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Re: Cantonese name for my baby girl

To meet the requirements that you listed, 王美蘭 would seem to be the most suitable Chinese name.

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Translation for our start up kung fu association

Could someone please translate the following:Siu Lum Pai Red Fan Benevolent Association.We are starting a group in the United States to promote Chinese Martial Arts and support our class and provide...

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Re: Translation for our start up kung fu association

少林派 (ShaoLin faction/group/style/school) [en.wikipedia.org]Good Luck with your group. It would be nice if your group incorporated teaching Cantonese to your members especially to children regardless...

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Re: Snail

I had something like this at a Cantonese restaurant in ShangHai: the river snails were small like .5 inch and had paper thin shells that are also meant to be eaten. This snail dish that I had was...

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Re: Boba, 波 ???

[youtube.com]STOP calling “tapioca balls” boba! Find out the real meaning of “boba”

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Re: More food..........

Poaching eggs in water is boring, but poaching eggs in olive oil is a game changer.[www.whetstonemagazine.com]Xing Kee serves a dish called the rolling egg that became popular during financial...

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Re: What is look fun (rice roll)?

[youtu.be]My guess for "Look Fun" would be "酪粉" as a steamed-cooked rice crepe rolled into a noodle that is made from a creamy/pasty batter made of a mix & match blend of rice flour, wheat starch,...

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Re: Cantonese characters for Beautiful Warrior

[youtube.com]Quotepkchan Beautiful Warrior=巾幗英雄/英雌

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Re: "Be Water, My Friend": the Bruce Lee philosophy at heart of Hong Kong...

[youtu.be]Quote♭♫ [www.npr.org]Quote♭♫ [www.scmp.com]QuoteDanivera8 Hi everyone! Im from Chile, i like to traduce this quote from Bruce Lee (sorry if this quote is already in this forum, i cant find...

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Re: Translation for our start up kung fu association

[www.youtube.com]Indomitable strength and unmatched abilities of a Shaolin Monk. Iconic for their legendary martial arts talents, Shaolin Monks represent a fusion of physical mastery and spiritual...

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Re: How to say "servings" in Cantonese?

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Re: 狂入球

[theprovince.com]Hockey Night in Chinatown shines spotlight on story of NHL's first Asian player Larry KwongAn elementary school teacher in Vernon by trade, Soon has also teamed with George Chiang to...

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Re: 板 for racquet?

[youtube.com]Quotewai ming That's interesting. The context I heard 板 in was actually a badminton team meeting in Hong Kong :) I don't recall hearing 球拍 there at all (although that doesn't mean it...

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Re: David Beckham's Chinese Tattoo

Just in case people have not realized it but, traditional Cantonese circular table restaurants are designed for parties and celebrations for an organic social interaction among guests unlike other...

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Lost in Translation? 4 weird Cantonese Expressions that you need to know

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Translation of □ (fei3) into Cantonese and Teochew

Please look at this:"Glyph origin 1It is considered a placeholder for a missing Chinese character. Used to express a zero digit in a number since at least the (c.) 12th century, perhaps even earlier...

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Re: 烘底

[youtube.com]QuoteMichaelToday I went to Richmond (烈治文) and ate at a Cantonese restaurant called 金都.I odered a 焗豬扒飯 as well as a chicken sandwich. When ordering the sandwich thelady asked me “要唔要烘底?”...

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Re: What is the meaning of "jit doh" and how do you write it?

[www.youtube.com]What You Think is Bad Karma Can Actually Benefit You

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Re: 側臉

Face is explained further here: [chinese.stackexchange.com]QuoteRed Dot 側 means 'side view'臉 means 'face' - use it when describing the side view of a human/animal face面 means 'face' too but use more...

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Re: Translation for a tatoo

From the ancient "Book of Rites" (A book that functioned like the Bible but without all the drama, violence, hate, or facing the wrath of a punishing god and burning in hell for eternity.)我行我素...

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Re: 'hypocrite' translation

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing = 披着羊皮的狼 [www.youtube.com][america.cgtn.com]QuoteTang Come to think of it, my description of 偽君子 is exactly like "a wolf in sheep's clothing" [en.wikipedia.org]A Wolf in...

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Re: tattoo:" Monster"

麒麟 / 騏驎 is a benevolent monster / Chinese Unicorn.Quoteshane phillips please translate this into chinese writing for me. thank you

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Re: 神仙放屁

According to [zh.wikipedia.org]神仙 are Taoist Immortals not angels. I don't believe the qualities of an immortal can be conflated with the qualities of an angel.[www.youtube.com]Quotedelonix87 HiDoes...

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Re: A Martyr's Final Words

The Aftermath of a Boxer Rebellion: [www.tiktok.com]Quoterevmrflores Hello all,I am a religious education teacher. I am currently teaching about the spread of Christianity in China. Can someone please...

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Re: Kitchen Terms

The Kitchen God [www.penguin.sg]is supposed to protect the kitchen from the Canadian Kitchen Demon: [youtube.com]Quotes.m. Thanks. If anyone ever sees any pictorial depictions of the Kitchen God, I...

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Re: Lazy Susan

I don't know why this bothers me but it still does. If there is a lazy susan on the table (no she's not a whore nor your lazy ass girlfriend), it signifies that you are not supposed to pick the dish...

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Re: 你的一字马好棒

This gymnast deserves the gold for creativity:[youtube.com]QuoteC Chiu Your “single-line legs” movement is superb!(note: 一字马 is a movement commonly seen in kung fu, gymnastics, dancing, etc, a...

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Re: Dad in chinese

This is the consensus:[youtube.com]QuoteJon Hi,I want to get a tattoo saying dad, but looking round on the net i've seen two different symbols (well 1 had a single symbol, the other had two), could...

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Re: Some Medical Phrases (Pain)

[www.youtube.com]Learn 20 Cantonese Phrases | Pharmacy Edition

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Re: Boba, 波 ???

[www.youtube.com]Learn 20 Cantonese Phrases | Bubble Tea Edition

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