ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing

Chinese study

Apr 22, 2007 wangbo

Yesterday afternoon lzh and I wandered over to Beiyu (English). I wanted to look at

So I said I’d write something about that latest article I downloaded from the Sino-Platonic

Came across this from Pinyin Info yesterday. Sino-Platonic papers has released another back issue (pbloodydbloodyf

Apr 4, 2007 wangbo

So I stuck with To Live for my Chinese study last night. Really, I’ve had

Apr 3, 2007 wangbo

I hate language textbooks. I think I’m more than qualified to say that, having spent

Mar 28, 2007 wangbo

A text from the è¯¾å¤–é˜…è¯» at the end of Unit 8 in my textbook is

Mar 28, 2007 wangbo

From a comment on this post on Peking Duck, I found this article, and it

Mar 27, 2007 wangbo

Just learnt a new word: å½»åº•/che4 di3, meaning thorough or penetrating. How? SMS. Texted lzh

Mar 27, 2007 wangbo

Sinosplice John has a post up looking at the differences in usage between English ‘my’

So yesterday I mentioned finding an article explaining how Peking became Beijing. At the time,