A list of useful photography phrases in Chinese.
Tag: Putonghua
a snippet from a conversation with my computer guy
A humorous translated conversation with my Chinese computer guy.
Learning Chinese: Where are the clothes?
An English teacher in China struggles to speak with a Mandarin speaking grandmother over where to buy the clothes.
Speaking Chinese: Playing dumb
Playing dumb, I have found, is extremely useful. A somewhat lackluster student of Mandarin, or Putonghua, I understand much more than I am given credit for.