New Members wigbate Posted April 6, 2012 at 06:00 AM New Members Report Posted April 6, 2012 at 06:00 AM 油,气量这么小就别跟我混，坍台发。 Received text message, I know she's being mean but she's joking, I wanna know what it means! Quote
gato Posted April 6, 2012 at 08:13 AM Report Posted April 6, 2012 at 08:13 AM It says "Eww [or maybe You], get out of the kitchen if you can't handle the heat, Tan Tai Fa." She sounds like a tough one. 1 Quote
anonymoose Posted April 6, 2012 at 09:15 AM Report Posted April 6, 2012 at 09:15 AM Is this girl Shanghainese by any chance? 1 Quote
New Members wigbate Posted April 9, 2012 at 08:47 AM Author New Members Report Posted April 9, 2012 at 08:47 AM Yes, anonymoose, she is Shanghainese - notoriously tough cookies, indeed. How'd you know? Thank you gato for the cool translation, though I still don't understand tan tai fa. As for 油, I did just assume she was saying the English YO, which is funny. Quote
xiaocai Posted April 9, 2012 at 05:19 PM Report Posted April 9, 2012 at 05:19 PM though I still don't understand tan tai fa. I think it is kind of like "shame on you". 1 Quote
anonymoose Posted April 10, 2012 at 02:35 AM Report Posted April 10, 2012 at 02:35 AM Yes, anonymoose, she is Shanghainese - notoriously tough cookies, indeed. How'd you know? Because 坍台 is used frequently in shanghainese, and 发 here is used as a question marker (like 吗 in mandarin). Basically, the last part means something like "embarrassing?". 1 Quote
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