User Comments - xiao_liang
xiao_liang
Posted on: Taking the Plunge into Intermediate
January 5, 2012 at 11:11 AMOh I agree - vocab lists are deathly boring. Can you recommend a better way to get the massive step up in necessary vocab to reach the next level?
Also, your main recommendation out of this lesson is to learn characters. I find nothing harder or duller! I know in Japanese there are those brilliant Kanji books that teach you to learn the characters by the stories of the radicals - do you know of any more entertaining ways to learn hanzi?
Posted on: Taking the Plunge into Intermediate
December 30, 2011 at 7:31 PMWell, I've been lurking :) Just not had time to be a part of the community - I feel really bad! And my chinese has totally suffered... heh!
Posted on: Taking the Plunge into Intermediate
December 30, 2011 at 1:57 PMI'm in exactly the same place. I think Chinesepod is really really good at teaching you sentence construction and situational vocab, but the next step to being really confident enough to go to upper intermediate is building a decent vocabulary for yourself, and that just takes a lot of hard grinding.
Unless anyone's got any better suggestions?
Hi again everyone, by the way!
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 3: The Jealous Friend
October 11, 2011 at 4:47 PMHi Cpod. You renamed all the other Zhang Liang and Lili lessons, but missed this one out!
Posted on: Mobile Repairmen and AZERDocMom
September 20, 2011 at 8:37 PM3 different classes! Wow... Poor you. Haha! But you'll be grateful no doubt later in life. Good to hear from you!
Posted on: Good Morning!
September 7, 2011 at 9:26 AMHello!
As I understand it, it depends on where you're planning on using your Chinese. Simplified characters are used across Mainland China, whereas traditional is used in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and places where Cantonese is spoken, like Guangzhou.
Hope that helps.
XL
Posted on: Sportswear Brands
September 7, 2011 at 9:25 AMI saw a poor woman limping up the steps to the sun yat sen memorial in high heels. I've never seen anyone look so uncomfortable...
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 1: A Fated Meeting
September 5, 2011 at 10:18 PMIs 聊天 liao2tian1 used for just online chatting, or chatting in general?
Posted on: Where in Shanghai
August 26, 2011 at 9:20 AMI really liked Jing'an temple. Particularly it was fun watching people trying to throw all the coins into the centre tower.
I loved how you could look up and see these ultra modern buildings framed by this ancient structure.
Posted on: The Spring Festival Gala
January 22, 2012 at 1:56 PMWatching it now! In fact, listened to this show on the way to grandma's house to watch it with the family. What's with all the singers miming?