<?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/2659" /> <title>Chinese languages</title> <subtitle>Chinese languages</subtitle> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/index.php" /> <updated>2006-07-03T04:52:00+00:00</updated> <author><name><![CDATA[Chinese languages]]></name></author> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/2659</id> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[rsanders4]]></name></author> <updated>2006-07-03T04:52:00+00:00</updated> <published>2006-07-03T04:52:00+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16918#p16918</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16918#p16918"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Posted in the wrong area? Translations/Pronunciation Needed]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16918#p16918"><![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>2006-07-01T03:06:23+00:00</updated> <published>2006-07-01T03:06:23+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16913#p16913</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16913#p16913"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Posted in the wrong area? Translations/Pronunciation Needed]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16913#p16913"><![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>I'm getting the impression that this is simply a phonetizized version of my name and not a "real" chinese name. <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> — Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:06 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> </feed>