New Members jinpei12 Posted October 8, 2011 at 03:26 AM New Members Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 at 03:26 AM Hi, I need help with a chinese character on a dimsum menu item. There is no Chinese person available to me that I can ask at the moment. It was stunning that I could not find this character in a paper dictionary or software dictionaries. I have looked in Oxford concise Chinese-English dictionary; Pablo (software); Wakan (Software); kiang input (software); nckiu.com (online); mandarintools.com (online); The first part of the food item is: "jellyfish + 拼牛 + mystery word" (it isn't an expensive dish, it is about 6-7 dollars.) The left radical of the mystery word is moon: 月展 and the right character is zhan3 meaning verb--postpone/develop or noun--exhibition. It is funny how a restaurant would put a character so uncommon on their menu. If anyone can help me I certainly would appreciate it. Thanks. Jinpei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted October 9, 2011 at 12:03 AM Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 at 12:03 AM Was the menu typed or handwritten? I think I know which dish you mean: the 4th picture here, right? http://blog.yahoo.com/_BBRIYYSUDQC3LW2HY4JX2ZSD6M/articles/61419 From some looking, it seems to be called 海蜇拼牛展. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 9, 2011 at 02:35 AM Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 at 02:35 AM Take a look -> http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi3/ZdicF0ZdicA6Zdic9FZdic8C.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted October 9, 2011 at 02:32 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 at 02:32 PM skylee, what name do you usually see on menus in Hong Kong for that dish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 9, 2011 at 03:40 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 at 03:40 PM I guess it is the same. I don't pay alot of attention to these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members jinpei12 Posted October 9, 2011 at 09:55 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 at 09:55 PM [Oct-9-2011 about 15:00hrs westCoast time) Thank you Skylee & Jbradfor for speedy and informative replies! The dimsum paper menu is a printer company printed form. it is from a kind of restaurant (modern i guess) where the server hands you a form and pencil, and you check off the items you wish to order. [ i grew up with usually going to old fashioned type restaurant where, the kitchen/serving staff push out the dimsum on wheeled carts and trays ]. But i am straying from the issue. ( On my part i spent too much time obsessing over this character. I was ready to dismiss it as some restaurant staff who got too creative and must have created a HanZi which doesn't exist). Thank you for your efforts and your links. Not only do I see a picture of the food item, I also see/learn of a new website where I can enter HanZi that I haven't yet learned! Cheers, Jinpei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted October 10, 2011 at 12:53 AM Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 at 12:53 AM I also see/learn of a new website where I can enter HanZi that I haven't yet learned! If you like those, you might also like this website: http://tatoeba.org/eng/tools/search_hanzi_kanji . You can enter parts of characters, and it will show you all characters that contain those parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members jinpei12 Posted December 21, 2011 at 02:29 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 at 02:29 AM Hi., Belated thanks for the link. That website appears to promote recognition of subunits of written-characters. It is an indispensible method of finding hanzi. I do not have an image scanner, but I have taken a picture of the paper menu word (even though you have already answered the question.) . It was taken with a junior-grade camera, with no macro-function, so I cannot get a close up of the word with clarity. I am trying to share it on this post by tinypic. I hope it works. (summary of word possible meanings: muscle; or "platter/plate/exhibition") 20111026_Av077b-menu.jpg -- orig file name http://tinypic.com/r/30mr49d/5 -- link for sending http://i43.tinypic.com/30mr49d.jpg -- link for layouts Bless you & happy holidays. Jinpei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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