Zilong Posted July 1, 2006 at 02:43 AM Report Posted July 1, 2006 at 02:43 AM How does one say "peon" in Mandarin? Both pinyin and hanzi, please... Quote
Daan Posted July 1, 2006 at 09:01 AM Report Posted July 1, 2006 at 09:01 AM The New World Press Dictionary says 南美的散工 (nánměi de sǎngōng) Quote
rüdiger Posted July 1, 2006 at 11:34 AM Report Posted July 1, 2006 at 11:34 AM http://www.chinaboard.de/chinesisch_deutsch.php?sid=f61f0bdb22e5cfc3f4b903fe6ebae677 农民工 [ 農民工 ] nóngmíngōng Quote
roddy Posted July 2, 2006 at 02:07 AM Report Posted July 2, 2006 at 02:07 AM You'd really need to know context and purpose of the the translation. There are different meanings of the word in English, and if you are looking for say, a translation of a text on say, the Latin American hacienda system, you'll need a different version from if you just need a word that means 'poor guy who does manual work' for a story. Quote
tanya Posted July 2, 2006 at 04:51 AM Report Posted July 2, 2006 at 04:51 AM 雇农 gu4 nong2 苦工 ku3 gong1 Quote
horas Posted July 3, 2006 at 05:59 PM Report Posted July 3, 2006 at 05:59 PM 苦 ku3 * I suspect that the English-Malay word 'coolie/kuli' originates from Chinese with that ku3 as the first character. What's the 2nd character (li)? Thx NB It's possible that coolie doesn't originates from Mandarin but from another Chinese dialect. - Quote
gato Posted July 3, 2006 at 08:54 PM Report Posted July 3, 2006 at 08:54 PM I suspect that the English-Malay word 'coolie/kuli' originates from Chinese with that ku3 as the first character. What's the 2nd character (li)? It's "苦力". Interesting. Didn't know it came from Chinese. 苦力 kǔlì [hard labor;toil]∶艰苦的劳动 白出苦力 [coolie;cooly]∶旧时对体力劳动者的蔑称 Quote
Zilong Posted July 12, 2006 at 10:53 PM Author Report Posted July 12, 2006 at 10:53 PM Thank you very much; this was a great help. <3 Quote
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