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changye
Posted on: Hanoi
September 5, 2008 at 3:47 AMAs John explained in the lesson, Vietnamese language was deeply influenced by Chinese and Chinese characters in ancient times, and there are a great number of Chinese words in the language, just like Korean and Japanese.
Vietnamese didn’t have its own notation system until the 14th century, and therefore people had no choice but to write in classical Chinese (文言) before that, and, in a way, it was a status symbol for intelligentsia in 越南 at that time.
Vietnamese people began to write in their own language by use of Chinese characters, borrowing their sounds, after the 14th century, and later Vietnamese was gradually romanized when the country was a French colony.
Vietnamese government officially announced the elimination of Chinese characters in 1954, and 汉字 are not used in the language now. I think that the historical situation of Vietnamese is very similar to that of Korean.
And so “河内” is not a transliteration of Hanoi. It IS the other way around. In Vietnam and Korea, place and people names traditionally have been Sinicized, such as 胡志明 (Ho Chi Minh), 阮高祺 (Nguyen Cao Ky) and 李明博 (이명박).
Posted on: Afraid of Dogs
September 5, 2008 at 3:05 AMHi xtna,
I also think that "狗狗" sounds a little childish, and actually I often hear Chinese children use it. Probably 大狗 is much more frequently used than 大狗狗. Btw, wow, your dog is a boxer! I have to tell my chubby dog not to pick a fight with him! She is a Shih Tzu (西施犬, 狮子狗, a lion dog), but she doesn't live up to both breed names.
P/S. 西施 is the name of a famous beauty in Chinese history.
Posted on: Afraid of Dogs
September 5, 2008 at 1:19 AMHi dog lovers,
Find the Chinese breed name of your lovely dog. Most of them are transliteration of English ones, but some are (nicely) translated literally or freely.
A small dog
= 小狗 (informal), 小型犬 (xiao3 xing2 quan3, formal)
A large dog
= 大狗 (informal), 大型犬 (da4 xing2 quan3, formal)
1 Affenpinscher 艾芬笃宾犬
2 Afghan Hound 阿富汗猎犬
3 Airedale Terrier 万能梗
4 Akita 秋田犬
5 Alaskan Malamute 阿拉斯加雪橇犬
6 American Eskimo Dog 美国爱斯基摩犬
7 American Staffordshire Terrier 美国史特富郡梗
8 American Water Spaniel 美国水猎犬
9 Anatolian Shepherd 安娜图牧羊犬
10 Australian Cattle Dog 澳洲牧牛犬
11 Australian Shepherd 澳洲牧羊犬
12 Australian Terrier 澳洲梗
13 Basenji 贝吉生犬
14 Basset Hound 巴吉度猎犬
15 Beagle 贝高犬
16 Bearded Collie 古代长须牧羊犬
17 Bedlington Terrier 贝林登梗
18 Belgian Malinois 比利时玛利诺犬
19 Belgian Sheepdog 比利时牧羊犬
20 Belgian Tervuren 比利时坦比连犬
21 Bernese Mountain Dog 伯恩山犬
22 Bichon Frise 卷毛比雄犬
23 Black and Tan Coonhound 黑褐猎浣熊犬
24 Bloodhound 血猎犬
25 Border Collie 边境牧羊犬
26 Border Terrier 边境梗
27 Borzoi 波索尔
28 Boston Terrier 波士顿梗
29 Bouvier des Flandres 法兰德斯畜牧犬
30 Boxer 拳狮犬
31 Briard 伯瑞犬
32 Brittany 不列塔尼猎犬
33 Brussels Griffon 比利时粗毛猎犬
34 Bull Terrier 牛头梗
35 Bulldog 老虎犬
36 Bullmastiff 斗牛马士提夫犬
37 Cairn Terrier 凯安梗
38 Canaan Dog 卡南犬
39 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 查理士王小猎犬
40 Chesapeake Bay Retriever 乞沙比克猎犬
41 Chihuahua 吉娃娃
42 Chinese Crested 中国冠毛犬
43 Chinese Shar-pei 中国沙皮犬
44 Chow Chow 松狮犬
45 Clumber Spaniel 克伦伯犬
46 Cocker Spaniel 曲卡犬, 可卡犬
47 Collie 牧羊犬
48 Curly-Coated Retriever 卷毛寻回犬
49 Dachshund 腊肠犬
50 Dalmatian 斑点犬
51 Dandie Dinmont Terrier 短脚狄文梗
52 Doberman Pinscher 都柏文犬
53 English Cocker Spaniel 英国曲卡犬
54 English Setter 英国塞特犬
55 English Springer Spaniel 英国曲卡犬
56 English Toy Spaniel 英国玩赏曲卡犬
57 Field Spaniel 田野猎犬
58 Finnish Spitz 芬兰猎犬
59 Flat-Coated Retriever 平毛寻回犬
60 Fox Terrier (Smooth) 猎狐梗
61 Fox Terrier (Wire) 刚毛猎狐梗
62 Foxhound (American) 美国猎狐犬
63 Foxhound (English) 英国猎狐犬
64 French Bulldog 法国老虎犬
65 German Shepherd Dog 德国牧羊犬
66 German Shorthaired Pointer 德国短毛指示犬
67 German Wirehaired Pointer 德国钢毛指示犬
68 Giant Schnauzer 大型史纳莎
69 Golden Retriever 黄金猎犬
70 Gordon Setter 哥顿塞特犬
71 Great Dane 大丹犬
72 Great Pyrenees 大白熊犬
73 Greater Swiss Mountain Dog 大瑞士山地犬
74 Greyhound 格雷伊猎犬
75 Harrier 哈利犬
76 Havanese 哈威那
77 Ibizan Hound 依比沙猎犬
78 Irish Setter 爱尔兰塞特犬
79 Irish Terrier 爱尔兰梗
80 Irish Water Spaniel 爱尔兰水猎犬
81 Irish Wolfhound 爱尔兰猎狼犬
82 Italian Greyhound 义大利格雷伊猎犬
83 Jack Russell Terrier 积奇罗素梗
84 Japanese Chin 日本犬
85 Keeshond 荷兰毛狮犬
86 Kerry Blue Terrier 凯利蓝梗
87 Komondor 可蒙犬
88 Kuvasz 哥威斯犬
89 Labrador Retriever 拉布拉多犬
90 Lakeland Terrier 湖畔梗
91 Lhasa Apso 拉萨犬
92 Lowchen 罗秦犬
93 Maltese 玛尔济斯
94 Manchester Terrier 曼彻斯特梗
95 Mastiff 马士提夫犬
96 Miniature Bull Terrier 迷你牛头梗
97 Miniature Pinscher 迷你笃宾犬
98 Miniature Schnauzer 迷你史纳莎
99 Newfoundland 纽芬兰犬
100 Norfolk Terrier 罗福梗
101 Norwegian Elkhound 挪威猎麋犬
102 Norwich Terrier 罗威士梗
103 Old English Sheepdog 古代英国牧羊犬
104 Otterhound 奥达猎犬
105 Papillon 蝴蝶犬
106 Pekingese 北京犬
107 Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 迷你贝吉格里芬凡丁犬
108 Pharaoh Hound 法老王猎犬
109 Plott Hound 普罗特猎犬
110 Polish Lowland Sheepdog 波兰低地牧羊犬
111 Pointer 指示犬
112 Pomeranian 松鼠犬, 博美犬
113 Poodle 贵妇犬
114 Portuguese Water Dog 葡萄牙水犬
115 Pug 八哥
116 Puli 波利犬
117 Rhodesian Ridgeback 118 Rottweiler 洛威拿
119 Saint Bernard 圣伯纳犬
120 Saluki 东非猎犬
121 Samoyed 萨摩犬
122 Schipperke 舒柏奇犬
123 Scottish Deerhound 苏格兰猎鹿犬
124 Scottish Terrier 苏格兰梗
125 Sealyham Terrier 西里汉梗
126 Shetland Sheepdog 喜乐蒂牧羊犬
127 Shiba Inu 西巴犬
128 Shih Tzu 西施犬，狮子狗
129 Siberian Husky 西伯利亚雪橇犬
130 Silky Terrier 丝毛梗
131 Skye Terrier 斯开岛梗
132 Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 爱尔兰软毛梗
133 Spinone Italiano 史毕诺犬
134 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 斯塔福郡斗牛梗
135 Standard Schnauzer 标准史纳莎
136 Sussex Spaniel 塞式猎犬
137 Tibetan Spaniel 西藏猎犬
138 Tibetan Terrier 西藏梗
139 Vizsla 维兹拉犬
140 Weimaraner 威玛猎犬
141 Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) 威尔斯柯基犬 (卡狄根)
142 Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) 威尔斯柯基犬 (宾波基)
143 Welsh Springer Spaniel 威尔斯激飞猎犬
144 Welsh Terrier 威尔斯梗
145 West Highland White Terrier 西部高地白梗
146 Whippet 惠比特犬
147 Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 钢毛指示格里芬犬
148 Yorkshire Terrier 约瑟夏梗
Posted on: Afraid of Dogs
September 4, 2008 at 10:43 PMHi xtna,
Haha, a big dog is called "大狗" (da4 gou3) or "大狗狗" in Chinese. My chubby dog weighs 18斤 (9 kgs), i.e. about 20 pounds, so she is small enough to be called 小狗, but at the same time, she is fat enough to be jokingly called 胖狗 (pang4 gou3) by my neighbors.
Posted on: Afraid of Dogs
September 4, 2008 at 2:04 PMPatty (Patricia, 芭迪, ba1 di2, パティ)
Posted on: Afraid of Dogs
September 4, 2008 at 1:55 PMWhen I walk my dog here in China, local Chinese children usually call her "小狗，狗狗，and 小狗狗".
When you refer to your dog in Chinese, you can say "我的小狗，我的狗狗，小狗宝贝(bao3 bei4)，小狗宝宝 etc", although some of them might sound a bit narcissistic to other people.
I always refer to my chubby dog as "我家的胖狗 (wo3 jia1 de pang4 gou3)", but she doesn't like it very much.
Posted on: Changes on ChinesePod
September 4, 2008 at 1:36 PMHi auntie68,
I think that it’s actually not so easy for native Chinese speakers to maintain high motivation to keep visiting Chinesepod, which is a podcast for learning Chinese.
I remember that not a few natives posted comments before, but almost most of them have already gone. I know some natives come here to study English, but after all Cpod is NOT an English learning podcast.
Having said that, I myself come here to learn both Mandarin and English. I’m not saying this to flatter you, but do you know why I read all your comments every day?
Of course, it’s because your opinions are worth hearing (and sometimes a bit provocative), but also because reading your English is very beneficial for me. I believe that Cassie would readily agree with me.
Anyway, I just hope that more native Cpod staff will “unofficially” join discussion and post a comment preferably in Chinese.
Posted on: 妈妈在哪里？
September 4, 2008 at 1:19 PMHi hitokiri,
上瘾 (become addicted) is a verb, and 恶习 is a noun.
赌博就是一个容易上瘾的恶习.
Gambling is a very addictive bad habit.
Posted on: 妈妈在哪里？
September 4, 2008 at 6:35 AM中国有将近二百万人朝鲜族。大部分朝族人都住在东北三省地区，主要是集中在吉林省延边朝鲜族自治州。我也有几个朝鲜族的好朋友。据他们说，现在朝鲜族孩子和父母亲分开住的情况很常见。
一份调查显示，所谓”双亲家庭”只有三分之一，单亲，无亲家庭竟然分别占三分之一，所以不少孩子们不得已在学校宿舍或者家庭公寓和他人一起生活。有人说真实情况比这些统计数据会更严重。
据悉，主要原因有三个。第一，出国打工的朝鲜族越来越多。第二，朝族夫妻分居率和离婚率越来越高，第三，因喝酒过度而病死的朝族男生越来越多。第二，三原因主要都是第一原因导致的结果。
1992年中韩两国建交以后许多朝族人去韩国赚钱，对东北地区带来了巨大经济利益。一般来讲，”无亲”家庭却很有钱因为父母都在国外打工。但是这种家庭的孩子们爱乱花钱，自然就没有修养。
与此相反，双亲家庭的生活比较有规律，孩子的学习成绩都还好。不过，双亲家庭的经济条件一般不很理想，所以孩子上不起大学的事情并不罕见。由此可见，总之，朝鲜族百姓的日子还是不好过。
听说，最近朝族孤儿多了起来，可能是很多夫妇出国后离婚的原故。好像这些可怜的孩子们在心里总是喊着, ”妈妈在哪里”。”幸福的家庭都一样，不幸的家庭各有不同”, 可是我忘了谁说过这一句话。
论饮酒文化，朝鲜族男人的酒量无疑是全天下仅次于俄罗斯人。这个传统恶习已经成为一个社会问题。好酒贪杯的人在汉语中叫做”酒鬼”，用朝语叫”술고래”(酒鲸鱼)。就酒量，连鬼都赢不了鲸鱼!
Posted on: At the Hair Salon
September 5, 2008 at 6:57 AMIt's just a hilarious video, because there is no mention of the word "剪" (jian3, cut) in it, even though the title is "At the Hair Salon." He should have said, "还没剪头发呢" instead of "还没付钱呢".