Chinese language question.

[thebraketester]

Is any fluent in Chinese? If so can I fire some questions at you please?

Thanks
Rich

[Eric Mc]

Which Chinese language are you talking about? There is more than one.

(By the way, my "Chinese" is limited to ordering a No.57 in a restaurant).

[thebraketester]

Errr mandarin. I think.

[putonghua73]

My Chinese is now limited (worsened over the years), although my partner is fluent as she is native Chinese (mainland). Do you want the reply to your questions in Chinese? If so, I don't believe that PH forums displays Chinese characters.

In terms of Chinese, the standard - mainland China - is Mandarin. Guangdong province and Hong Kong, etc mostly speak Cantonese. Provinces also have their own regional dialect.

[thebraketester]

putonghua73 said:

My Chinese is now limited (worsened over the years), although my partner is fluent as she is native Chinese (mainland). Do you want the reply to your questions in Chinese? If so, I don't believe that PH forums displays Chinese characters.

你好

[thebraketester]

Balls. That scuppers that. Will have to do it with images. :-(

[Exige77]

thebraketester said:

Balls. That scuppers that. Will have to do it with images. :-(

Just post a picture

[thebraketester]

I am just after the difference between those three sentences.

Thanks.

Edited by thebraketester on Tuesday 24th July 18:25

[thebraketester]

Yeah.... that’s what I thought. :-)

[NotYipper]

It means grasshopper your a .

[anxious_ant]

Top picture is more formal way of asking for a person's name. (Simplified Chinese)
"What is your name?"

First bottom one is incomplete.. it's trying to say "What are you called?" (or basically what is your name.
Second bottom one is almost complete but has an error... last character is wrong.

I'm a bit rusty though.

edit: Corrections.

Edited by anxious_ant on Tuesday 24th July 20:02

[thebraketester]

NotYipper said:

It means grasshopper your a .

I know I am a .... but what about the above phrases? ;-)

[thebraketester]

anxious_ant said:

Top picture is more formal way of asking for a person's name. (Simplified Mandarin)
"What is your name?"

First bottom one is basically "What are you called?" which is basically asking for someone's name.
Second bottom one has an error... last character is wrong.

Thanks ant. Should the bottom one read...

[anxious_ant]

thebraketester said:

Thanks ant. Should the bottom one read...

Yes, that's correct.

[thebraketester]

Cool. Thanks for your help. So they all basically mean the same thing.

Thanks. (There will probably be more to come if you don’t mind helping occasionally)

Rich

[Sheets Tabuer]

It says you're too fat don't contact me again.




Am I the only one that remembers that thread?

[Einion Yrth]

Sheets Tabuer said:

It says you're too fat don't contact me again.




Am I the only one that remembers that thread?

I remember it;

it wasn't very helpful then, either.

[Sheets Tabuer]

The original thread where the op asked a German bird out for a date from about 2008?

[Spoon Burner]

Can anyone find that thread? Would love to read that again it was hilarious!