Need to express surprise or issue forceful denials? These are two things we find ourselves doing with alarming regularity when escorting a certain nearsighted colleague of ours around Beijing. But while this lesson is inspired by real life, it's fairly easy and is crammed full of useful expressions for anyone starting to learn Chinese. So if you're just starting to use Popup Chinese, listen in and let us know what you think.
davemyers2
said on April 13, 2011
thanks guys that was fun
leuken46
said on April 13, 2011
Lots of fun. Thanks!
lapontet
said on April 13, 2011
Heeeyyy!! very good!! I'm happy to haver listened to that, thank you!!!
trevelyan
said on April 14, 2011
Thanks for the feedback guys. Echo insists she's not blind but....
salihyildirim175
said on April 20, 2011
I felt like being Beijing, thanks so much.
Salih1946
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ngk79
said on May 7, 2011
Very entertaining and fun.
islandchicsblog
said on May 13, 2011
superman...lol
squarks
said on April 4, 2015
Hey, thanks guys for the entertaining podcasts! Makes learning so fun ^^ I'm from Singapore so this accent is really quite different, but I love all the erhua everywhereQuick question on 只. I understand that it's pronounced "zhī" when used as a classifier for animals like gǒu, etc, and zhǐ (in simplified chi) when meaning "only". In the vocab tab it's written zhǐ but in the podcast it's pronounced zhī. Was that a typo or does the tone change when referring to non-mammalian animals? XDThanks very much!
Absolute Beginners
said on April 5, 2015
@squarks,Yes, it is first tone in the context of a measure word. Not sure how this wasn't caught on the transcript, but I've just fixed it. Thanks for the heads up.--dave
vallynn
said on July 12, 2018
At first, I heard 丑人. Actually, it wasn't until you guys started making the classic joke of, 'it's a bird! it's a plane! it's a superhero' that I realized the voice actor must have said 超人.I was thinking 丑人 is what made the podcast so fun. Haha.
