eion_padraig Posted December 20, 2011 at 05:11 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 at 05:11 AM I'm doing a listening and I think the speaker says "pai4dui4" (though I could be wrong about the tones) and in the context, it seems to mean a house party or an invitation to a social gathering at an apartment. I can't seem to find the characters for it either in my paper dictionary or the online dictionary I use. 谢谢您 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted December 20, 2011 at 05:37 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 at 05:37 AM 派對 = Party Edit - link to MDBG -> http://www.mdbg.net/...%B4%BE%E5%B0%8D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imluffy Posted December 20, 2011 at 06:14 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 at 06:14 AM 派对 is the sound translation of "party". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted December 20, 2011 at 06:24 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 at 06:24 AM OT: Just for future reference, sound translation = transliteration 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msittig Posted December 21, 2011 at 04:22 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 at 04:22 PM Also, a tip that might be helpful. When you know the pinyin but want to know the characters, my preferred methods of lookup in order: 1. Type the pinyin in Google's pinyin input and look at the choice words. 2. Search for the pinyin on Google.cn and look at the suggested characters before the search results. In this case the first method wouldn't be 100% useful because 派对 doesn't give any clues as to its meaning if you only see the characters. A Google search gives you some context clues, so it would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted December 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM Or just type the pinyin into nciku.com and you'll get the words + translations + example of use, all in one page. You can use tones too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannie Posted March 25, 2012 at 09:16 AM Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 at 09:16 AM If you speak it out, "Pai Dui" sounds very similar to that of "Party" because it actually originated from English. More examples are: 1) Sha Fa (Sofa) 2) Ka Fei (Coffee) And so on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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