heifeng Posted August 31, 2011 at 03:33 AM Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 at 03:33 AM Styrofoam: 发泡胶 & apparently (as I learned from the below article:) 保丽龙。。。 or保利垄 禁保丽龙饭盒 加州跑第一 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gegehuhu Posted August 31, 2011 at 01:38 PM Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 at 01:38 PM 洋芋 is also potato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 31, 2011 at 02:00 PM Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 at 02:00 PM Does 洋芋 mean anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 31, 2011 at 02:43 PM Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 at 02:43 PM Doesn't seem to, at least not according to the 國語辭典. They just have this for it: 馬鈴薯的別名。見「馬鈴薯」條。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted September 17, 2011 at 01:55 AM Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 at 01:55 AM （Bed) sheet: 被单, 床单 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted September 25, 2011 at 04:33 PM Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 at 04:33 PM 洋芋 is also potato As mentioned in post 54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted September 25, 2011 at 04:38 PM Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 at 04:38 PM 钱包 & 皮夹 =wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted October 23, 2011 at 01:35 AM Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 at 01:35 AM *Bump* Progesterone: 黄体酮; 孕酮 Also, one more for corn: 稖头 (that's bang4) or 棒头 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 27, 2011 at 04:20 AM Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 at 04:20 AM mongrel dogs (usually yellow) - 土狗。柴狗 (柴犬 however is the name of a Japanese breed)。草狗。唐狗。雜種狗。中華田園犬。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted October 27, 2011 at 06:13 AM Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 at 06:13 AM I take it you've read the recent rabies-related 朗读？Or, we are on the exact same wavelength today Skylee thought of another animal related one: Frog: 田鸡，青蛙 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 27, 2011 at 06:51 AM Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 at 06:51 AM Yes I've read your post about rabies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 27, 2011 at 02:19 PM Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 at 02:19 PM Frog: 田鸡，青蛙 Are they the same? No wonder I never liked 田雞. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM Having read the latest post on the 朗讀-a-day thread ... push-up - 俯臥撐。伏地挺身。掌上壓。 [PS - ten completely different characters, no overlapping.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted October 30, 2011 at 01:26 AM Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 at 01:26 AM Laptop/notebook computer: 笔记本，笔电，手提或膝上电脑。 I am so use to using/hearing: 笔记本, but, this article reminded me of some different ways to say it~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted November 6, 2011 at 07:02 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 at 07:02 AM opium: 鸦片，阿片 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 6, 2011 at 08:33 AM Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 at 08:33 AM 阿片？Never heard of it. Source？ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaocai Posted November 6, 2011 at 09:04 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 at 09:04 AM I think it is now mainly used in mainland China as a medical term. See here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM Ah thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted November 27, 2011 at 07:41 PM Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 at 07:41 PM From Skylee's recent article on the 朗读 thread: Steering Wheel: 軚盤 (dai4pan2), 呔盘(tai1 in MDBG, dai1 in my 新华字典~), 方向盘*(fang1xiang4~) * I always say this one--how about all of you? (Thinking to myself....hmm, what do you call this steering wheel type thing on a boat then..in Chinese & English....let's see..ok got it 舵 轮 & ship's wheel. That was going to bother me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayjames Posted November 28, 2011 at 06:32 AM Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 at 06:32 AM Heifeng... lipstick 唇膏，口红 My wife uses 口红 for lipstick (which you press on) but 唇彩 for lip gloss (which you brush on). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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