Re: Meaning of the following name: 立言
立言 = Lap Yin (Lau's Cantonese notation: /lap6 yin4/)
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To the O.P.,You can read more about the character and how to say it here: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]I think it's a pretty cool character.
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More precisely, this is a variant of 威. Note that, in the picture you provided, the horizontal stroke above the 女 component extends through the 戈 component on the right. As long as the alteration...
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京津冀These three characters are pronounced "ging1 zeon1 gei3" in Jyutping. This refers to the name of China's "super city" which they call "Jing-Jin-Ji" and is comprised of present-day Beijing, Tianjin...
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Windmill was translated in CantoDict as 風車 (fung1 ce1) and 風櫃 (fung1 gwai6). The translations seem a bit odd to me because 車 is a car and 櫃 is a cabinet. Can the editors confirm that these two...
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QuoteDollar8888 Windmill was translated in CantoDict as 風車 (fung1 ce1) and 風櫃 (fung1 gwai6). The translations seem a bit odd to me because 車 is a car and 櫃 is a cabinet. Can the editors confirm that...
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QuoteTang 風車 is correct. The blades on a windmill move like a cart's wheel.However, I'd never heard of 風櫃.Oh, I see. I was visualizing a windmill as a building or a structure, not on the blades of the...
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Me too, never heard of 風櫃.However, 廣州話方言詞典 (p.62) has the entry 風櫃 which is given the definition of “風車”. From Google search, 風櫃 seems to be a sort/part of air-conditioning unit.
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風櫃 sound pretty similar to 風箱 (wind-bellows ) which is used to fan the fire of a 熔爐 (Furnace)
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Re: Windmill
p. 749 of 漢語方言大詞典 has the following:...this makes me think the machine might be a winnower (separates grain from chaff) rather than a windmill. I'm not sure though. Back in the old days, such machines...
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Is there a cantonese phrase for Hubris? To be more exact, the word defines pride, but a specific kind of pride that will definitely lead to one's downfall. Arrogance is similar, but not the same as it...
View ArticleLove, Peace, Happiness
I am designing something for a friend, and was wondering if using the characters 和， 福， 爱 would be correct usage, or if there was a different character(s) that would be a better choice.
View Articleci4 zoeng1 = to describe a messy person?
Hello all!I was wondering if anyone have heard the expression "ci zoeng" which I believe the tones to be ci4 zoeng1, which in context was to describe a messy (not tidy) person. Any hints or ideas...
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“Peace” is usu translated into two characters 和平 in both Mando and Canto. It seems that “peace” cannot be represented by any single character.The single character 和 usu means “and” rather than “peace”.
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QuoteC Chiu “Peace” is usu translated into two characters 和平 in both Mando and Canto. It seems that “peace” cannot be represented by any single character.The single character 和 usu means “and” rather...
View ArticleRe: Help with a short phrase
QuoteTang Beside 「擠」,「躉」and「擺」can also be used, in most case, storing large or bulky tools should use the term 躉 ; anything that you can pick up with one hand should use 擠 or 擺，"shed " usually mean 木棚...
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我哋擺放工具嘅棚屋, 多數污糟邋遢。 The sheds where we (use to) store tools are mostly filthy and dirty. (Generic reference to any shed)我哋擺放工具嗰間棚屋, 經常乾淨企理。 That shed where we store our tools is often clean and tidy....
View ArticleRe: whats the difference between 麵 and 粉?
QuoteTang QuoteLisa c Generally, it is correct. Mian is wheat noodles and fan is rice noodles, except in the case of pasta. That would be 意大利 fan or mian (I've heard both, but don't know which is...
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