beijingbooty Posted September 4, 2003 at 01:00 AM Report Posted September 4, 2003 at 01:00 AM I have a few words that I am not sure are colloquial or not. I suspect they may be "dictionary only" words. Please tell me what the average Beijinger would call these items. - Underarm deodorant = "chu2xiu4 ji" ? - Vending machine eg. Coca cola can machine - "toubishouhuoji" ? - Car alarm "fangqie jingbao qi" ? - Donut, eg. dunkin donuts donut = "zha mianbingquan" ? by the way what are the colloquial words for - the "remote control that controls the car alarm". Is it "che jingbao yaokongji" ? - casino slot machine = ? Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted September 4, 2003 at 01:47 AM Report Posted September 4, 2003 at 01:47 AM - Vending machine eg. Coca cola can machine - "toubishouhuoji" ? zidong fanmai ji (automatic selling machine) but I'm sure there's a shorter version - Donut' date=' eg. dunkin donuts donut = "zha mianbingquan" ?[/quote']tiantian quan (sweet sweet circle) the "remote control that controls the car alarm". Is it "che jingbao yaokongji"? I believe if you just refer to it as simply "yaokongqi" would be sufficient, as long as both parties know what you're talking about. It's kind of like saying "use the remote" instead of "use the remote for the car alarm" casino slot machine = ? chi jiaozi laohu, I used to think it means "dumpling-eating tiger" but I just looked it up to double check and it turns out that the "jiao" is the jiao as in "angel/horn/horn-shaped". Quote
skylee Posted September 4, 2003 at 10:54 AM Report Posted September 4, 2003 at 10:54 AM I am cantonese so the following terms might not be applicable in Beijing - underarm deodorant - 止汗香精 (zhi3 han4 xiang1 jing1) vending machine - 自動販賣機 (zi4 dong4 fan3 mai4 ji1) for those selling soft drinks - 汽水機 (qi4 shui3 ji1) car alarm - 汽車防盜器 (qi4 che1 fang2 dao4 qi4) its remote control - 遙控器 (yao2 kong4 ji1) casino slot machine - 角子老虎機 (jiao3 zi3 lao3 hu3 ji1) Quote
Guest steelsun Posted September 19, 2003 at 03:53 AM Report Posted September 19, 2003 at 03:53 AM underarm deodorant - 除臭剂(chu2 chou4 ji4) vending machine - 自动售货机(zi4 dong4 shou4 huo4 ji1) car alarm - 汽車防盜器 (qi4 che1 fang2 dao4 qi4) its remote control - 遥控器(yao2 kong4 qi4) Donut - 炸面包圈(zha4 mian4 bao1 quan1) casino slot machine - 老虎机(lao2 hu3 ji1) in shanghai....... Quote
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