Hanzi street names in Amsterdam

christian
 January 02, 2008, 08:33 AM posted in General Discussion
I spent New Year's Eve in Amsterdam, which has a really nice China Town. Part of the charm of this part of the city comes from the fact that the streets have their names written in hanzi.
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Unfortunately, it seems that in some cases the people putting up the signs were unfamiliar Chinese script. Either that or they were under the influence of fumes from a nearby coffee shop. PICT0142
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xiaohu
 January 02, 2008, 09:07 AM

That's funny! I live in the Los Angeles area and the street names in our Chinatown are also in Hanzi.

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bazza
 January 02, 2008, 09:12 AM

lol

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bazza
 January 02, 2008, 06:55 PM

桥德仕街 - Official bridge of goodness street? ;)

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calkins
 January 02, 2008, 07:20 PM

That must be the bridge/street in Amsterdam where opium is sold! Great shots Christian. This reminds me of a website full of Chinese to English translation mistakes. Quite funny: Chinglish

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christian
 January 03, 2008, 12:28 AM

@Bazza: Vera told me those seem to be transliterative characters, rather than an actual phrase. @calkins: That's an interesting site. A similar and equally funny site is Hanzi Smatter.