User Comments - pearltowerpete
pearltowerpete
Posted on: The Stingy Boss
June 16, 2009 at 3:14 AMHi sultana2008 and kennethshultz
A stingy person is 吝啬鬼 lìnsèguǐ or 铁公鸡 tiěgōngjī.
Posted on: Delivery Problems
June 16, 2009 at 3:11 AMHi cinese,
Thanks for a few interesting questions.
The sentence ends 同不同意, which is short for 同意不同意. Certain verbs work this way--e.g. 喜不喜欢.
You can't say 一边点头，一边摇头because the two actions aren't occurring at the same exact time.
Posted on: Who are You Looking For?
June 16, 2009 at 3:07 AMOoops...that's what I get for not reading the entire thread before posting.
*snarky comment withdrawn*
(Hangs head in shame)
Posted on: Delivery Problems
June 16, 2009 at 3:05 AMHi xuchen
You can have an entire conversation with 嗯. I knew a guy who even used a long, nasal version of that sound to answer the phone (but only when it was his mistress calling).
Posted on: Who are You Looking For?
June 16, 2009 at 2:56 AMHi fidele,
Would that be the Robert Newman who played Butch Kid, or Sundance Cassidy? ;-)
Posted on: To do
June 16, 2009 at 2:00 AMHi sandy30
Thank you for commenting. As changye explained, the word 搞 is not inherently bad or corrupt. We need to take it in context. If you say 他很喜欢乱搞男女关系, that's no good.
But for that matter, the extremely common English word "do" can have sexual connotations as well. As we are fond of saying here, context is king.
Posted on: Delivery Problems
June 16, 2009 at 1:53 AMHi Tony,
Great to hear from you again. We're looking forward to taking your comments and questions.
Henan, huh? Lots of history there. I haven't explored it nearly as much as I'd like. A lot of great poets like Li Shangyin 李商隐 were from that area.
Posted on: Going to the Doctor
June 16, 2009 at 1:51 AMHi rj,
Problem solved. Thank you for pointing it out. The word for hedgehog is 刺猬 cìwei, which does look similar.
I am still in the process of fixing glitches in these older lessons. Not making any excuses, but the old annotation engine was very quirky. There have been some real howlers in here.
But of course we are dedicated to bringing you the best possible Chinese learning tools, so we are fixing them.
Posted on: SBTG: Sun Yatsen
June 16, 2009 at 7:57 AMHi mikeinewshot
There was a sense that the topic was not practical enough for most poddies. But since it seems that there is genuine interest, I will mention it again.