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The use of tongzhi over tongxinglian roughly parallels the use of "gay" over "homosexual" in English-language discourse. [ citation needed ] Although the term initially referred to gay ( 男同志 , 'male tongzhi ' ) and lesbian ( 女同志 , 'female tongzhi ' ) people, in recent years its scope has gradually expanded to cover a wider spectrum ...
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers received mixed reviews. CBC Books called it "a novel of language and love" and noted that "with sparkling wit, Xiaolu Guo has created an utterly original novel about identity and the cultural divide". [2] English critic Boyd Tonkin from The Independent hailed it as '"An auspicious English language ...
The most common Chinese term for "fate" or "destiny" is mìngyùn (命運; 命运, literally "the turn of events in life"). " Providence " and " predestination " are not exact translations, because these words imply that things happen by the will of God or gods , whereas yuánfèn does not necessarily involve divine intervention.
The Chinese word for bird "niǎo"(鸟) was pronounced as "diǎo" in ancient times, which rhymes with (屌) meaning penis or sexual organ. [15] It also sounds the same as "penis" in several Chinese dialects. Thus, bird is often associated with 'fuck', 'penis' or 'nonsense'： wǒ niǎo nǐ (Chinese: 我鳥你) = I give a shit about you (Beijing ...
The word mamihlapinatapai is derived from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It has been translated as "a look that without words is shared by two people who want to initiate something, but that neither will ...
Ai is a Japanese and Chinese and Vietnamese given name. In Japanese, it is almost always used as a feminine Japanese given name, written as あい in hiragana, アイ in katakana, 愛, 藍 or 亜衣 in kanji. It could mean love, affection (愛), or indigo (藍). The kanji 亜衣 is only associated as a proper noun, it could mean Asian clothes.
Two other words for love in the Greek language, eros (sexual love) and storge (child-to-parent love), were never used in the New Testament. [ 8 ] Christians believe that to love God with all your heart, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself are the two most important things in life (the greatest commandment of the Jewish Torah ...
Loanwords have entered written and spoken Chinese from many sources, including ancient peoples whose descendants now speak Chinese. In addition to phonetic differences, varieties of Chinese such as Cantonese and Shanghainese often have distinct words and phrases left from their original languages which they continue to use in daily life and sometimes even in Mandarin.