Does Anyone Here Speak Chinese?

[coco maui]

Originally Posted by Caspar

Hung Chow, Chow Mein

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight

LOL

 

[vinceneilsgirl]

Originally Posted by kateang

I am a Chinese!!!! And I do speak chinese as a mother tongue...

Chinese does have their own different versions.. even in China where most people speak chinese, they have their own dialects and own native ways of talking...

1. Sagwa- sha gua (means silly fella in chinese)
2. Dongwa- dong gua( means winter melon in chinese)
3. Sheegwa- xi gua( means watermelon in chinese)
4. Jet Jet- I'm not able to find the chinese character for this name but I suppose it is prob meaning older sister ie jie jie
5. Tai Tai- (means wife or sometimes could mean Mrs)
6. Ba Do- bai dou ( means white bean)
7. Luc Do- lu dou( means green bean )
8. Huang Do- huang dou( means yellow bean, prob soy bean kind of thing)
9. Fu Fu-(means lucky bat according to the word in chinese, the two words may have the same spelling in english but it is a different character in chinese and they have different intonation too)

something to add: the word dou when used together like dou dou would mean a toddler.. like dou dou ban( tiny tots class) would mean classes for the toddlers...

hope this helps..

Thanks Kate. :hug:

I just saw the episode the other day where Ni-Ni (Sagwa's grandma) tells the kittens the story of how their parents met, and how the kittens (Dongwa, Sagwa, and Sheegwa) got their names from that.

For some people, calling someone silly isn't a term of endearment...but as it was explained on the show, in China it is!

I wouldn't mind being called silly if it was a term of endearment.

I have actually learned a few Chinese words and phrases from watching that show. For example...

1. Baba (Father, the daddy cat is called Baba Miao)
2. Mama (Mother, as in Mama Miao)
3. Ni-Ni (Grandmother, as in Grandma Miao)
4. Yeh-Yeh (Grandfather, as in Grandpa Miao)
5. She-She (Spelling might be wrong. It means "thank you".)

Oooh Kate...I just had a thought! You said that Jie Jie means "older sister", but Jet-Jet is a boy...so maybe could that mean older brother? Just a thought!

Thanks again!

 

[vinceneilsgirl]

Originally Posted by Cougar

Cant help you there, but I'll ask my bro to see if he knows.
Funny thing is I watch that show to

Yeah I have nothing better to do.

Later,
Brandon

That show is awesome!