anonymoose Posted August 28, 2007 at 10:45 AM Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 at 10:45 AM What does 拽不死的 mean specifically? Also, could someone confirm that 拽 is pronounced zhuǎi here? 谢谢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
againstwind Posted August 28, 2007 at 01:28 PM Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 at 01:28 PM 拽 may have two tones. 1）zhuai1 ：to throw 拿转头拽狗。 2）zhuai4 ：to drag, to haul 她拽着我的手不放。 What does 拽不死的 mean specifically? Without context, I guess "拽不死的" might mean "扔不死的" （maybe something evry hard） or "拉不死的" (maybe something very strong, very solid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted August 28, 2007 at 01:38 PM Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 at 01:38 PM againstwind, thanks for your reply, but I don't think it is any of those. The context is, one of my colleagues was talking about her Chinese boyfriend going on a business trip to Germany. There he met another Chinese person who could speak German but not very good English. Nevertheless, that guy insisted on speaking to my colleague's boyfriend in English, even though his English was bad and they both speak Chinese as a native language. So my colleague said that guy was 拽不死的. Also, as far as I could hear, it very much sounded like my colleague pronounced 拽 as zhuai3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semantic nuance Posted August 28, 2007 at 04:18 PM Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 at 04:18 PM From your context, I think the word you're looking for may be 跩 zhuai3. 跩 means 'cocky'. But I have no idea of the usage of 跩不死. Maybe it's used in China. I've never heard of it used in Taiwan. Hope it helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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