adrianlondon Posted March 30, 2009 at 07:29 PM Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 at 07:29 PM (edited) I just had a chat with someone from Taiwan (who speaks no English, so I admit it wasn't much of an in-depth conversation what with my low level of Mandarin) and she tried to explain something along the lines of, I think, "quickly getting old" or at least related to getting old. She said what initially sounded like "tui 人老" but being from Taipei I think my ears simply mapped the ch/t wrong so it's more likely to be "chui 人老". Anyone got any ideas? Wenlin implies that I'm wrong, which is most likely, but I thought I'd ask here anyway ;) Edited April 6, 2009 at 07:50 PM by adrianlondon Resolved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jade- Posted March 30, 2009 at 08:50 PM Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 at 08:50 PM I think it is 催人老 - cuī rén lǎo 催 cuī: hasten, hurry, press, speed up, urge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianlondon Posted March 30, 2009 at 09:03 PM Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 at 09:03 PM Fantastic! That has to be it. Thanks. Now I'll just go and sulk that I can't tell "tui" from "chui" from "cui". I'll blame the sound quality of the internet phone I used ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jade- Posted March 30, 2009 at 09:21 PM Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 at 09:21 PM Oh, please don't sulk too much. Just FYI, 催人老 is a frequently used phrase, now you have learned a new thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted March 31, 2009 at 03:53 PM Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 at 03:53 PM Can't help you with tui and chui/cui, but not being able to tell between chui and cui is most likely the Taiwanese person's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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