Comments on: Not banned. hǎo xiāoxi 好消息

By: Albert

Albert — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:56:03 +0000

Colleen,

Thanks for the excellent explanation.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:38:13 +0000

“Usually when my students want to say “self-study” (studying on their own) they say “zìxué” = 自学. So I guess it’s probably not that. ‘
I think in this case your studens mean 自习,i guess .zixue is like learning something totally on your own without a teacher .zixi for example : studying at night while you are not in the class in daytime with a techer
zixi is for students who are at school and zixue is for all kinds of people .

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:58:18 +0000

Albert,
Regarding to zixi（自习）your guess is right。It just means study for example;study mall.when we are zixi,usually we don’t have teachers to guide us.
I hope what i said is helpful

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:40:24 +0000

KV,

I have no idea what the students are walking around saying “zi4 xi2″ for. If you provide a little context maybe someone can help your track that down.

However, as living in a L2 environment has honed my mind reading skills slightly, I’d like to venture a guess that that “zi4″ = 自 = “self.” As for the “xi2″…could it be the xi of “xuéxí” = 学习 = “study”?

Usually when my students want to say “self-study” (studying on their own) they say “zìxué” = 自学. So I guess it’s probably not that.

This is one way for us to find your answer. After everyone posts all the things it probably isn’t, then whatever’s left (however unlikely) must be the answer.

By: KV

KV — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:02:40 +0000

gaosu ni yige haoxiaoxi. = wo you yige hao xiaoxi.

What does “zi4 xi2″ mean, as Chinese students say?
Do you know?

By: leo

leo — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:06:35 +0000

learnt more than 10 sentences in a day with the book “Essential Chinese 1500″. In 10 days, I will learn a hundred sentences. Who said Chinese is hard to learn?