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Posted

Does anyone know how to say the following in Mandarin?

Olympics

Cambodia

deodorant

stinky

"scored a goal"

"gold medal"

"I want to date you."

"french fries"

"odds and ends"

"spur of the moment"

"Dumb jerk!"

suntan

brainwash

I checked two dictionaries and I couldn't find it. I often run into

subjects where I just don't have the vocabulary to continue

a conversation.

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php

Xiexie!

Posted

hmm.. this book I'm looking at says abbreviated version, and I don't know the full version, but it has..

Olympic Games

奧運會

Ao4yun4hui4

the closest thing I could find to dumb jerk was..

笨蛋

ben4dan4

or

壞蛋

huai4dan4

:conf

Posted

Olympics

奥运会 (ao4yun4hui4)

Cambodia

柬埔寨 (jian3 pu3 zai4)

deodorant

除臭剂 (chu2 chou4 ji4)

stinky

发恶臭的 (fa1 e4 chou4 de);

"scored a goal"

球进了 (qiu2 jin4 le) I'm not in sports, so...

"gold medal"

金牌 (jin1 pai2)

"I want to date you."

hehe, 我想和你约会。(wo3 xiang3 he2 ni3 yue1 hui4)

"french fries"

炸薯条 (zha2 shu3 tiao3)

"odds and ends"

零零碎碎的东西, (ling2 ling2 sui4 sui4 de dong1 xi1)

"spur of the moment"

一时冲动的 (yi1 shi2 chong3 dong4 de)

brainwash

洗脑 (xi3 nao3)

Posted

I think the full name for the Olympics is

奥林皮克 运会

hmm, actually im not sure that the lin and pi are the right characters.. :-?

:mrgreen:

Posted
I think the full name for the Olympics is

奥林皮克 运会

hmm, actually im not sure that the lin and pi are the right characters..

奥林匹克运动会 8)

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