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changye
Posted on: Hot Pot Chitchat
December 3, 2009 at 2:48 AMHi joeborn
I got the information from my paper Chinese dictionaries. Please look into this online dictionary, which is very comprehensive and even shows the Vietnamese pronunciation of Chinese characters.
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/character-etymology.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E9%94%85
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/charsearch.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E9%94%85
Posted on: Hot Pot Chitchat
December 3, 2009 at 12:57 AMHi joeborn
The right part of 锅 is also pronounced as "guo1" (呙), which originally means "distorted mouth" in ancient times, so "呙" only represents the sound of the character 锅, but not represents its meaning. This character is not commonly used now, except for a family name. "呙" is a variant form of the right part of "過". Both characters have "口" (mouth) part in them. "呙" also have other readings, such as "wai", "wo", and "he", which is the reason characters such as "窝" and "涡" have the sound "wo". How complicated it is!
Posted on: Hang Up and Ride!
December 2, 2009 at 11:39 AMHi rjberki
it is just a location in time (now).
That's a very clever explanation. Let me use it later when I explain the usage of "在" to someone, hehe.
Posted on: Expressing Location with 边 and 面
December 2, 2009 at 8:49 AMI'm not so sure, but I think I heard somewhere before that in China "on the right/left side of a person in a photo" is often based on the person's viewpoint, but not a viewer's viewpoint. Am I right? Anyone can confirm this please?
Posted on: Expressing Location with 边 and 面
December 2, 2009 at 3:24 AMJust found in a dictionary that "上头/下头" are also figuratively used in the sense of "senior managemen (superior)/subordinate".
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
December 2, 2009 at 3:02 AMHi romanticon
You can also say "你会英语吗？". (Do you speak English?) The "说" is optional here.
Posted on: Hot Pot Chitchat
December 2, 2009 at 2:52 AM
Hi John
Shabu-shabu use thin soup stock, "dashi soup", usually made from dried kelp and dried bonito shavings, which contain much "umami". As you might know, everything is "subtle" in Japan, hehe.
Posted on: Hot Pot Chitchat
December 2, 2009 at 12:59 AMHi Calicartel and sydcarten
Shabu-shabu is a kind of Japanese hot pot, which is not spicy. There are numerous kinds of hot pot in Japan, and almost all of them are not spicy. Japanese people really like to eat hot pots, especially in winter.
Posted on: Pirates under attack!
December 3, 2009 at 3:37 AM其实十六世纪以后横行的"后期倭寇"大部分都是以中国人和朝鲜人为主，也就是所谓的"假倭寇"， 可是当时有些“假倭寇”在日本武士的指挥下行动。中国著名英雄"郑成功"的父亲"郑芝龙"也可以算是一个明朝海盗。顺便说下，"郑成功"的母亲是一个日本女人，可见"中日合作"确实有悠久的历史和传统！