Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Northern vs. Southern Vocab

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Since I’ve always lived in southern China (Nanchang, Kunming, Guangzhou), it’s been fun to travel up North these past few weeks and hear the locals speaking Mandarin with slightly different vocabulary choices than I’m used to hearing in the South. This list is based on my incidental observations and isn’t meant ...

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Friday, December 25th, 2009

Shèngdàn kuàilè 圣诞快乐 everyone! (Such a strident seasonal greeting--it just doesn't sound as merry in Chinese.) Before I get back to wrapping my gifts, I thought I'd mention an actual free gift (as opposed to this) available to everyone for the next week. Apparently, ChineseTeachers.com is doing a Christmas special offering ...

I’ll be Chewbacca, Hǎo bù hǎo?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Even though I live in China, it's sometimes hard to find someone to speak Chinese with me. I'm not talking about all the "duōshao qián" 多少钱  and "yes, I've eaten" exchanges.  I mean someone I can really stretch my vocabulary muscles with and speak with for a long period of time ...