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Posted on: Visiting the Hospital with a Fever
March 3, 2010 at 6:54 PM

Is there a difference between 疼 (teng2) and 痛 (tong4) ?

Posted on: Jewish Holiday
September 17, 2009 at 5:44 AM

i liked your mneumic device, John!  I thought of another one: I want some honey "for me" (for me = feng1 mi4)

Posted on: Not So Silent Night
December 28, 2008 at 1:16 AM

I have also heard church refered to as jiao4hui4 (I think it's 4th tone). Does jiao4tang2 mean church (a building) and jiao4hui4 mean church (a community)?

Posted on: New Lessons, New President
November 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM

I've seen Obama's name as 奧巴馬 and also 歐巴馬. Does it matter? Who decides anyway? Newspaper writers?

Posted on: Cosmetic Surgery and Mooncakes
September 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM

During this holiday in Taiwan, people often have a barbeque in the evening. It gives them something else to do besides gaze at the moon.

Posted on: Bank Hours
May 4, 2008 at 12:14 AM

I thought of a mnemonic for yin2hang2. The character "yin2" by itself means "silver", and it sounds similar to yen (the japanese currency). Also, in the old days, if you rob a bank, people would "hang" you. Both of these are second tone, because if you're being hung, you would want to "rise" instead of fall! There you go... yin2hang2. I know... silly, but it works!