Last week I took a deep breath and made a major commitment to life abroad: I bought an iPod. I got it used, on eBay, after deciding that I should break it in this summer before introducing it to other
Zhōngwén
The zh sounds almost like a j; the ōng a high, level, sing-song tone, like a bell finishing its “dong.” The wén rises as if in a question. Zhōngwén, 中文: the Chinese language. I sit on the dark rug in