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 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:19 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:29 am
Sun nin fai lok.
Gung hei fat choi.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:18 pm
Heh. My parents said those words to me today.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:39 pm
What do "those words" mean?
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:51 pm
What "year" is it?
I was born in year of the Sheep ^^.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:14 pm
'Tis the year of the pig.
Gong xi fa cai!
Xin nian kuai le!
[Loosely translated:
(I wish you) Good fortune in the new year.
Happy new year.]
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:24 pm
Though it doesn't make sense in Cantonese.
Since "gung hei" means congratulations and "fat choi" means great wealth. It's literally congratulating someone for, let's say, winning the lottery. You can't say that if you haven't won yet.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:50 pm
That why it's loosely translated. <<;
Same thing in Mandarin. It's the same phrase, but pronounced differently. Anyway.
It's positive thinking?
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:29 pm
I see. Thank you.
Year of the pig? Interesting...
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:19 pm
Twelve year cycle:
Rat
Ox/ cow
Tiger
Hare/ rabbit
Dragon
Snake/ serpent
Horse
Ram/ sheep
Monkey
Rooster/ chicken
Dog
Boar/ pig
I have this memorized in Chinese. This is also what I use to figure out my mom's age.
And other alternative words.
Next year, we go back to the winner of the race. =)
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:22 pm
I don't remember the order.
The only thing I memorized is Rabbit > Dragon > Snake.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:56 am
Shu, niu, hu, tu, long, she, ma, yang, hou, ji, gou, zhu.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:13 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:28 pm
Firiona Next year, we go back to the winner of the race. =) Wait...wouldn't go back to "Rat"? And besides, the tortoise won the race. What's the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese? (Japanese seems so much easier than Chinese.)
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:43 am
They sound different.
One is the official language of China.
One has hanyu pinyin.
One is cooler.
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