xuechengfeng Posted December 29, 2004 at 05:30 AM Report Posted December 29, 2004 at 05:30 AM I'll use this as my topic for Pimsleur words I can't figure out. I looked on Zhongwen and couldn't find it. The sentence sounded like.. Wo2 dei3 shi1 pei2 le. I have to excuse myself Quote
roddy Posted December 29, 2004 at 05:33 AM Report Posted December 29, 2004 at 05:33 AM 失陪 For multisyllable words / phrases that you know the pronunciation for but not the characters, typing them into IME and seeing what options you get given is useful. Roddy Quote
xuechengfeng Posted December 29, 2004 at 06:22 AM Author Report Posted December 29, 2004 at 06:22 AM Sorry, I'm being acronymically ( ) retarded, what is IME? Quote
roddy Posted December 29, 2004 at 06:26 AM Report Posted December 29, 2004 at 06:26 AM Input Method Editor - the little program that sits in your toolbar and lets you type Chinese characters. Quote
szbpkst Posted December 30, 2004 at 05:55 AM Report Posted December 30, 2004 at 05:55 AM 我得失陪了 －－－－－－－－－－ 这是一句比较口语化的话 对应的英文是：I have to go now. Quote
cecilia_xiao Posted December 30, 2004 at 12:08 PM Report Posted December 30, 2004 at 12:08 PM 我得失陪了 这是一句口语吗？？？ 我觉得很正式啊，一般都是在很正式的场合，大家不熟的情况下才说的。要是好朋友之类的，一句 “先走了”就搞定了。 Quote
trevelyan Posted January 4, 2005 at 06:03 AM Report Posted January 4, 2005 at 06:03 AM Pimsleur has a few words I've never heard on the mainland. The other big one is their insistence on teaching 美金 instead of 美元. I've only had one person ever use the former, and they were trying to rip me off. Anyone know how mainlanders say 失陪 colloquially? I just use 不好意思 or 我得走. Quote
kentsuarez Posted January 4, 2005 at 07:02 AM Report Posted January 4, 2005 at 07:02 AM Another great resource for looking up characters when you hear a word is DeFrancis's superb ABC Comprehensive, Highly recommended. And just below or above what you try to look up will be all the same and similar tones, so even if you heard it slightly wrong, you can check all the def's at a glance to see which looks appropriate. Quote
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