trying Posted March 18, 2007 at 09:50 AM Report Posted March 18, 2007 at 09:50 AM Hi I'm a rookie on this forum. I was looking up simple verbs, but there are sooo many choices and I don't know which one to pick. I would be grateful if you could give me the answer in Chinese fonts and I'll look up the Pinyin. Pinch (for "don't pinch someone's arm/nose") Lean back (when sitting in a chair) Rub (for "don't rub your eyes") Dig (for "don't dig booger/your nose") Scoop (for "don't scoop water out of the bucket") Tickle (for "I'm gonna tickle you") Thanks a million!!! Quote
heifeng Posted March 18, 2007 at 10:39 AM Report Posted March 18, 2007 at 10:39 AM Pinch (for "don't pinch someone's arm/nose") 捏鼻子,拧鼻子 Lean back (when sitting in a chair) 靠依椅背 Rub (for "don't rub your eyes") 揉眼睛 Dig (for "don't dig booger/your nose") 抠鼻子 挖耳朵 Scoop (for "don't scoop water out of the bucket") 舀水, 捧水 (depending on what you are using to scoop, right?) Tickle (for "I'm gonna tickle you") 痒痒,闹痒 I just like to guess on these when I see these types of questions to test myself, but it doesn't mean what I have is correct, lets see what the native speakers say:mrgreen: Quote
trying Posted March 18, 2007 at 11:34 AM Author Report Posted March 18, 2007 at 11:34 AM Gee, I'm sooo off except for Dig. Thanks for your reply. Let's wait for native speakers to help me out. ^_^ The following is my guess: Pinch (for "don't pinch someone's arm/nose") 不要擰鼻子 Lean back (when sitting in a chair) 请倚椅 I'm trying to say "please lean back." Rub (for "don't rub your eyes") 不要擦眼睛 Dig (for "don't dig booger/your nose")不要挖鼻子 Scoop (for "don't scoop water out of the bucket with hands") 不要剜水 Tickle (for "I'm gonna tickle you") 要胳肢你... Thanks for your reply. Let's wait for native speakers to help me out. ^_^ Quote
Koneko Posted March 18, 2007 at 05:46 PM Report Posted March 18, 2007 at 05:46 PM Lean back (when sitting in a chair) 请倚椅 I'm trying to say "please lean back." Consider 请躺下 Otherwise fine. K. Quote
trying Posted March 19, 2007 at 04:04 AM Author Report Posted March 19, 2007 at 04:04 AM Thank you for replying... But I am still quite not sure about "scoop water with hands," and "lean back" (against a chair). Can't any native speaker kindly advice on this? Thank you, thank you. Quote
Koneko Posted March 20, 2007 at 11:06 AM Report Posted March 20, 2007 at 11:06 AM scoop water with hands 舀水 "lean back" (against a chair). 躺在椅子上 "I want to believe!" DJ. K. strikes back Quote
smilian Posted March 22, 2007 at 12:46 AM Report Posted March 22, 2007 at 12:46 AM Hey, guys. I am a native speaker. In Chinese, we would like to say "请靠着坐“ or "请靠着靠背”, which means "Please lean back". Quote
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