Just a few months ago, Bazza was an absolute beginner in Mandarin. Since then he has progressed really fast and is working through the intermediate lessons. He has also done almost daily work on the wiki so that we can all benefit from what he is learning. He has been writing on the blog/comments […]
Archive for March, 2006
A blogger plots his Mandarin progress
Published by March 30th, 2006 in About the Chinese language. 22 CommentsThis ambitious chap plans to document his study of Mandarin on his blog. He is a 38 year-old family man, named Chris, from the UK. It seems that Chris has an interest in things Asian, but that he is a beginner as far as mandarin is concerned.
We can connect with Chris, and follow […]
In this new video your hosts, Tayhler and Ryan, take the viewer to some typical Chinese restaurants, including an authentic Huo Guo (Hot Pot). This lesson aims to teach the viewer some high-frequency phrases and related vocabulary which can be used to successfully fill an empty belly.
What is VideoHotpot?
VideoHotpot is an entertaining […]
Podleaders
Published by March 30th, 2006 in About ChinesePod and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 11 CommentsClick here if you’d like to hear the interview with Tom Raftery at Podleaders.
Once I start talking about this stuff I just can’t stop. It’s just such an interesting topic!
Update:
Tom’s next interview will be with Dave Sifry, of Technorati. If you don’t know what Technorati is, I suggest you go and take […]
Interview with Tom Raftery at PodLeaders
Published by March 28th, 2006 in About ChinesePod. 3 CommentsI did an interview with Tom Raftery at PodLeaders last night. It should appear in podcast form, perhaps later in the week.
Tom asked a wide range of smart questions about ChinesePod, including the business model, the future, and how CPod could be perceived as a threat by some (!).
I’ll ink when the podcast is posted. […]
八荣八耻 （ba1rong2ba1chi3）
Eight Do’s and Don’t’s
Chinese President Hu Jintao recently called on the whole nation and particularly young people to adopt the “socialist concept of honor and disgrace,” also known as “Eight Do’s and Don’t’s.” The list reads: “Love, do not harm the motherland; Serve, don’t disserve the people; Uphold science; don’t be ignorant and unenlightened; […]
UN to use only simplified Chinese after 2008
Published by March 23rd, 2006 in About the Chinese language. 47 CommentsFrom the Beijing Morning Post (in Chinese)
Shanghai Daily English summary:
THE United Nations will only use simplified Chinese characters after 2008, the Beijing Morning Post said today, citing linguists.
The UN is currently using both versions of Chinese characters — simplified characters and the original complex form. But the UN has decided to rule out the […]
ChinesePod VideoHotpot
Published by March 20th, 2006 in China, Learning Chinese, Language, Video Hotpot and News. 75 CommentsIn this inaugural video your hosts, Ryan and Tayhler, take the student to the streets of Shanghai for some entertaining, and hopefully not too offensive, interactions with Chinese locals. This is a great way to show how beginners of the language practice in an authentic situation. The situational format of the lesson aims […]
瘦身 (shou4shen1)
slimming, streamlining
The term of getting slimmer has been generalized to mean reducing the size of almost anything. It could be streamlining government departments, shrinking investment plans or even reducing the weight of school kids’ satchels.
扫街 (sao3jie1)
street sweeping
Street sweeping does not just mean to clean the street any more. Now it can be used to […]
Tech Update - Vocab Builder
Published by March 17th, 2006 in Tech, Product Features and About ChinesePod. 24 CommentsOver the past week we have separated out a new section called the “Vocab Builder”. New additions here:
Addition of a “Wiki” Word Type
We have gotten a lot of feedback that the English definitions for many words are incorrect or just plain awkward. The original dictionary we used was based on the CEDICT project. A […]
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