Good Morning Post

[Xdqwerty]

*sigh*

 

[Deleted member 720802]

Okay good morning posters, today we will learn our daily Chinese lesson

Coffee

咖啡 ka fei

If you post 咖啡 below you will get plus 50 social credit score!

Ok コーヒー did I spell it right?

 

[x65943]

Ok コーヒー did I spell it right?

日本鬼子需要离开！

 

[Deleted member 720802]

日本鬼子需要离开！

Google Translate translates this as "The Japs are leaving!"
The question is, what are they leaving?

 

[x65943]

Google Translate translates this as "The Japs are leaving!"
The question is, what are they leaving?

Google translate is garbage

日本 Japan
鬼子 devil
需要 need/must
离开 leave

I suggest chatgpt for translation

 

[Deleted member 720802]

Google translate is garbage

日本 Japan
鬼子 devil
需要 need/must
离开 leave

I suggest chatgpt for translation

Kinda figured out the first two (I mean they're almost literally the same), last two could have probably figured them out too but I don't know the kanji lol, also thank you I'll use ChatGPT for Chinese from now on

 

[SylverReZ]

Good morning 754780978485

Why am I a dog in that image?

Yup. You're the one on the right as a dog.

 

[AncientBoi]

 

[x65943]

Good morning China lovers

This morning Oolong tea is half off

 

[AncientBoi]

 

[x65943]

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Sorry lad, Cranesbill sold out to China

We also have some special cha from heilongjiang for 15 yuan

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

I've been practicing simple hanzi. I think I learned the one for coffee.

 

[x65943]

Let me teach you something

咖啡 kafei

In Chinese most Hanzi 汉字 (han characters)

Have two parts, one bit tells you about pronunciation in ancient China and the other bit about meaning

Unfortunately over time (a couple thousand years) pronunciation has changed - so it helps in some instances more than others

But for 咖 for instance (first part of kafei) the 咖 is composed of 口 on the left and 加 on the right

口 means mouth, and it tells you this character is usually used for its sound

加 (jia in Mandarin, ke in Cantonese) is the bit that tells you how it's said (broadly)

The fei bit is the same 啡 is a mix of 口 and 非 and in this instance again kou/mouth tells you the character is used for its sound, and fei/非 tells you how it's said (非常 is an example of a word using the other bit of fei from which 啡 is derived)

You will see this over and over again

Like in 妈 (ma) mom, a mix of 女 woman and 马 horse

女 (nv) gives you a hint about meaning, 马 (ma) tells you how it's said

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

Let me teach you something

咖啡 kafei

In Chinese most Hanzi 汉字 (han characters)

Have two parts, one bit tells you about pronunciation in ancient China and the other bit about meaning

Unfortunately over time (a couple thousand years) pronunciation has changed - so it helps in some instances more than others

But for 咖 for instance (first part of kafei) the 咖 is composed of 口 on the left and 加 on the right

口 means mouth, and it tells you this character is usually used for its sound

加 (jia in Mandarin, ke in Cantonese) is the bit that tells you how it's said (broadly)

The fei bit is the same 啡 is a mix of 口 and 非 and in this instance again kou/mouth tells you the character is used for its sound, and fei/非 tells you how it's said (非常 is an example of a word using the other bit of fei from which 啡 is derived)

You will see this over and over again

Like in 妈 (ma) mom, a mix of 女 woman and 马 horse

女 (nv) gives you a hint about meaning, 马 (ma) tells you how it's said

I recognized the "ke" bit from japanese, as well as the mouth symbol. Thanks for confirming my suspicions

 

[x65943]

Most kanji have a Chinese reading and a native Japanese reading

Often the Chinese reading reflects a more ancient Chinese pronunciation than in modern Chinese owing to the characters being borrowed over 1000 years ago

 

[hippy dave]

Like in 妈 (ma) mom, a mix of 女 woman and 马 horse

Ancient Chinese burn: yo momma's a horse-woman

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

Ancient Chinese burn: yo momma's a horse-woman

Nah its more like yo ma sounds like a horse

 

[x65943]

you guys probably already know this but 你好 ni3hao3 "hello"

or literally "you good"

is a combination of 你 and 好

ni is composed of semantic 人 ren2 (person) and phonetic/semantic 尔 er3 (you)

but hao is composed of two entirely semantic pieces 女 nv3 (woman) and 子 zi3 (child)

so "good" is a wife and child

 

[Xdqwerty]

I don't feel like learning the language of unlicensed products

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

I don't feel like learning the language of unlicensed products

But the Chinese Century is coming for you.