Coronavirus medical treatment related words (testing, quarantine,...
We've been trying to tell our family back in HK about the situation in the U.S. but we sorely lack some specific words to talk about it and have been replacing with English or finding descriptive...
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Medical Terminology Resource: [digem.med.ubc.ca]Your romanization sounds like you speak Cantonese with a 西樵山 accent.Quotefuwah We've been trying to tell our family back in HK about the situation in...
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> "They aren't *testing* people." I think the word for test is jim?佢地唔會測試人> "They won't admit people into the hospital unless they have severe symptoms." We just say they won't let them into...
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testing - jim - 驗won't admit people into the hospital m bei jup 唔俾入severe symptoms bang, hao bang 病 ， 好病"They can test people but they are backlogged hou ji jim dan hai 好似驗定係"People are asymptomatic...
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Hahaha I personally don't but I did recently listen to a bunch of voicemails from Guangzhou area so I might've just had the ear. Also I think I've been following this dictionary's ping yam system.
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Quotefuwah Hahaha I personally don't but I did recently listen to a bunch of voicemails from Guangzhou area so I might've just had the ear. Also I think I've been following this dictionary's ping yam...
View ArticleUnordinary question about a Chinese character
Look at this character:[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]As you see, it is almost symmetrical, except that there is a tiny, very short horizontal line (a little like a barb) in the bottom right corner of the...
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Try to imagine writing 市 using a calligraphy brush: [www.youtube.com] therefore that little hook that you are refering to flows into the last stroke as it is lifted off the medium before entering back...
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If you are looking for a fully stylized symmetrical equivilant for 市 then here it is: Quote♭♫ Try to imagine writing 市 using a calligraphy brush: [www.youtube.com] therefore that little hook that you...
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Hi all,Was wondering if any of you have heard the word fuk6 (I can't really pinpoint the Cantonese character) being used in this sentence:真係fuk6吓佢Context (at least when I heard this) was in the...
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Maybe "concede": 伏 [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]QuoteLily Y Hi all,Was wondering if any of you have heard the word fuk6 (I can't really pinpoint the Cantonese character) being used in this...
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What are the meanings of 市 if it is used as a standalone characters? Does it always mean a city, or does it have other meanings too?
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[cantonese.org] states that it also means "market".Quotestudent456 What are the meanings of 市 if it is used as a standalone characters? Does it always mean a city, or does it have other meanings too?
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Thank you again... However, "market" is a word with many meanings. Is it a place or does it have a more abstract meaning? I would like to know that.
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The clue is in the 市's classifier which is 個 which indicates that it can be both concrete or abstract : [en.m.wiktionary.org] .Quotestudent456 Thank you again... However, "market" is a word with many...
View Articlecaai/zaai si -nonsense? full of it?
Hi all,I overheard an expression of zaai/caai (which I think may be 柴屎) based on tones - with the context of someone who is full of it (bull****), someone always acting big. I couldn't find the...
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