January 22nd, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
We’re trying to put together a set of 10 free survival Chinese lessons. Each video is 3-5 minutes in length and is centered around a key survival Chinese phrase like, “Do you speak English?” or “I want to go to XYZ place.” If you memorize these 10 phrases, you’ll pretty much manage [...]
January 15th, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
We came out with another fun promotional video that also is very educational! The phrase described is pretty much equivalent to the American, “What’s going on?” “What’s up?” or “How are you?” It’s funny that growing I never learned this phrase, even though I spoke Chinese to my parents everday!
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December 27th, 2007 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
Here’s a fun little promo video that we made for GuavaTalk. Please forward it on to your friends!
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December 26th, 2007 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese, life in China
Steve, our CFO, and I had lunch at Lush today, which is just around the corner from our offline school 1on1 Mandarin. It’s a cozy upstairs cafe that is open 24/7 and serves convincing American brunch, burgers, salads and sandwiches. I happened to overhear an older gentlemen asking about what I thought sounded like bao1 zi1. If you [...]