User Comments - sylvia11
sylvia11
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 11, 2009 at 4:34 PMactually, "fen" means "share","part","portion" ,there are some examples;
分（fen1)成(cheng2)两(liang3)份(fen4) which means divide into two parts.
一份利(li4)润(run4) which means a share of profits
or you can say ;份fen4 额e2 ，for example, 增zeng1加jia1 市shi4 场chang3 份额 which means increase the share of the market.
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 11, 2009 at 4:05 PMok, yes ,in fact "fen" can be used in many occations, expecially with food. just as you said, carlosgg, "yi fen niu rou " is right.
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 11, 2009 at 3:57 PMyou are welcome. Carlosgg.
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 11, 2009 at 3:46 PMhi,carlosgg, in fact "shishi" and "shi", they are the same,they both mean "try"...
Posted on: Picking Up 拿
April 11, 2009 at 12:49 PMhi,neutral_tone;
i have heard about this story before. so funny! 其实,很多汉字都可以被拆开,这也正是学习汉字的乐趣所在,就像你说的这个故事一样,"拿" 被拆成了4个汉字:人 口 一 手. 但是我我不明白你写的这句英文 "each man, one mouth(ful) in his hand."是什么意思.你可以解释一下吗? In fact , many chinese character can be divided in to several other characters, just as the "拿" in the story you meationed above, it can be divided, as you said ,into 4 parts: 人 口 一 手. but i just don't understand the last english sentence that you wrote," each man , one mouth(ful) in his hand". Can you explain that to me?
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 10, 2009 at 6:04 PMjust forgot to say, my email ; li_zhenzheng@hotmail.com ,if you have any problems ,feel free to sent me an email,i will be happy to help you!
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 10, 2009 at 5:14 PMTo alwingate
if you can tell me what is that character, i will tell you the pinyin of that character or i will explain to you the meaning of that chinese character. then you can pick the one you want to pick..
Posted on: Where are you from?
April 10, 2009 at 4:50 PMhello, everyone! i am from china. so happy to see so many chinese learners here. so if you have any problems with learning chinese, come and find me , i will try my best to help you!
Posted on: Picking Up 拿
April 12, 2009 at 4:15 AMneutral_tone
In fact ,i didn't understand you until i saw the comment written by reigau.
he said:"I would guess that "each man, one mouth(ful) in his hand" could also be expressed by saying "each man takes one (mouthful)" or "to each man give only enough for one mouthful", and you put the word hand in just to keep the sense of the whole character."
when i saw the english sentence written by you, i mean ""each man, one mouth(ful) in his hand",i was wondering if that english sentence was wrongly written, beacause if i translate it into chinese , it was like this, 在每个人手上放一口. that is so strange...实际上我觉得可以把"人, 口,一, 手" 这四个字的顺序变一下, 变成 人,手,一,口 就更好理解了. 实际上你想表达的意思就是:每个人都可以吃一口(一个)饺子吧. 就像reigan说的那样,each man take one mouth(ful).
Still thank you for your explaination, i like to discuss chinese characters with you very much.