City Nicknames?
lavandez
November 17, 2007, 10:02 PM posted in General DiscussionDo any of you know any city nicknames in China like how in the US we have the Big Apple (New York), the Windy City (Chicago), the City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia), the River City (San Antonio), the Queen City [of the West] (Cincinnati my city:))? Or any nicknames for the provinces?
calkins
November 18, 2007, 01:43 AMHey lavandez...good to see someone from my hometown (I grew up in Cincy and my family is there). I don't know any Chinese nicknames, but here is Cincinnati: 辛辛那提 (xīn xīn nà tí) Of course you can't translate this literally, but if you did it would mean something like "8th heavenly stem that is hanging down from the hand"!!! Sounds pretty nice for Cincy, don't you think?!
goulnik
November 18, 2007, 08:51 AMNot quite nicknames (诨名 hùnmíng) but there's the short names / symbols for provinces (e.g. used on car registration plates), goes for cities too : 沪 Hù or 申 Shēn for Shanghai 京 Jīng for Beijing 粤 Yuè for Guangdong
goulnik
November 18, 2007, 08:53 AMhere's where to find more
bazza
November 18, 2007, 11:09 AMCool link goulniky, I did wonder about number plates. :)
bazza
November 18, 2007, 12:53 AM沪 (hù) is short for Shanghai