Thu, 08 Nov 2007

Chinese words of the day

民间组织 min2jian1zu3zhi1 humanitarian organisation
联合 lian2he2 unite, join, combine

Posted on 08 Nov 2007 at 16:50 in /life/learning_chinese. -- Permalink

Where's the 2nd volume?

I even got round to sending an e-mail to amazon.com, asking why I received just 1 volume when in the description of the item I ordered it says "2 Volumes". To be sure, the Princeton "Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese" is nice to have even without volume 2 (vocabulary index and exercises), but US$ 52 seems an awful lot of money for it.

Posted on 08 Nov 2007 at 16:49 in /life/learning_chinese. -- Permalink

Wed, 07 Nov 2007

Chinese words of the day

暂时离开 zan4shi2 li2kai1 temporarily absent
(离 leave, go away; from)
离奇 li2qi2 odd
离弃 li2qi4 abandon v.
奇怪 qi2guai4 strange, odd
(奇 also ji1 odd [number])
寄 ji4 send, post, mail

Posted on 07 Nov 2007 at 18:46 in /life/learning_chinese. -- Permalink