Caang (Orange), 橙
Can someone please help me with an English (Romanized) phonetic pronunciation of 橙, Caang (the color orange)? I've listened to the pronunciation at:[www.mdbg.net] however, it sounds to me if the "C"...
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View ArticleRe: 眞 or 真 ?
Today I can see many Hongkong and Taiwanese media (newspaper, electronic, and online) are abandoning "眞" in favour of "真". I can still remember that about a dozen years ago, subtitles in ATV (and...
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For 橙 [caang], Jyutping initial ‘c’ sounds rather like the English initial ‘ch’ as in ‘chance’.
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Do you have any clues about why the usage of one variant has been declining in favour of the other?As far as Chinese characters are concerned, all print fonts are declining in usage simply because...
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An approximate sound for jyutping c- is "ts, as in tsetse fly or lots."An approximate sound for jyutping z- is "dz, as in Godzilla or red zit."You will see ts- and dz- in some transliteration...
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[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]I just added 立正, 稍息, and 報數. There are lots of others.Note that it appears that in Singapore that they use Malay for drill commands.-Tony
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警惕=vigilantReferences:警惕_互动百科www.baike.com/wiki/警惕Translate this page警惕-中文解释为对可能发生的危险等保持警觉，英文翻译为vigilance。-jingti.警惕_英文_英语_警惕用英语怎么说_翻译_读音_爱词霸在线词典www.iciba.com/警惕Translate this pageA pilot must...
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hmm.. Never thought about that! My guess is that the shape of the English letter is not quite as important so you don't require more learning to recognise different fonts.. As long as it vaguely...
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QuotebybellNote that it appears that in Singapore that they use Malay for drill commands. In old HK movies they always use English. Is this still the case?
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Hong Kong Police College GG Squad Footdrill Exam Rehersal[www.youtube.com]
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I tried mapping my TCC finals to the classical rimes shown on the Wikipedia article of General Chinese. This is the result.Correction: "êu" should be written as <ou> instead, although that`s...
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Correction: <au> should be <eu>. I'll update my blog now
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View ArticleStarting to learn how to read and write? Where to begin?
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