skylee Posted November 26, 2009 at 11:28 PM Report Posted November 26, 2009 at 11:28 PM In Hong Kong the youngest son/daughter is called 孻仔 / 孻女. Quote
chrix Posted November 26, 2009 at 11:34 PM Report Posted November 26, 2009 at 11:34 PM that's also a nice character. (I suppose 盡 is not pronounced anywhere close to nái in Cantonese) Quote
calibre2001 Posted November 27, 2009 at 01:24 PM Report Posted November 27, 2009 at 01:24 PM (edited) 蛐蛐- cricket (insect) 蛤蟆-toad/frog 背叛-to betray 食言- to break a promise 故障-Out of order Edited November 27, 2009 at 01:45 PM by calibre2001 Quote
imron Posted November 29, 2009 at 09:58 PM Report Posted November 29, 2009 at 09:58 PM 无花果 - fig Quote
chrix Posted November 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM Report Posted November 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM 奢侈 because I finally managed to remember this word! Quote
roddy Posted November 30, 2009 at 04:28 AM Author Report Posted November 30, 2009 at 04:28 AM 闸机, zhájī - turnstile. Seen on the 'how to use the subway' bit they show you on the TVs on the subway. Quote
renzhe Posted December 2, 2009 at 09:10 PM Report Posted December 2, 2009 at 09:10 PM 高利贷 - shark loan Quote
jbradfor Posted December 3, 2009 at 02:07 AM Report Posted December 3, 2009 at 02:07 AM 高利贷 - shark loan loan shark? Quote
imron Posted December 3, 2009 at 02:43 AM Report Posted December 3, 2009 at 02:43 AM Nope, high-interest loan. Quote
jbradfor Posted December 3, 2009 at 04:05 AM Report Posted December 3, 2009 at 04:05 AM CEDict has the meaning as loan shark: http://us1.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb=%E9%AB%98%E5%88%A9%E8%B4%B7 . Anyone want to correct? Quote
imron Posted December 3, 2009 at 04:30 AM Report Posted December 3, 2009 at 04:30 AM hmm, might be both. Quote
renzhe Posted December 3, 2009 at 12:07 PM Report Posted December 3, 2009 at 12:07 PM Yeah, my dictionary listed both, but here I only mentioned the meaning that I encountered. I've sent a correction to MDBG. Quote
imron Posted December 6, 2009 at 12:06 AM Report Posted December 6, 2009 at 12:06 AM 心肺复苏 - CPR Quote
chrix Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:41 AM Report Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:41 AM 硃砂: cinnabar, Zinnober 水銀與硫黃的天然化合物。成分為硫化汞。色深紅，多成礦脈或浸染礦體，產於板岩、頁岩、砂岩或石灰岩中。可供煉水銀及製硃汁。亦稱為「丹干」、「丹砂」、「朱砂」、「辰砂」。 Quote
zhwj Posted December 8, 2009 at 02:10 AM Report Posted December 8, 2009 at 02:10 AM 庹 tuǒ - an arm-span. Ran across it as the surname of a Ministry of Culture official quoted in this article. Quote
chrix Posted December 8, 2009 at 02:12 AM Report Posted December 8, 2009 at 02:12 AM 庹 tuǒ Great character too Quote
trien27 Posted December 12, 2009 at 07:38 PM Report Posted December 12, 2009 at 07:38 PM (edited) In Hong Kong the youngest son/daughter is called 孻仔 / 孻女. that's also a nice character. (I suppose 盡 is not pronounced anywhere close to nái in Cantonese) 孻 is a semantic-semantic compound, not a semantic-phonetic compound, so that's why 盡 is not the phonetic for 孻 ! 孻 is pronounced "lai1" in Cantonese, which is nowhere close to 盡, which is pronounced "dzoen6", not nái in Cantonese. They do list the Simplified form in my Cantonese dictionary, but I can't find it online? It's lai2 in Mandarin?! Edited December 12, 2009 at 08:01 PM by trien27 Quote
chrix Posted December 12, 2009 at 08:00 PM Report Posted December 12, 2009 at 08:00 PM 孻 is a semantic-semantic compound, not a semantic-phonetic compound. Yes, that's why I meant. Quote
heifeng Posted December 13, 2009 at 06:01 PM Report Posted December 13, 2009 at 06:01 PM 久违jiǔwéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met / I haven't seen you for a long time Here's more info/examples: 东游久与故人违，西去荒凉旧路微。语出 唐 刘长卿《送皇甫曾赴上都》诗后多以“久违”用作久别重逢时的套语。 杨老爷在此，久违了。 清 孔尚任《桃花扇·传歌》 赵雪兄，久违了！那里去？ 《儒林外史》 第十七回啊啊，萧然大爷，久违，久违！ 王统照《揽天风雪梦牢骚》 the usage I spotted though was: 久违的声音 Quote
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