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I guess you mean this Misao:
Cantonese and Pinyin Pronounciation Guide

 

nop.. not that i know all taht.. just that.. hm how should i say it.. sometimes whenu learn chinese from small kindergarten they will teach u the buh puh muh fuh.. ones u know all this u can start read the words with the zuyin fu hao at the side of the actual word... and then once u get to know taht u can read with out the zuyin fu hao.. understand?? that is what i needa learn first of all .. -_- save me teddz^ and Shen!!!! lai jiou wo bah!!!!
misao

 

You mean ping ying? o0

- Teddz

 

... maybe i am the one confused.. aysh.. but i dun think its piying.. or is it?? aysh..u know those other words besides the normal chinese chracters... er.. maybe i think ill just give up... =.=
misao

 

Hmm, Asiangurl has been learning some secret and forbiddened method of Chinese!

... Having searched around I think I know what she is talking about. Though I have no clue that it was called this nor do I really know how to use it.

Source ----> Zhuyin FuHao

Isn't this the method used to type out chinese characters on the keyboard? and you use different combination to get the characters you need?

- Shen

 

OH yes!! that is wut i am talking about -_- i was going insane thinking that i was crazy or something hahah.. well yeah that is what i was looking for and which u found but duno how to use.. hmm.. then that's a problem cus i needa learn how to use this for me to read and type heheh .. im stupid yeah.. wo hen peng.. hahah lol.. anyways thanks for taking ur time and looking at it ^^
misao :anime:

 

Isn't that method a tad advanced?

But then again, I am a mainland chinese.

- Teddz

 

ahhah... hmm... then... hmm.. but in mainland chinese they have this as i know.. or no
?? kekeke.. oh well thanks thought
misao~

 

Nihao! Nihao ma Waani Thats about as much as i know . She She! And i also know Mgoi=thanks in Cantonese.

 

On that note... there is actually two types of "Thank you":

1. One where you say "Thank You" when someone helps you out or does you a favour. That's Mmmm-Goi

2. The other is when you say "Thank You" upon receiving something from someone, e.g. a birthday present. That's Dor-Jer

Adding a -Sai prefix to either of the two shows more gratitute. Basically the "... very much" bit in english.

- Shen

 

Is this right 'Zhi Zhi En' it's ment to mean 'wisdom to know kindness'

 

err...Not quiet sure about that phrase to be honest, since there are no chinese words with the " EN " pronounciation.

- Teddz

 

I didnt know that, thanks Shen

 

Suspected as much oh well not much a can do about it really

 

Someone do me a fave and translate this for me and send it to me in a private message im completly lost on its meaning or on what it is saying think of it as a challenge

不管怎样，我都把你当成一个陌生的朋友，听不懂我的话，晕，

你个妈妈的个大死比。

祝愿你们一家人都像比一下难看的一比

 

Hmmm, crap i'm confused. Ok, havent been keeping up with this, sorry. So how would you basically greet someone formally and casually. Also, in the vocab are they missing any letters? Like in other languages where they have no -I or -R or something like that? Also, wouldnt it be better to split this into 2 threads. One for Cantonese and Mandarin? Just a suggestion. :bleed:

 

Not a bad idea actually... I'll do something about it in due course.

In cantonese:

Casually:

- "Wai!" (Hey)... adding to that "Diim aa?" (How's it going?)
The response to the latter include "gei hou" and "hou hou" - quite good and very good respectively

N.B "Hou" - pronounced like "hole"

Formally

- "Nei hou maa?"


"Hello" is often used as well.
Also note that this is only to be used in spoken cantonese and not in written chinese.

- Shen

 

So if I wanted to add a name would it be "Wai Shen, Diim aa." Hey shen, hows it going? Would that work if I wanted to include the name of the person I am speaking to? Since you are also helping me with the language I would say Mmmm-Goi-Sai? Heh heh. I'm such a newb.

 

Yes, that would be correct. Some more add-ons to the "Hey" bit would be:


1. "Juoi gan diim aa?" - how's it going recently?

2. "Jo gan mut yer aa?" also the same as "Jo gan mer aa?" - what are you up to?

Responses:

1. "Ok laa"/ "ma ma dei laa" - Ok/ average
Following that "lei le?" - and you?

2. "Mo mut yer aa" also, "Mo mer aa" - Not much

As you can see, "mut yer" is replaced by "mer" - for quicker talk if you like.

Note that the "laa" and "aa" is not found in written chinese or mandarin (I think). It is mainly used to make the flow of the sentance sound better.

But generally, they are used as follows:

"aa" - used at the end of an asking question
"laa" - used at the end of a responding answer

- Shen

 

Does the speed at which you speak effect how it sounds? So if you have a deep voice and speak slowly will it make a differance of how it sounds or anything like that? If "Diim aa" means (how's it going) what is the purpose of "Juoi gan" By the way, where did you and Teddz learn to speak Chinese?