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Posted on: How to use WeChat
January 10, 2015 at 3:33 AM呵呵，它的用户比微信的用户不罗罗嗦嗦吗？
Posted on: Cleaning the Air Conditioning
January 10, 2015 at 12:16 AMI hate these Word Crimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
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Posted on: Do I Need To Learn Chinese Characters?
January 7, 2015 at 4:56 AMI should have qualified my answer by saying I think I am in the minority of Skritter users that likes to use both a peripheral tablet with a PC for the web version and the iOS version on an iPhone. gardensongkl could save a good bit of money by using only an already owned iPhone for Skritter, and a lot of users did migrate to the iOS environment and never looked back. However, the iOS app lacks a number of features that I still find useful, such as an option for tone colors and studying individual list sections.
Posted on: Do I Need To Learn Chinese Characters?
January 6, 2015 at 9:42 PMYes, you should get a Wacom tablet for your computer (the stylus specific to tablet use will be included) and yes, a capacitive touchscreen stylus will work on your iPhone after you download the Skritter app. The latter will cost $10 ~ 20 dollars and you can find it at any office supply store. Caveat emptor: I use a PC and not a Mac, though I doubt that matters. Tablets and the Mac are much used by artists so I think the Mac will be well supported by Wacom.
Posted on: 美国人眼中的阿里上市
November 25, 2014 at 1:15 AMDavid, 你的理解对了。 虽然卖保险公司称呼 Underwriter (保障一份保险） ， 可是 Investment Bank 作 underwriting 的时候就跟你说明的功能差不多。
你也可以看这个线索
https://chinesepod.com/lessons/private-vs-public-placement
Posted on: Do I Need To Learn Chinese Characters?
November 24, 2014 at 3:23 AMMatt, According to the Skritter website: (http://www.skritter.com/faq#iphone)
"The Android app is available for download via the Google Play store. "
Posted on: Children's Ambitions
November 23, 2014 at 11:21 PMActually when you append 家 to some nouns it becomes "one who does." For example, writer is 作家， a thinker is 思想家，etc., so the literal meaning of 梦想家 is a dreamer or a visionary. To say the house of your dreams you would probably say something like 梦想中的房子 or to use a different word altogether 理想的房屋。
Also, you may see "The Chinese Dream" : 中国梦 in popular media these days.
Posted on: Do I Need To Learn Chinese Characters?
November 1, 2014 at 11:33 PMQuite surprising that nobody has mentioned Skritter yet:
https://chinesepod.com/blog/we-love-skritter/
If you are already a Chinese Pod user AND want to learn how to write characters, this is the best software for the job by far.
Posted on: Korean or Chinese?
October 11, 2014 at 12:58 PMDouglas, try this one:
http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/
re: "as good as chinesepod . . ." that's a high standard, but I hope you find it useful.
FYI, there was a facebook page in Korean for CPod: " ChinesePod 한국어판 ", in case you or your wife want to read about CPod content and discussion in Korean.
Posted on: Cleaning the Air Conditioning
January 10, 2015 at 2:47 PMA very good point, and this is where CPod hosts could add some more value. (John would often spell out the pinyin.) So if, for example, one of the hosts said "that's h-u-i, first tone, c-h-e-n, second tone" we would all get a gentle reminder of how to pronounce it correctly. A good use for "spoken pinyin."