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| bio | website | pootonghua.com |
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| location | London / Hong Kong / Shenzhen | |
| age | 30 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 5 months |
| seen | May 18 at 18:56 | |
| stats | profile views | 48 |
A British programmer living in Guangdong. I build websites and mobile applications for whoever will pay me, and spend the rest of my time eating 土豆丝，叉烧饭 and 焗猪扒饭。
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Jan 5 |
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What are the rules of writing a 对联 (chinese couplet)? I'm thinking about it more as a creative device (rather than something to post on our doors). The same as haiku or limerick. So I'm more concerned about the constraints of writing one. Do you think the 平仄 constraint is important? |
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Jan 5 |
awarded | Editor |
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Jan 5 |
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What are the rules of writing a 对联 (chinese couplet)? add the pinyin for duilian |
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Jan 5 |
asked | What are the rules of writing a 对联 (chinese couplet)? |
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Dec 30 |
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What does 民以食为天 mean? so each character has to have equal meaning? I guess this is more like an english poetic couplet. |
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Dec 30 |
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What does 民以食为天 mean? Thats a nice example of a 对联 (couplet). |
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Dec 23 |
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Why do I see 我 for I, but is pronounced WAH When I first started learning, my Taiwan friend would correct my pronunciation, after a while I realised I should ignore him, and follow standard Mandarin. |
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Dec 18 |
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How to describe differences between Cantonese and Mandarin? I spent a few weeks in Korea, and also felt this equivalence. Especially for place names and Sino-Korean numbers, the Korean pronunciation is very like cantonese. 南山 "nam san" is one I noticed a lot. |
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Dec 17 |
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How do native Chinese greet each other on daily basis? in addition to these “你吃饭了吗？” (have you eaten rice?) is fairly common. |
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Dec 15 |
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Is there an equivalent for the Cantonese phrase “Ng Goi” To me it sounds like "m goi", but I know lots of the "m" sounds get romanised as "ng". Officially should it be "mh goi" or "ng goi"? There isn't much romanisation here in HK. |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Dec 14 |
answered | How offensive is 他妈的? |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Dec 14 |
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Tense and use of 了 I think sometimes the 了 is used just because it sounds right. |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Student |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Dec 14 |
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Is there an equivalent for the Cantonese phrase “Ng Goi” Thanks. "wu gai"... will have to remember that. |
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Dec 14 |
accepted | Is there an equivalent for the Cantonese phrase “Ng Goi” |
