Comments on: Ni Hao http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/ From The Arse End Of The Anglosphere Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sanny http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-15014 sanny Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:39:47 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-15014 whatever whatever

]]> By: yobbo http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-14075 yobbo Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:58:38 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-14075 I got it from a Taiwanese Mandarin speaker, maybe that's why it sounds different? Don't ask me. I got it from a Taiwanese Mandarin speaker, maybe that’s why it sounds different? Don’t ask me.

]]> By: Eric http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-14073 Eric Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:13:36 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-14073 師歌山姆華德 [or 师歌山姆华德 in simplified characters] The last four characters are pronounced Shanmu Huade (in Mandarin) Shan - hill, mountain. Mu - various meanings, such as what, why, uh-huh; but main meaning is governess or matron. Shanmu has no meaning; it's just two characters that approximate the sound of Sam. Hua - brilliant, prosperous; but it's also the character for China. De - virtue, heart or kindness; first character for Germany (Deguo). Huade has no meaning - it sounds like Ward. I don't know where you got this name, but if it's from a human and not an Internet site then you should go and biff them. It's stupid. But it sounds pretty close to Sam Ward to native Mandarin speakers. 師歌山姆華德 [or 师歌山姆华德 in simplified characters]

The last four characters are pronounced Shanmu Huade (in Mandarin)

Shan – hill, mountain.
Mu – various meanings, such as what, why, uh-huh; but main meaning is governess or matron.

Shanmu has no meaning; it’s just two characters that approximate the sound of Sam.

Hua – brilliant, prosperous; but it’s also the character for China.
De – virtue, heart or kindness; first character for Germany (Deguo).

Huade has no meaning – it sounds like Ward.

I don’t know where you got this name, but if it’s from a human and not an Internet site then you should go and biff them. It’s stupid. But it sounds pretty close to Sam Ward to native Mandarin speakers.

]]> By: Patrick http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13803 Patrick Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:38:02 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13803 Yeah but our pirate XP comes from China. I only recognized Shan (mountain), I clearly need more study. Yeah but our pirate XP comes from China.

I only recognized Shan (mountain), I clearly need more study.

]]> By: yobbo http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13678 yobbo Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:42:23 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13678 Because most of us have pirate versions of Windows XP I'm guessing. Because most of us have pirate versions of Windows XP I’m guessing.

]]> By: Steve http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13677 Steve Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:40:20 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13677 Sorry, but .gif is getting too technical..... it translates to Communist Slayer why doesn't everyone have Asian fonts installed? Sorry, but .gif is getting too technical…..
it translates to Communist Slayer

why doesn’t everyone have Asian fonts installed?

]]> By: yobbo http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13616 yobbo Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:17:23 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13616 Steve, nobody can read that unless they have Chinese characters installed. You need to make it a .gif file. Steve, nobody can read that unless they have Chinese characters installed. You need to make it a .gif file.

]]> By: Steve http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13615 Steve Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:06:11 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13615 What about this in Kanji/Hiragana? 共産主義の殺害者 What about this in Kanji/Hiragana?

共産主義の殺害者

]]> By: David Leyonhjelm http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13562 David Leyonhjelm Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:08:02 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13562 Handsome? Just shows there's misleading advertising in all languages. Handsome?

Just shows there’s misleading advertising in all languages.

]]> By: conrad http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13555 conrad Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:29:40 +0000 http://yobbo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/ni-hao/#comment-13555 I think the first 5 characters are shuai-gao-shan-mu-cao if I remember correctly. I can't remember the 6th. THe morphemes (which might not have anything to do with the words -- I stopped learning Mandarin years ago) are tall-handsome-mountain-something female - probably something to do with grass. Heres my guess of the tranlsation: You are a good looking, tall and solid guy who works in the great outdoors . The girls would love you except you are too effiminant, and possibly heterosexually challenged. I think the first 5 characters are shuai-gao-shan-mu-cao if I remember correctly. I can’t remember the 6th. THe morphemes (which might not have anything to do with the words — I stopped learning Mandarin years ago) are tall-handsome-mountain-something female – probably something to do with grass.

Heres my guess of the tranlsation:

You are a good looking, tall and solid guy who works in the great outdoors . The girls would love you except you are too effiminant, and possibly heterosexually challenged.

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