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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever get the feeling that Chinese people think you can’t really learn to speak their language? There is a Chinese restaurant I have frequented in San Francisco for almost two years now. Each time I go in to get take out, I chat with the staff and laoban (boss) while waiting. They are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=103&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Directional Commands: The Answers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now for the answers: “Come in”  进来   jìn lái “Go out” 出去  chū qù “Come up” 上来  shàng lái “Come down” 下来  xià lái “Go up” 上去  shàng qù “Go down” 下去  xià qù “Pick up” 拿起来   náqǐlái “Put down” 放下去  fàng xià qù “Put on” (clothes) 穿上  chuān shàng “Take off” (clothes) 脱下  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=92&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Directional Commands: First the Quiz</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in my Mandarin studies I realized I was completely confused about directional commands (e.g. &#8220;come here&#8221;, &#8220;go there&#8221;, &#8220;come in&#8221;, &#8220;go out&#8221;, etc.). Finally I sat a teacher down to get it all straight.  Now,  first let&#8217;s see if you&#8217;ve already got it straight. Here are some directional commands in English. Let&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=79&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tone Robots (and How Not to Become One)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you can be so right, you are actually wrong. You’re determined not to speak sloppy Mandarin. You’ve memorized the tone for every word (or character combination) you know. In every word you utter, the tone rings crystal clear and you know it. There is only one problem: You sound like a freaky robot. You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=61&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Say &#8220;And&#8221; in Chinese: Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is part two on how to say &#8220;and&#8221; in Mandarin. Check out part one for the first half. Conjunction Concept #5: Use the word “with” to connect pronouns and nouns 跟                     我跟我妹妹去吃饭。 gēn                 EX:    Wǒ gēn wǒ mèimei qù chīfàn. with, and                [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=51&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Vague Chinese Words: Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[#4 怎么样？ zěnme yàng ？= “How’s it going?”; “How’d it go?”; “What’s it like?” “What’s happening?”; etc. You probably have already come across this one. Very useful, very vague, and very multi-purpose. From “Wha’s up, yo?” to “How’d it all go?”. Find yourself unsure how to plug in a follow up question? No need to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=47&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Top-Ten Favorite Vague Chinese Words – Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vague words are awesome for language learners. Keep a few in your pocket and you can pull them out any time you’re in need of “beating around the bush”, or you simply can’t find the specific word in Mandarin. These same words native speakers also use to talk around a subject or get out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=30&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to say &#8220;and&#8221; in Chinese: Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to say &#8220;and&#8221;: Part One Connecting words or phrases and clauses in Chinese is a tricky thing for learners. Teachers hear all the time students trying to force &#8220;hé&#8221; to serve the role that &#8220;and&#8221; would in English. Unfortunately, &#8220;hé&#8221; is only meant to connect nouns/pronouns and nothing else. The English &#8220;and&#8221; is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=24&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Foil an English Pirate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First encounter: Foreign National: 你好， 你叫什么名字？ Chinese National: Waaaaa, you Chinese soooo good! F: 没有， 没学了多久. C:  Yes, so good. Where you learn? F: 我在北京待了差不多一年。。。 C: You must be very smart&#8230; Has this happened to you? If so, were you thinking: 如我中文那么好你为什么跟我说英文？ （If my Chinese is so good, why the heck are you speaking to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=20&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Hello, My Name is Have-No-Honor”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[choosing a Chinese name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing a name in Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a Chinese name]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing a good Chinese name is a delicate matter and should be handled by the experts only, that is to say only well-educated native speakers. First, allow me to start with a cautionary tale: The story of how I ended up with the name “Have-No-Honor” in Chinese (or something that sounded exactly like that) and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chitchatchinese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4853121&amp;post=14&amp;subd=chitchatchinese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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