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Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 30, 2007 at 1:00 PM

卑鄙 (bei1bi3 - despicable) according to two dictionaries I checked uses first and third tone. In the vocab list here it is recorded ad first and fourth tone...

Posted on: Hawaii
December 30, 2007 at 11:34 AM

对瑞社人他们会说银行和手表。

Posted on: Hawaii
December 30, 2007 at 7:15 AM

Yes, changye, your sentence sounds even better. And I also agree!

Posted on: Hawaii
December 30, 2007 at 6:38 AM

linguisticpotatoe 你的意思是不是: 中国比夏威夷一定好玩得多。

Posted on: Colored Balls
December 30, 2007 at 4:58 AM

I wasn't allowed to play with the coloured balls in IKEA in Chengdu...!!

Posted on: Hawaii
December 30, 2007 at 4:55 AM

我没去过夏威夷,也不想去... (wo mei qu guo xiaweiyi, ye bu xiang qu. - I've never been to Hawaii and also don't plan/want to go). Have fun, Henning! Are you taking your family?

Posted on: Jizhou Mental Breakdown
December 29, 2007 at 9:49 AM

这个故事也来也神秘,强烈. 我真想不到寂州故事怎么会结束.是不是那个旅馆的佳燕和另外来过的男?有关系吗?是不是那时候发现了一件奇怪的事,然后佳燕崩溃了,杀了他的男朋友...

Posted on: Buying Bread and Butter
December 29, 2007 at 6:54 AM

I also learnt 沙拉,in our region pronounced "sala".

Posted on: Complaining About The Boss
December 29, 2007 at 6:35 AM

Thanks, Amber. That helps. Now I have to go and listen to the Cpod again.

Posted on: Complaining About The Boss
December 29, 2007 at 6:28 AM

PaulC, because chouma is a verb in this sentence? When it becomes a noun, then the measure word goes before chouma, like in the sentence I just found in the dictionary: 我挨了一顿臭骂(wo ai le yi dun chouma) tranlated as "I got a dressing down", lit: I suffered an angry scolding.