User Comments - alexyzye

Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Cutting Open a Frog

Can I use 解剖 to refer to cutting up an animal for food, i.e. carving up a turkey? Or do I just use 切 in this situation? Thanks.

Posted on: Newserino

Can't wait to get a new Android phone (planning to get it soon). :)

As for the pronunciation guide, Linux users like me feel left out. :(

Posted on: Personal Ad

Could be my hearing, but I think I heard the speaker pronounced 梦 as "mung". 

Would the following also be categorized as 广告?

- Job ads (looking for employees)

- Selling items ads (e.g. on Ebay)

Thanks.

Posted on: Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup

Do babies really take 10 months to come out in China?

When are we going to find out if the baby (in this series) is boy or girl?

Posted on: Pregnancy Series 2: Pregnancy House Ar-rest

kesirui, I agree. Lets keep ChinesePod discussions about Chinese language/culture only, and not a place for people to espouse their religious beliefs.

Posted on: New Year's Cash

We all know that kids get 红包. However when it comes to adults, things get murkier. Do adults get them as long as they are not married? Or until they start working? Or not at all, i.e. only for real kids? Should people who are already working/married give 红包 to their elderly parents or grandparents? I used to have a certain understanding of these rules, however lately I've met people with different practices.

Is there a place (online) where I can refer to the definite rules on who should give or get 红包?

Thanks.

Posted on: 麻将风波

So, where can I read up on the rules of this game?

Posted on: Pregnancy Series 2: Pregnancy House Ar-rest

Regarding the origin of 船, just look here

http://chinese-characters.org/meaning/8/8239.html

Its got nothing to do with any ancient flood. The left-side is a combination of a pictogram of boat made from curved planks. You can see the archaic form in the Web site. The right side is supposed to mean the mouth of a river.

Geologists say that the flood story in the Old testament originated from a localized flooding of the Black Sea many thousands of years ago. This event was recorded by the people in the region and over time transformed into folklore. Even if there were some contact between Chinese and Middle Eastern peoples at that time (unlikely), it is very doubtful that a flood thousands of miles away would be meaningful to the Chinese. Local origins of ancient Chinese characters are much more plausible.

And the right-side of 福 is supposed to be a wine vessel, as obvious from its archaic form:

http://chinese-characters.org/meaning/7/798F.html

Posted on: 敬老院之争

When the lady said 咱妈, doesn't it imply that both of them share the same mother, hence making them brother and sister, rather than husband and wife?

Posted on: All the Things You Can Hit: 打 (dǎ)

What's the difference between 打哈欠 and 打瞌睡 ?

Thanks.