Re: Add 路姆西, Lufsig
Thanks. I just found an article on SCMP about this term...[www.scmp.com]...that is hilarious.-Tony
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So, the protesters throw the stuffed wolf at Leung Chun-ying and yell: 「我掟你個路姆西！」?it doesn't sound civilized.... But they do have some sense of humor.
View ArticleRe: Best way to learn?
QuoteMatFayLongIf you are starting from the very beginning I would use this site's online tests to build character recognition:When you feel that you want to learn more you can try this site (a bit...
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I don't know how correct or accurate the website is because I'm not a native speaker. I like it because all the English has traditional Chinese after it so it helps my reading ability.
View Article佑 and 祐
These two characters seem to mean the same thing. I'm guessing they're variants of each other? Seems to me 佑 is the more common one, so maybe 祐 should be edited to just say "variant of 佑"?
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現代汉語詞典 (p.1583) clearly indicates that 祐 is a variant form of the standard 佑. So, 祐 is now edited to just say “variant of 佑".
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So 西 is the euphemism for 閪? in a way that it is pronounced quite differently, almost something like 一牛 for 生? I *was* wondering how 西 ended up in 門, it being pronounced sai1, not hai1; anyone who can...
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"粤语自古代以来,词汇中就有许多“舶来品”(包括来自少数民族语言的借词),如“狮 子”、“马蹄”(荸荠)皆属非汉族的语词。近代以降,则主要从英语借入语词,这当然跟广 州处于门户开放之首的特殊时代背景密切相关。近代的一些外来词,有些目前已不用,如“士 的”(拐杖,英 stick)、“士担”(邮票,stamp),但更多的至今仍在沿用,如“巴士”(公共...
View ArticleQuestion about hard 'Ch' and 'J' sounds
I was going around Youtube checking out Cantonese videos and came across this one from tkviper. He lived in Hong Kong and Canton but moved to America and later Japan.[www.youtube.com]He's saying that...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Cantonesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_phonologyI don't know any other way to explain this outside of what's on the 2nd link...The position of the...
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View ArticleRe: Best way to learn?
QuoteMatFayLong I don't know how correct or accurate the website is because I'm not a native speaker. I like it because all the English has traditional Chinese after it so it helps my reading ability....
View ArticleRe: 《廣州話正音字典》與《常用字廣州話讀音表》 粵語注音比較研究
I finally received the book in the mail (after two months, but that's cheapest rate for you for shipping hardcover books). I have not started to work through it yet, but my initial impressions after...
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I'm not a native Cantonese speaker but 響 is a less common synonym of 喺. I did a quick search online and found people in Hong Kong writing it. "我住喺香港 "is more common, but "我住響香港" is not rare to see. I...
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I think it's a more archaic/old fashioned term rather than a dialect.I've heard "nei hoeng bin dou?" for where are you as well as "nei zhu hoeng bin dou?"
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View ArticleRe: Question about hard 'Ch' and 'J' sounds
Thanks, I will just go forward and practice switching the 'Ch' and 'J' sounds to 'tz' and 'dz' to get my accent better. It doesn't make a difference now because I don't speak Cantonese well enough but...
View Article龜精同蛇精
彿祖召見即將投胎做凡人嘅龜精同蛇精，首先問蛇精去到凡間有乜嘢想要。蛇精答：「我要生得高大英俊，家財千萬，三妻四妾，位高權重，享壽百歲。」彿祖又問龜精有乜要求。龜精：「我祇係要一百零一歲命。除此之外冇其他要求。」彿祖問佢點解，龜精就話：「我想睇下佢點死法。」~~~~~~~~~~The main reason I wish to have a long life
View ArticleReply to 1st grader parents
Background: I live in a Spanish speaking country where English is the second language. In my First Grade classroom I teach English and have a young girl whose parents do their best to help her with...
View ArticleRe: 《廣州話正音字典》與《常用字廣州話讀音表》 粵語注音比較研究
From its website, I find 基礎字詞 to be very useful for CantoDict editors. Apart from giving us the most current character form, reading and meanings, the book also offers us insightful guidelines on the...
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