它可以指机械设备或者设施的缺陷。例如:My new software has a bug in it.
我的新软件有问题。
Category: Spoken Chinese
Mandarin Chinese Romanization: Comparing Pīnyīn to the Yale and Wade-Giles Systems
This is the first of three tables you can use to look up a how a Mandarin Chinese sound is spelled with roman letters and compare how it is spelled in two other major romanizaion system—especially useful if you run across a spelling in a system you’re less familiar with.
Mandarin Chinese Initial and Finals: Table 4
This is the fourth of four tables illustrating which pairings of initials and finals do occur in Mandarin Chinese and, by omission, which do not.
Mandarin Chinese Initial and Finals: Table 3
This is the third of four tables illustrating which pairings of initials and finals do occur in Mandarin Chinese and, by omission, which do not.
Mandarin Chinese Initial and Finals: Table 2
This is the second of four tables illustrating which pairings of initials and finals do occur in Mandarin Chinese and, by omission, which do not.
Lesson 191 -Haircut III
Cam: Dajia hao. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I am one of your hosts, Cam.
YJ: And I’m Yajie.
Cam: Yajie, you have beautiful hair… we’ve been talking about hair cuts all this week… you have straight hair with great volume, shall we say.
YJ: Thank you Cam…
Cam: We’ve been focusing on how men can ask for haircuts, so let’s learn a few words women can use when getting their hair styled.
Mandarin Chinese Initial and Finals: Pinyin Table 1
This is the first of four tables illustrating which pairings of initials and finals do occur in Mandarin Chinese and, by omission, which do not.
"Two Sessions" Period
Every early March, China’s top legislature and political advisory body are meeting in the capital for "两会(liǎng huì Two Sessions)".
Mandarin Chinese Listening Practice: Recommended Films
It’s a simple language learning principle, but many people overlook it for some reason: If you want to learn to speak a language, you must hear it a great deal to become fluent. Babies and toddlers spend quite awhile listening and absorbing sounds before they become natural to them. Why shouldn’t we—especially since we may not have any choice in the matter. To wit: During my first year living in China, I couldn’t get a decent Chinese sentence to come out fluently for nearly six months…and I was trying hard. And then one day my brain seemed to say, "OK, that’s enough input; let’s start talking, Baby!" (My brain is kind of weird that way.)
A Stubborn Man
Two or more sentences may be joined together by conjunctions. They are commonly used, but the usages often confuse beginners. Below is a dialogue containing a conjunction in each sentence. Check if you can use them correctly, and afterward we give you a list of useful conjunctions.