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Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 6, 2007 at 4:01 AM

起 can be a measure word but none of my dictionaries defines 起 (qǐ) as a measure word. Crazy ! Learning Chinese is so fun...

Posted on: Bachelors, Acting, and Game Shows
December 5, 2007 at 10:02 PM

@rrandy, Don't be so selfish, think of Chinesepod managers, not just about you ! Looking how to improve their service, they crave for feedback. By the way, mine was a request, not a complain.

Posted on: Bachelors, Acting, and Game Shows
December 4, 2007 at 10:57 AM

Once again, I'd like to listen to more words or expressions in Chinese, like today 对象. Don't need to be more than 5 or 6. We are all Chinese learners here, so they won't harm anybody.

Posted on: Getting Dressed
December 3, 2007 at 12:19 AM

@chinesepod admins please stop ignoring Bazza's questions :-)

Posted on: Getting Dressed
December 3, 2007 at 12:17 AM

@ user21238 Good mnemonic pun for 裤子 - ku4zi - trousers/pants Your mnemonic on 鞋子 - xie2zi - shoes - may be a bit far fetched :-) I have "discovered" a mnemonic for writing the right part of the character 鞋: two pieces of earth, one under each shoe, or dust on each shoe

Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
November 29, 2007 at 1:36 AM

For flash cards I recommend Pleco (http://www.pleco.com/) You need a Pocket Pc or a Palm It's great. No time to explain why. Just try it. Important notice on www.pleco.com: "The iPhone only supports web-based software (Google Maps etc), so there won't be a version of Pleco for iPhone anytime soon. Sorry!" So I'll stick with my HP Ipaq.

Posted on: Just Say Yes
November 29, 2007 at 1:34 AM

This post was meant to be put on the last Dear Amber. So I'll post it there also.

Posted on: Just Say Yes
November 29, 2007 at 1:32 AM

For flash cards I recommend Pleco (http://www.pleco.com/) You need a Pocket Pc or a Palm It's great. No time to explain why. Just try it. Important notice on www.pleco.com: "The iPhone only supports web-based software (Google Maps etc), so there won't be a version of Pleco for iPhone anytime soon. Sorry!" So I'll stick with my HP Ipaq.

Posted on: Interviewing an Ayi
November 25, 2007 at 11:37 PM

when grammar tags are going to be restored, after all these months ?

Posted on: Interviewing an Ayi
November 25, 2007 at 11:33 PM

It would be good that Chinesepod test their new version internally, correct as many bugs as possible, then release it.