<![CDATA[Comments on: A Mouse Upstairs]]> 2009-08-30 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: xiaophil]]> Ah yes, till this day I still have to pause just a brief moment and think about how to say 楼上 lou2shang4.  I still want to say 上楼 at times because it seems more similar to 'upstairs'.  That brings up another point worth mentioning, 上楼 = go upstairs, and 下楼 xia4 = go downstairs.

]]> Ah yes, till this day I still have to pause just a brief moment and think about how to say 楼上 lou2shang4.  I still want to say 上楼 at times because it seems more similar to 'upstairs'.  That brings up another point worth mentioning, 上楼 = go upstairs, and 下楼 xia4 = go downstairs.

]]> <![CDATA[By: pearltowerpete]]> Hi all:

Informal poll: how many poddies, in China or otherwise, have had a mouse in your house? 

My g/f and I did in our old apartment. The neighbors, a bunch of erratic Shanghainese retirees, were satisfied to wallow in their own filth.

The new place is much better in that regard.

]]> Hi all:

Informal poll: how many poddies, in China or otherwise, have had a mouse in your house? 

My g/f and I did in our old apartment. The neighbors, a bunch of erratic Shanghainese retirees, were satisfied to wallow in their own filth.

The new place is much better in that regard.

]]> <![CDATA[By: xiaophil]]> No, but 蟑螂s have been a problem in the past (蟑螂 zhang1lang2 = cockroach).  Gotta love hot and humid climates.

]]> No, but 蟑螂s have been a problem in the past (蟑螂 zhang1lang2 = cockroach).  Gotta love hot and humid climates.

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> If you reverse 楼上/lou2 shang4/upstairs and 楼下/lou2 xia4/downstairs, you will get the verbs 'to go upstairs' and 'to go downstairs'. 上楼/shang4 lou2, 下楼/xia4 lou2. Pretty efficient!  

]]> If you reverse 楼上/lou2 shang4/upstairs and 楼下/lou2 xia4/downstairs, you will get the verbs 'to go upstairs' and 'to go downstairs'. 上楼/shang4 lou2, 下楼/xia4 lou2. Pretty efficient!  

]]> <![CDATA[By: misterjess]]> I hate meeses to pieces, and I've had them in my house.

]]> I hate meeses to pieces, and I've had them in my house.

]]> <![CDATA[By: pchenery]]> Jenny,

What other "shang" and "xia" verb / noun combinations can you use this reversal ?

Apart from "shang" and "xia", are there any other examples that use this efficient pattern ?

 

]]> Jenny,

What other "shang" and "xia" verb / noun combinations can you use this reversal ?

Apart from "shang" and "xia", are there any other examples that use this efficient pattern ?

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: li4wei3]]> Pete:

One day at my parents' house, deep in the heart of the Adirondacks, I woke up to discover a 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ) between my head and the pillow! And this despite the fact that my parents have many many 猫 (māo).

Great lesson guys. Now I can talk about this traumatizing experience in Chinese!

]]> Pete:

One day at my parents' house, deep in the heart of the Adirondacks, I woke up to discover a 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ) between my head and the pillow! And this despite the fact that my parents have many many 猫 (māo).

Great lesson guys. Now I can talk about this traumatizing experience in Chinese!

]]> <![CDATA[By: orangina]]> We had a cat when I was little that would catch live mice outside and bring them inside to hunt them at her leisure.

]]> We had a cat when I was little that would catch live mice outside and bring them inside to hunt them at her leisure.

]]> <![CDATA[By: texinchina]]> I wrote a story about my encounter with two rats in my apartment in Fuzhou...I would post them but they are a little long.  I have them on my website but I'm traveling right now...I might try to reup my subscription and post it in the next day or two.  My friends and family in America absolutely loved "Rat Battles".

]]> I wrote a story about my encounter with two rats in my apartment in Fuzhou...I would post them but they are a little long.  I have them on my website but I'm traveling right now...I might try to reup my subscription and post it in the next day or two.  My friends and family in America absolutely loved "Rat Battles".

]]> <![CDATA[By: Tal]]> There seems to be no commonly used way to differentiate between mice and rats in Chinese, am I right?

Back in the UK I had a mouse in the house once, it ran across the carpet one evening as my then g/f and I were watching the box. She almost hit the ceiling, I nearly died laughing. It upset me to have to put a trap down, but really what else can you do?

Told this story once (in Chinese) to my (now) wife, she was horrified. She really thought a big rat had been running around my living room - lol.

Yes, you see lots of rats and coackroaches down here in hot and humid Guangdong. "Gotta love hot and humid climates"? 没错, phil, especially ones where all the cheap restaurants and fruit sellers pile all their garbage in the street on a daily basis. The rats and roaches love it dude!

]]> There seems to be no commonly used way to differentiate between mice and rats in Chinese, am I right?

Back in the UK I had a mouse in the house once, it ran across the carpet one evening as my then g/f and I were watching the box. She almost hit the ceiling, I nearly died laughing. It upset me to have to put a trap down, but really what else can you do?

Told this story once (in Chinese) to my (now) wife, she was horrified. She really thought a big rat had been running around my living room - lol.

Yes, you see lots of rats and coackroaches down here in hot and humid Guangdong. "Gotta love hot and humid climates"? 没错, phil, especially ones where all the cheap restaurants and fruit sellers pile all their garbage in the street on a daily basis. The rats and roaches love it dude!

]]> <![CDATA[By: jacob]]> There are so many words like this in chinese. Rat or mouse? Barbecue or roasted meat, etc.. It intriques me as to why! Its like they have never had a need to express the difference.

]]> There are so many words like this in chinese. Rat or mouse? Barbecue or roasted meat, etc.. It intriques me as to why! Its like they have never had a need to express the difference.

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