miss_China_so_much Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:01 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:01 PM I am wondering what's the best word for 暧昧 in English? Does anybody have an idea? Thanks a lot Quote
roddy Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:04 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:04 PM Don't want to sound unhelpful, but if you don't provide some context then we can't do much more than tell you to look it up in a dictionary. Although I'm sure everyone will now try Quote
adrianlondon Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:15 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:15 PM It is a rather ambiguous question. Quote
Mike Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:46 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 05:46 PM Well, I disapprove for moral (or) ethical reasons. It should not be legally permitted, the whole thing is rather shady in my view - Need context :-) Quote
HashiriKata Posted January 2, 2007 at 06:42 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 06:42 PM There're two basic meanings/contexts for 暧昧: 1. (Someone's attitude/reaction): ambiguous/equivocal. 2. (Someone's behaviour/relationship): shady/dubious/questionable. Quote
Mike Posted January 2, 2007 at 07:07 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 07:07 PM www.mandarintools.com includes illicit for the meaing of 暧昧 - 'illicit' as in illegal and unlawful. Is that taking 暧昧 too far from simply shady or dubious? Quote
HashiriKata Posted January 2, 2007 at 07:27 PM Report Posted January 2, 2007 at 07:27 PM You're right Mike, illicit can certainly be within the 2nd basic meaning in my post (When I used the word "basic", I anticipated that it can be expanded, depending on whether one likes to understate or exaggerate in one's speech ). Quote
piripiri Posted January 3, 2007 at 11:13 AM Report Posted January 3, 2007 at 11:13 AM maybe hanky panky in some situation Quote
babygodzilla Posted January 3, 2007 at 05:12 PM Report Posted January 3, 2007 at 05:12 PM wow thats funny i just read that word and was also wondering what it meant. i can give you a context from the first letter in Sex Talk of the latest Time Out: 我去年认识个警察，他约我出来和朋友一起吃饭，我和多了，迷迷糊糊地他就拉着我去开了房间疯狂了一次。 我不可救药地喜欢上了他， 可他的态度却不明朗。其实我心里想要的是幸福的家庭的一个暧昧的情人， 我一边觉得它是有点趁人之危， 一边又渴望和他在一起。 我该怎么办啊？ so that's that. interesting story i thought. just while we're on this, i'd like to comment on how ironic the world can be. some guys fall just short of jumping in front of a bus just to get a certain girl to notice them, and then some women that are just "picked up" at a bar, or even taken advantage of (read: rape) "hopelessly" fall for the perpetrator. i had a female friend who was like that. needless to say the "relationship," if you can call it that, ended in flames not long after. but still... it's amazing it even started... sorry, no offense to any girls anywhere. just relating my own experience to this story... back to the original question. Quote
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