LiYuanXi 1 Report post Posted October 24, 2007 IOU---over due random new words (com'n we should all accumulate a few everyday, right?) ok so it has occured to me that the word 霸王appears quite often...here are a few I can remember.. 霸王龙 ba4wang1long2: t-rex...roarrrrrr 霸王洗发水 (with 成龙, hmmm) (ok if you are in china and see the tv commercials you'll know what this is..) 霸王餐ba4wang1can1: to eat a meal at a restaurant and not pay for it Any other random 霸王 words you know and want to add? 霸王别姬 hee hee.. what an opera fan I am! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
studentyoung 4 Report post Posted October 24, 2007 Would be interested to hear if anyone knows the origin of the usage. 针对和谐的另一说法。“和谐”的谐音，有点黑色幽默的味道：指响应党和ZF的号召，贯彻实施“和谐”社会，文明网络，对某些具体非具体的网络上内容进行修改或者删除。 由于很多和谐的做法导致了网民的不便或者间接侵害了网民的利益，人民以何与ZF争辩？恰好"he xie"在拼音里“和谐=河蟹”，因此，便出现了“河蟹”的“非主流解释”，这种解释，大约产生于2007年。 http://cache.baidu.com/c?word=%CA%B2%C3%B4%3B%BD%D0%2C%B1%BB%2C%BA%D3%D0%B7&url=http%3A//zhidao%2Ebaidu%2Ecom/question/36700908%2Ehtml&p=8a66dd0485cc42b404bd9b7e0e59&user=baidu Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imron 5,177 Report post Posted October 24, 2007 Would be interested to hear if anyone knows the origin of the usage.See here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu 3,041 Report post Posted October 25, 2007 氫能高速公路 qing1neng2 gao1su4gong1lu4 hydrogen freeway. No idea what it is, but apparently California is building one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heifeng 214 Report post Posted October 25, 2007 路霸: lu4ba2: a highway overloard (people who demand money or services with little or no justification , esp. of drivers using the section of highway or road under their control ~old article here ) as well as a car model called RoadBar Oh, and apparently a chinchilla is called a 龙猫 ( at least according to the petshop where they have a pair of em') but in my dictionary it says something else..regional difference and different names I suppose, not uncommon...ahhhhhh sooo cute and fluffy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myriam 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2007 From yesterday, in this forum : 之间 zhī jiān : among, between usage : 在...之间 zài zhī jiān + verb example : 在两位先生之间 + verb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu 3,041 Report post Posted October 28, 2007 嘎然 ga1ran2 suddenly, abruptly. From google, it seems this is mostly used for things that come to a sudden halt. Don't know why I couldn't find it in any dictionary. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,288 Report post Posted October 28, 2007 It's in the ABC. Got a good one today 喷射式呕吐 pēnshèshì ǒutù, projectile vomiting. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myriam 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2007 圣贤 / 聖賢 shèng xián, a sage, a wise man (I was curious and wanted to know what I would get by typing the pinyin shengxian for 生現). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muyongshi 57 Report post Posted October 28, 2007 燔 to burn (sacrifices) fán Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,288 Report post Posted October 29, 2007 殷实， yīnshí, thriving, well-off. Never seen (or registered) the 殷 character before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skylee 1,912 Report post Posted October 29, 2007 Never seen (or registered) the 殷 character before. Shang Dynasty (the one before Zhou Dynasty) is usually called 殷商. 殷 was the name of the capital, and is now a surname. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu 3,041 Report post Posted October 29, 2007 殷 is the surname of Ophelia and her family in the Chinese opera version of Hamlet. That was the first time I came across it. Now there's random for you. I had a really good random word but am not sure if I can get it right... 稻草梱 dao4cao3kun3 bale of hay. Specifically the really big (2-3 meters) rolls that you can see lying on fields in autumn. From a picture, it took four people to come up with first the Chinese and then the English, and although I've seen these things a thousand times I still can't think of the Dutch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muyongshi 57 Report post Posted October 29, 2007 殷实， yīnshí, thriving, well-off. 殷 yǐn roll of thunder Uh oh tone discrepancy...should be first tone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wai ming 14 Report post Posted October 29, 2007 Uh oh tone discrepancy...should be first tone... From 教育部國語辭典: yīn: 朝代名、姓；盛大、富足、富裕；情意深厚、周到、眾多 yǐn: 形容雷聲；震動 yān: 紅黑色的 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muyongshi 57 Report post Posted October 29, 2007 I stand corrected (and I am going beat my dictionary to a bloody pulp....) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,288 Report post Posted October 30, 2007 大力水手，dàlìshuǐshǒu. Couldn't figure out what on earth this was until the word 菠菜 was mentioned and I realized it's Popeye's Chinese name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu 3,041 Report post Posted October 30, 2007 面紅耳赤 mian4 hong2 er3 chi4 red in the face, as in 爭得面紅耳赤 arguing until they are red in the face. From an article about, who else, disagreeing Taiwanese politicians. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heifeng 214 Report post Posted October 30, 2007 黑咕咙冬 hei1gu2long1dong1 (or 黑古隆咚) really dark/pitch black (i.e. outdoors..). see 齉nang4: nasal. stuffy/snuffling this comes in handy while everyone is catching colds since the heat isn't on yet.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,288 Report post Posted November 1, 2007 红外线导引飞弹 hóngwàixiàndǎoyǐnfēidàn, heat seeking missile. Courtesy of Airwolf - can't believe someone is adding Chinese subtitles to shows I used to watch as a kid. Knight Rider is there too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
