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  2. Transcription into Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Transcription into Chinese characters is the use of traditional or simplified Chinese characters to phonetically transcribe the sound of terms and names of foreign words to the Chinese language. Transcription is distinct from translation into Chinese whereby the meaning of a foreign word is communicated in Chinese.

  3. Help:IPA/Mandarin - Wikipedia

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    Help. : IPA/Mandarin. This is the for transcriptions of Mandarin on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mandarin in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any ...

  4. Yuanfen - Wikipedia

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    The concept of "synchronicity", first introduced by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, is a good English translation of yuanfen. The French writer Émile Deschamps claims in his memoirs that in 1805, he was treated to some plum pudding by a stranger named Monsieur de Fontgibu. Ten years later, the writer encountered plum pudding on the menu of a ...

  5. Diplopia - Wikipedia

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    Diplopia. Diplopia. Other names. Double vision. One way a person might experience double vision. Specialty. Neurology, ophthalmology. Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. [ 1] Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus ...

  6. Chinese Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Baptism (中国式洗礼, Zhōngguóshì xǐlǐ) – The new Chinese government. Baptism (洗礼, xǐlǐ) is a play on words referring to Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang. River crab (河蟹, héxiè) – Pun on héxié (和谐) meaning "harmony". Online Chinese term for Internet censorship commonly seen in forums and blogs. [4]

  7. List of shibboleths - Wikipedia

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    Original shibboleth. The term originates from the Hebrew word shibbólet ( שִׁבֹּלֶת‎ ), which means the part of a plant containing grain, such as the head of a stalk of wheat or rye; [ 1] [ 2][ 3] or less commonly (but arguably more appropriately) [ a] " flood, torrent ". [ 4][ 5] The modern use derives from an account in the Hebrew ...

  8. Cave of septum pellucidum - Wikipedia

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    A cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) cyst is defined as a cystic structure with a width of at least 10 mm in the septum's region, whose walls exhibit lateral bowling. Cysts within the cave of septum pellucidum are rare, with an incidence of 0.04%. CSP cysts can be classified as communicating and noncommunicating, with communicating referring to its ...

  9. Daoism–Taoism romanization issue - Wikipedia

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    The English words Daoism ( / ˈdaʊ.ɪzəm / ⓘ) and Taoism ( / ˈdaʊ.ɪzəm /, / ˈtaʊ.ɪzəm / ⓘ) are alternative spellings for the same-named Chinese philosophy and religion. The root for Daoism or Taoism is the Chinese word 道 ("path" or "way"), which was transcribed tao or tau in the earliest systems for the romanization of Chinese ...