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Expertise
Chinese language, culture, routine, manners and etc.
Experience in the area
Native Chinese speaker for 27 yrs. just spent a year in the States and came back to China. so i know something in both sides.
What do you like about this subject?
languages are bridges over the gaps between souls.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
i wanna be a Chinese teacher for foreigners
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Chinese may have the most dialets in the world. people's accents are different from town to town, especially in the south, people from two neighbor towns may have troubles understanding each other. for me, some people's chinese are totally greek, but they are actually speaking Chinese! despite pronounciation diffs, all dialets can be written in the same chinese charactors and be understood by all.
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Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | T | P | Comments |
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| Cindy | 10/05/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Dear Sir, Thank you so very ..... |
| John | 08/10/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you so much! |
| John | 08/09/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Janine | 08/01/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you! and yes it is a ..... |
| Jessica | 06/07/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | This was excellent! Thank you so much ..... |
Recent Answers from John J
2009-09-23 Translation?:
Hi Cindy, Thank you for your good words. I showed the characters to different persons, and one of them told me that they are "Pine Ridge". I did my own homework too. I went to the book store and
2009-09-22 Translation?:
Yea, the link works this time. the characters are in the font of "xiaozhuan"(FYI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaozhuan), an ancient font of Chinese, which I don't really know how to read. Nowadays, artists
2009-09-06 the meaning of a chinese name:
oh Imelda, you got me! Naming is an extremely complicated process, which I know nothing of. I am really sorry, but what I can tell you is, that which element is missing is decided by the hour, day, month
2009-09-05 the meaning of a chinese name:
Hi Imelda, I feel sorry for your trouble. Coming up with a good name is def a tricky thing, even for the new Chinese parents, who often ask for help online. There are only general guidelines when it
2009-08-11 Chinese tattoo:
Hi Jessica, Well, I have to say, different as they are, all these signs are probably right. The thing is that Chinese characters are not in alphabetic writing like English. Each character (sign) is
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