Most easily mistaken Chinese character

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桶 (tong3) - bucket

俑 (yong3) 兵马俑 (bing1 ma3 yong3) - terracotta warriors and horses

Can you imagine if the tourist sites got it wrong and wrote:

兵马桶 - warriors and horse buckets.

[smithsgj]

Or military toilet even!

[skylee]

Do you know about the novel/movie 秦俑 (Zhang Yimou & Gong Li)?

I remember reading a column written by the writer of the novel 李碧華, saying that at the time of the making of the movie, she was so nervous that she mistook something totally irrelevant on the newspaper as comments on the movie. What she had read actually was about 泰佣, not 秦俑.

[xoyopai]

甲 (jia3) - first

由 (you2) - because, due to

田 (tian2) - field

申 (shen1) 电 (dian4) 曲 (qu3)

开 (kai1) open

井 (jing3) well -n.

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乒 (ping1) 乓 (pang1) 乒乓 table tennis

[geek_frappa]

兵马桶 - warriors and horse buckets.

The most famous attraction in Xi'an is the military toilets?

[林彪]

Also 幸 (xing4) and 幸[/size'] (nie4).

I have reservation about the latter pronunciation. What is the source please?

中文字譜' date=' page 150

[url']http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966075005/qid=1079039018/[/url]

Also:

http://www.zhongwen.com/s/v216.htm

[ananda]

In traditional chinese, there's no so much confusion.

[39degN]

how about this one?

籍(ji2) —> 藉(ji2)

箱(xiang1)—>葙(xiang1)

冒(mao4)—>昌(chang1)

[39degN]

Do you know about the novel/movie 秦俑 (Zhang Yimou & Gong Li)?

I remember reading a column written by the writer of the novel 李碧華' date=' saying that at the time of the making of the movie, she was so nervous that she mistook something totally irrelevant on the newspaper as comments on the movie. What she had read actually was about 泰佣, not 秦俑.

奏(zou4)——>秦(qin2)

[skylee]

These are also easily confused -

荀 (xun2) vs 筍 (sun3)

苗 (miao2) vs 笛 (di2)

[39degN]

These are also easily confused -

荀 (xun2) vs 筍 (sun3)

苗 (miao2) vs 笛 (di2)

haha' date='why changed it?

yeah, by the same token with 秦, these are easily to be cofused

春(chun1)——>舂(chong1)

[39degN]

吴(wu2)——>昊(hao4)

[39degN]

炅(jiong3)——>灵(ling2)

[39degN]

思(si1)——>恩(en1)

[39degN]

hey, skyleee, by reading the article you posted, i found another match,

歎(叹tan4) 欢(huan1)

help me to type the 欢's traditional charactor pls! thank you la!

[skylee]

欢 = 歡

[39degN]

thank you, i cant type traditional chinese, i can only copy and paste it.

and meanwhile,another ones bringing to mind

舆(yu3)——>舆(yu3)

余(yu2)——>佘 (she1)

[39degN]

舆(yu3)——>舆(yu3)

sorry seems they are the same charactor, but i m sure i've seen a way to write it as a 与 in the middle to replace the 车 there.

maybe my memory served me incorrectly again.

[hparade]

i think 與 is the traditional version of 与, it's not 舆 which traditional version is 輿

[39degN]

i think 與 is the traditional version of 与, it's not 舆 which traditional version is 輿

yeah! that's it, thank you! (i cant type traditional chinese!)