<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-gb"> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/2650" /> <title>Chinese languages</title> <subtitle>Chinese languages</subtitle> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/index.php" /> <updated>2006-10-25T09:57:19+00:00</updated> <author><name><![CDATA[Chinese languages]]></name></author> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/2650</id> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[cedarlee]]></name></author> <updated>2006-10-25T09:57:19+00:00</updated> <published>2006-10-25T09:57:19+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17655#p17655</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17655#p17655"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pronunciation / Translation Assistance Needed]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17655#p17655"><![CDATA[ the prononciation connotations you used are obsolete <br>no longer used in mainland china<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2067">cedarlee</a> — Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:57 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[rsanders4]]></name></author> <updated>2006-07-03T04:52:19+00:00</updated> <published>2006-07-03T04:52:19+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16919#p16919</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16919#p16919"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pronunciation / Translation Assistance Needed]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16919#p16919"><![CDATA[ Disregard. I got assistance. Sorry - I cannot edit or delete the post yet.<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=988">rsanders4</a> — Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:52 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[rsanders4]]></name></author> <updated>2006-06-29T21:56:23+00:00</updated> <published>2006-06-29T21:56:23+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16901#p16901</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16901#p16901"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pronunciation / Translation Assistance Needed]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16901#p16901"><![CDATA[ anyone?<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=988">rsanders4</a> — Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:56 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[rsanders4]]></name></author> <updated>2006-06-28T02:08:10+00:00</updated> <published>2006-06-28T02:08:10+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16886#p16886</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16886#p16886"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pronunciation / Translation Assistance Needed]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16886#p16886"><![CDATA[ Nihao!<br><br><br><br>I'm trying to pick up a little mandarin here and there in preparation for my mandarin course at college this fall.<br><br>I happened across some "slang" but the accent marks are not around.<br><br>could someone provide the rising, flat or falling tones for some words?<br><br>/ \ _<br><br>Léiméngdé - Pronunciation? Supposedly this is my name in Mandarin.<br>shen-me (pronounced shuh-muh?) supposedly meaning "what?"<br>bi-zui (pronounced beetzway?) supposedly meaning "shut up"<br>ai-yah (pronounced aiyah?) supposedly meaning "damn" or an exclamation of suprise/regret?<br>chou-se (pronounced chousee?) supposedly meaning "stinking crap"<br>go-se (pronounced gosee?) supposedly meaning "dog crap"<br>ke-pah pronounced kuhpah?) supposedly horrible, horrific<br><br>I've also been told zao (tzao) supposedly means damn.<br><br>so something like, "ai-yah, whua hui shwa see potongqua"<br>would be (roughly) Damn! I speak crappy mandarin<br><br>Or less vulgar: "Whua hui shwa kuhpah potongqua"<br>(roughly) " I speak horrible mandarin"<br><br>thanks!<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=988">rsanders4</a> — Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:08 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> </feed>