[Joanna]

i thought the bad word was "pok gai" =S
thanks for some of the "hair words" 320929. last time i went to Taiwan for a haircut, i only had to choose from the pictures that had in the magazines since i didnt know how to explain how to get my hair cut >< but since i know now, it'll be easier.

In many instances, whenever people in Taiwan hear Mainlanders speak (there are few in Taiwan), it always sounds a bit different.

For example (I may be wrong), I've heard the structure "你累了是不是?". That structure is quite incorrect in Taiwanese Mandarin grammar. It would be "你是不是累了?" This could be one of those differences.

yehh i think the grammar is slightly different. sometimes when i speak Mandarin to my Chinese friends, they laugh at me because my grammar is different from theirs? the accent is also different, Taiwanese Mandarin seems more informal to me.

[speak without my voice]

Hey does anybody know how to write my name in Chinese? T.T
Lau, Yee Kei

(Edit: dunno if this helps?? but I THINK the 'YeeKei' part is written something like this in Chinese
http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yeekeice4.jpg
Not sure if it is correct though ... o__0)


Does the name mean anything special, or is it just a name?
and curious, how would the name be pronounced in Mandarin?

[w4termelon]

^ 劉绮琪

in mando would be: Liu Yi Qi

[miss sweetie]

Hey does anybody know how to write my name in Chinese? T.T
Lau, Yee Kei

(Edit: dunno if this helps?? but I THINK the 'YeeKei' part is written something like this in Chinese
http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yeekeice4.jpg
Not sure if it is correct though ... o__0)
Does the name mean anything special, or is it just a name?
and curious, how would the name be pronounced in Mandarin?

劉绮琪

i think thats it. the second character might look a bit different than the one you have in your picture. but its the same. the one that i have is just the simplified way.


i'm not good in mandarin. so i can't help you with that part.
or the translation for that matter.

im not sure if your name has any meaning. sorry

[butterflyeffect]

Hey does anybody know how to write my name in Chinese? T.T
Lau, Yee Kei

(Edit: dunno if this helps?? but I THINK the 'YeeKei' part is written something like this in Chinese
http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yeekeice4.jpg
Not sure if it is correct though ... o__0)
Does the name mean anything special, or is it just a name?
and curious, how would the name be pronounced in Mandarin?

I think it's pronounced "liu yi qi".. not sure what it means though, sorry.

edit: apparently it's "liu qi qi".

[SOCKBUNNY]

does anyone know what to call an "unlocked cellphone" in mandarin?
I've been trying to explain it to cellphone retailers in taiwan and none of them seem to have heard of it

[w4termelon]

^ 不封鎖手機. try that ^^

[w4termelon]

ahhh double posts >< sowwie

[speak without my voice]

Thanks cocoluv-99, miss sweetie, リズ * for the help! Much appreciated

[xserene]

well im jpnese..so im not THAT fluent in mandarin..
but i DID learn it so..hm...well u can say to the
hair dresser lik:

"你可不可以幫我�“窇我的頭髮? 還有我想修我的劉海______"
[/tl] can u please layer my hair? and also, i want to fix my bangs.
(and then state how u how u want ur bangs styled/or cut)]

---pronoucation:
ni3 ke3 yi3 bang0 wo3 dao3 bao2 wo3 de0 tou2 fa3?
hai2 you3, wo3 xiang3 xiou0 wo3 de0 liou2 hai3?
---
dao3 bao2/�“窇 = layer
liou2 hai3/劉海 = bang
OR u can start the sentence when "i want to"
which is "wo3 xiang3 / 我想"

i hope that helps u....but u guess u should make
it more descriptive...or if luckii the person will
know what u want..LOL ANYWAYS...GOODLUCK^^

**PS..not sure it u can see the chinese words...@@;;

wooooooooow, thank you soo much!!!! hehe
sorry i replied so late!! but thanks so much! heehee

could anyone else help me with hair terms?
(b/c i plan to get my haircut in tw, and im not fluent in chinese >.<)
heeheh

[Deziel]

Wow >_> Looking at a few of the pages I guess 9 years of Cantonese Chinese School paid off, I read most of what was posted. ^^ >_> Although I read it slowly. xD It takes a while for my brain to process the word. =P

[xXFilipina_DreamerXx]

HI ALL YOU SMART CHINESE SPEAKERS! I came across this and I was hoping if someone could translate the post and comments on this? Sorry if I'm on the wrong thread but I used a translator and it didn't make anysense at ALL! I was hoping if someone is willing may you please PM me the translation? THANK YOU!! <33

http://blog.pixnet.net/fenfen0615/post/1768293

[MoiraElla]

hi everyone
can someone tel me what "hay foon lei" mean? i think its in cantonese xD thanks

[stupidfactory]

SOeun: "hei foon lay" means "I like you"

[MoiraElla]

^aw hahah thanks for translating for me

[tengxanxan]

ive been learning chinese since on my prep skul, sadly i dont think i learned that much cause all i do in class was to play and talk.heheee.. i did passed my exams with flying colors but just cant remember all the things ive studied.hehe.. i can read some mandarin words adnd not know the meaning of it. im not good in manadrin either, but i can mae conversations with hookien(fokien) cause most chinese people speaks that dialect in the Philippines. anybody here known hookien??

[prizzyy]

^ yepp i do know hokkien! ^^ hope i can be of help ^^
not totally fluent, but been speaking it since i was like a toddler or smth! =)

[-ayu-]

How do you translate: 'Walking in the park is good for you'? Thank you!

[cRoSsTaGe]

xXFilipina_DreamerXx
【MV】英雄在中與上戶彩～原來是你、才是愛

這個系列的最後一個，可惜沒看到細亞跟昌岷的，不知道有沒有，造這個邏輯，兩個應該是配台灣或新加坡、泰國的女明星吧，最後連字幕都來了，完全是電影的手法阿～拜倒，他們自己配的看多，像這樣的MV方式反倒新鮮，不知其他團體們有沒有這樣的玩法，我迷上這東西啦～笑。美美的在中跟很酷的Aya，這樣的情侶，感覺男生會一直被念、欺負、巴頭之類的～笑。

It goes:
HERO Jaejong and Ueto Aya~It was you, is love

This series is the last one and too bad that there was no Xiah and Changmin ones. Don't know whether that have it. According to this logic, the two of them should be acting opposite a Taiwanese, Singapore, Thai stars. In the end even the subs are available, it was totally like a movie. For the ones that they do it themselves I've seen much of it but like this way, its quite refreshing. I'm not sure whether other grps does it this way. I'm addicted to it...laughs. Pretty Jaejong and cool Aya, couples like this, it feels like the guys wil be nagged, bullied, beaten in the head and stuff like that~laughs.

tengxanxan
I know Hokkien too. We can sort of chit chat in Hokkien. lol

-ayu-
在公园散步对你的身体有好处

[-ayu-]

^ Thank you

How would you translate: What would you like for breakfast?