Re: 發蛋 ~ beat eggs
Mr. K wrote:Historical origin has to mean something-- we can surely debate how much it counts,Quite right! The merits of 本字考 are indeed very controversial. Just found an old thread in which our...
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> I think Dylan has just found a better character – it is 拂.We don't even know if 拂 is pronounced close to /faak3/. I have seen /fut5/ (Hong Kong style), /fid5/ (四縣音 and 饒平音), /fid2/ (海陸音), and...
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To be clear, 吹簫 does not mean masturbate. 打飛機 is probably the most common slang for that.
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yes, understood :) it was a case of Chinese Whisper, where another learner told me what a Cantonese speaker had told her.
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Personally, I am for re-educate the general public by using the correct character if this character has no official modern substitute for it,The verb faak3 is unique and frequently used thanks to...
View Article聽執笠 / 等執笠
I had no idea of my simple curiosity about 發蛋 could restart an old debate, I just want some answer... Here is another confusion I have about two characters : Is 「聽 」in 「聽遭秧」,「聽坐監」「聽執笠」actually...
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Quoteyaumingfai And for females it would be 打潛艇never heard of it, may be this term is only be heard among girls.The more familiar terms would be 「手淫」(hand molest ) and 「自瀆」(self- degrade) - both...
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I’ve come across at least two sources [regrettably don’t recall where they are] suggesting that 等 has both a literary and colloquial reading, being dang2 and ting3 respectively. The general idea of...
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Thanks guys! I'll look into these corrections and practice them, I am at a beginning level and agree that redundant information should be cut out for better Canto conversations.
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> "馬+圭+石" (I can't input it) is too difficult and should not be used despite the fact that it is actually the original character.騞 is 馬+丰+石. It can be input as 尸火手十口 through Changjie. You have said...
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QuoteMr. K > "馬+圭+石" (I can't input it) is too difficult and should not be used despite the fact that it is actually the original character.騞 is 馬+丰+石. It can be input as 尸火手十口 through Changjie....
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MatFayLong wrote:Here is my major problem, I want to use past and future tense for situations using words like 會, 咗, 過 and 未.Going back to this statement, I realize that you made an assumption that 咗...
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> [...] I lived this long and I do read everyday, still it was the first time I saw this character when you posted it here.Please don't take offence for not knowing a Chinese character. It has...
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> it is more like the character is an total unkown to almost everyone, [...]If people ask, you can tell them the truth-- even though it may not be popular; if they don't ask, then it means they...
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Should this be in CantoDict? It's a bird that occurs in Hong Kong.[en.wikipedia.org][en.wikipedia.org]
View ArticleRe: Practice using 一齊 together
Thanks for the added clarification C.I knew about using 緊 for continuing actions but had never thought about using 住 in the similar way. I'll have to study both of them a bit more when I come across...
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