Beijingismns

henning
September 09, 2007, 08:09 AM posted in General Discussion

For John.

 

OK, I don't know if these are "real" Beijingnisms, but I still haven't heard them at CPod yet. Take into accont the 儿 and chances are, yes, they might indeed be Beijiningnisms.

哥们儿 for  "brothers" (兄弟)

爷们儿, if one of those "brothers" is somewhat older than the other

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Kyle
September 09, 2007, 08:21 AM

I'm pretty sure everything in that city ends with an 儿.

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maxiewawa
September 09, 2007, 10:47 AM

I think the sailor captain from the Simpsons was from Beijing. All those "arrrrrr" that he put after every sentences couldn't have come from anywhere else.

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azerdocmom
September 09, 2007, 01:33 PM

I told you you'd be hearing/saying "R"'s all over the place !

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henning
September 11, 2007, 05:33 AM

A phrase I hear all the time here is: 你怎么着? nǐzěnmezhāo for: "So what?" This is either Beijing vernacular or has just been neglected soi far at CPod.

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wildyaks
September 11, 2007, 05:59 AM

Definitely not used around here in Sichuan

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tianfeng
September 11, 2007, 07:01 AM

I liked 你多儿岁。I always use to get that from the taxi drivers in tuar li.

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johnb
September 11, 2007, 07:15 AM

My wife (东北人) says 怎么着 all the time, so I don't think it's just Beijing. I like 今儿 as a replacement for 今天.

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henning
October 01, 2007, 12:02 AM

This might or might not be a Beijingism, but I hear it all the time and it hasn't appeared in any lesson yet: "什么之类的" which is synonymous to "什么的" or "等等" and means "etc." "and so forth"

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pulosm
October 03, 2007, 02:59 AM

哥们儿 is also a term of affection between guys, like "dude" or "bro" in (American) English. What about "mir2" for tomorrow?! (1) Also, want about "ber4" to mean "very", I think it comes from "bei4" (as in "times", so "several times over")...for e.g., I used to hear "ber4 bang4" which I translate as "awesome!" (2) I think "guai3" for "turn" is very Beijing or maybe just Mainland??? (3) "Pi2 shi" meaning something like "to be tough" or "to be thickskinned" (as in: ni bu yao ku, yao pishi yi diar) is something I had in a Beijing textbook and NO ONE outside of that place new what the heck that meant. (4) "Yin1wei2" instead of "Yin1wei4" for "because", or even worse, "yin1vei2"...what's with the "v"-like "w's" in the north? The Beijing dialect is fascinating. Really, really old people sometimes say "tan1" (which is written as "ta" [he/she] with a "heart" on the bottom) to mean polite he or she. It is the "he/she" analog of "nin2." Few know this word though. I think I have a Taiwan bias. :-) In Mainland China every other tone is unpronounced...I mean, what's up with that??