Word: 彈牙, bouncing teeth, or al dente

One of the few recommendations that I take from my mum regarding television shows (sorry, mum!) is this half-hour weekly magazine format Cantonese-language Toronto lifestyle show called Trendy Zone. I both love and loathe the idea of a Vancouver version of the show. There’s a good chance I’d know some of the co-hosts and [...]

Who is NPY?

In the blogosphere, there’s bf and boyf. I’ve seen “The Boy” become “The Husband”. There’s “Hubby”. I liked best TGILW (the guy I live with) except that doesn’t apply to me.

So I came up with NPY the acronym for 男朋友, meaning “boyfriend” in Chinese. As a Cantonese speaker, I know it as “nam [...]

I’m not telling you! 不告诉你!

Last year, or the year before–they are all running into each other now–I was somewhat subscribed to the Chinese language learning site, ChinesePod. Not being a paying member, I could only access the most basic level languages; nonetheless, I felt flooded with emails announcing new lessons and they always piled up on me before [...]