website Posted August 17, 2004 at 11:22 PM Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 at 11:22 PM Does anyone know how to say the following in Mandarin? Olympics Cambodia deodorant stinky "scored a goal" "gold medal" "I want to date you." "french fries" "odds and ends" "spur of the moment" "Dumb jerk!" suntan brainwash I checked two dictionaries and I couldn't find it. I often run into subjects where I just don't have the vocabulary to continue a conversation. http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php Xiexie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted August 18, 2004 at 01:02 AM Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 at 01:02 AM hmm.. this book I'm looking at says abbreviated version, and I don't know the full version, but it has.. Olympic Games 奧運會 Ao4yun4hui4 the closest thing I could find to dumb jerk was.. 笨蛋 ben4dan4 or 壞蛋 huai4dan4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted August 18, 2004 at 05:03 AM Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 at 05:03 AM it's website again, and asking for the same words too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azumanga Posted August 24, 2004 at 03:32 PM Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 at 03:32 PM Olympics 奥运会 (ao4yun4hui4) Cambodia 柬埔寨 (jian3 pu3 zai4) deodorant 除臭剂 (chu2 chou4 ji4) stinky 发恶臭的 (fa1 e4 chou4 de); "scored a goal" 球进了 (qiu2 jin4 le) I'm not in sports, so... "gold medal" 金牌 （jin1 pai2） "I want to date you." hehe, 我想和你约会。(wo3 xiang3 he2 ni3 yue1 hui4) "french fries" 炸薯条 (zha2 shu3 tiao3) "odds and ends" 零零碎碎的东西, (ling2 ling2 sui4 sui4 de dong1 xi1) "spur of the moment" 一时冲动的 (yi1 shi2 chong3 dong4 de) brainwash 洗脑 (xi3 nao3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 25, 2004 at 07:45 AM Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 at 07:45 AM I think the full name for the Olympics is 奥林皮克 运会 hmm, actually im not sure that the lin and pi are the right characters.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azumanga Posted August 25, 2004 at 08:14 AM Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 at 08:14 AM I think the full name for the Olympics is 奥林皮克 运会 hmm, actually im not sure that the lin and pi are the right characters.. 奥林匹克运动会 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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