Re: Editors: Bug when adding words
This bug has been around for at least a year. After adding a new word, I usually don’t go back at once to edit the checkbox for the part of speech but rather wait until the next time when I make...
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ping g25 irons Players toured the Silver Lake Golf Course wearing hats and shirts of purple — the universal color of cancer awareness. All money raised from the sale of the hats was donated to the...
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taylormade rocketbladez irons Last year, the gap between Ernie Els and Ryan Palmer after the Deutsche Bank Championship was less than one point: Els finished 70th and went on to play in the BMW...
View ArticleRe: Interesting Character – 圕
廣州話正音字典 is a relatively recent work (2002). It is heavily biased towards mainland usage, and tends to "simplify" 合體字 instead of recognising it as a legitimate form of reading. As with any new...
View Article體能室
I work at a KG in Hong Kong, and they tell me the internal playground is 體能室. It's not in CantoDict yet, want to add it? :) It can be both playground and fitness room, right?
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體能室 is just short form of 體能活動室 ( physical activities room).To decide should a particular kind of room worthy of an entry in dictionary! We should base it on how common this kind of room is. For...
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Re: about Singapore
I found a new, maybe it will interesting for somebody.Best of Singlish Words and Phrasesinteresting blog about Singapore
View ArticleRe: Speaking Cantonese after three years
Your son is so adorable!Last week during rush hour, a little blond Caucasian boy about the same age as yours had amazed a captive audience on MUNI* as he enthusiastically sang aloud :*Cantonese is one...
View ArticleRe: "but duk liu" translation/definition. lee min ho
No problem. I'm actually using my cell phone also but I type Chinese using a Jyutping keyboard. The lady though probably would say 『你係____到不得了』(____being an adjective) or could just say 『不得了!』。And you...
View ArticleRe: Jyutzyu (粵註) as a domestic alternative to Jyutping in Hong Kong
ActuallyI have been following the thread since it started and observing you system's growth. I think part of why it is getting so good is seeing how it has evolved.
View Article"Std. Chin." compared to [華] etc
What exactly does Std. Chin. (i.e. Standard Chinese) refer to? For example, in: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]Can it be thought of as one of the characters mentioned here: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] ?
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Standard Chinese is used for writing basically anything and everything official when writing in Chinese in countries and places that use Chinese, and is closer to Mandarin than any other Chinese...
View ArticleRe: "Std. Chin." compared to [華] etc
Thanks!My question is more about formatting than semantics although the semantics are also very relevant, so thanks again.I'm wondering whether the Std. Chin. abbreviation should be used at all, or...
View ArticleCantonese nanny live out looking for a job full time,part time
Hi my name is shu and I'm from Hong Kong but been in England for over 30years.I speak cantonese and have many years experiences in childcare looking after many children of all ages and previously...
View ArticleRe: Speaking Cantonese after three years
Hi Daniel! I think your video was great...I have been learning Cantonese for roughly 4 months now and I find that in order to improve my listening comprehension it's always very useful to listen to...
View ArticleRe: "Std. Chin." compared to [華] etc
I recall that the CantoDict editors agreed, some years ago, to replace all the “Std.Chin.” abbreviation with “ [華] ” whenever they come across one. As this is not sth of top priority, it might take...
View ArticleGuangxi canto banned!Children can't speak it
This video is terrible: If you ban a language, of course it will be wiped out. People have the right to speak their own language.I don't get the problem in china: why can't they just let people speak...
View ArticleRe: "Std. Chin." compared to [華] etc
Ooh, interesting, thanks!How about things like (Mand.) and (Cant.)?
View ArticleRe: "Std. Chin." compared to [華] etc
How about things like (Mand.) and (Cant.)?CantoDict is currently using [國] and [粵] respectively for the above. One entry here [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] shows all the three symbols, viz. [粵], [國] and...
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