。 Thanks to the awesome spread of chinese Gong Fu popular from Bruce Lee 李小龙, therefore the term Kung Fu is much more popular in the west.

Posted on: Considering an iPad

You got to try the Z pad. I saw this recently advertised on Chinese television. Check out the link below for confirmation.

http://tech.qq.com/a/20101108/000326.htm