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ID: 0617 Intermediate
One never knows when one will find oneself in a game of pin the tail on the Chinese city. Get a head start on your Chinese topography. In a place where a city you've never even heard of can have the population equivalent to that of a small country, there is a lot to learn. Listen to this podcast and learn in Mandarin about some smaller (read: population 8 million) cities in China, and what the cityfolk are up to there.
Fri Aug 24 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老家 lǎojiā native place
河南 Hénán Henan
浙江 Zhèjiāng Zhejiang
安徽 Ānhuī Anhui
你老家在哪儿？
nǐ lǎojiā zài nǎr5 ？
Where are you originally from?
河南南阳。你呢？
Hénán Nányáng 。nǐ ne ？
Nanyang, Henan. How about you?
浙江衢州。南阳在河南的南面吗？
Zhèjiāng Qúzhōu 。Nányáng zài Hénán de nánmiàn ma ？
Quzhou, Zhejiang. Is Nanyang in southern Henan?
在西南。衢州呢？
zài xīnán 。Qúzhōu ne ？
It's in the southwest. How about Quzhou?
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