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shaddupfool

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this is for cantonese people... how do you say "sing yee" in english?

for those who might not know what sing yee is here is a chinese sentence

gnaw ho yao "sing yee" tong ney gong dui mm gee
 
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sniperruff

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i speak cantonese but your "spelling" is horrid. i can only read out the last part of your sentence as "you don't even know I'm talking with you"
 
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aplefka

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Originally posted by: axelfox
Wouldn't you say a Chinese word in, uh, Chinese?
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No, he's trying to translate it, like bella to beautiful or something like that. Some expressions only exist in their language though.
 
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Howard

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Originally posted by: sniperruff
i speak cantonese but your "spelling" is horrid. i can only read out the last part of your sentence as "you don't even know I'm talking with you"
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I thought he meant "I something something say sorry to you"?
 
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sniperruff

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Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: sniperruff
i speak cantonese but your "spelling" is horrid. i can only read out the last part of your sentence as "you don't even know I'm talking with you"
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I thought he meant "I something something say sorry to you"?
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haha now you mention it, that would work too

that is the problem with "spelling out" cantonese. spelling out mandarin would be easier.
 
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GiLtY

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If you can post the actual chinese characters I can translate it, but that... no can do.

Trying to sound them out is just such a pain in the ass

--GiLtY
 
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sniperruff

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oh i know what it is

well it can translate into "motivation", "integrity" or something like that.

the sentence goes like

i am apologizing to you with my full intention...?

straight translate: I, with full intention, am saying sorry to you
 
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shaddupfool

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Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: sniperruff
i speak cantonese but your "spelling" is horrid. i can only read out the last part of your sentence as "you don't even know I'm talking with you"
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I thought he meant "I something something say sorry to you"?
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haha now you mention it, that would work too

that is the problem with "spelling out" cantonese. spelling out mandarin would be easier.
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yeah mandarin has pin yin.. cantonese doesnt... and "i something something say sorry to you is right" but the sing yee part is the part where NO one knows..
 
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shaddupfool

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Originally posted by: GiLtY
If you can post the actual chinese characters I can translate it, but that... no can do.

Trying to sound them out is just such a pain in the ass

--GiLtY
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beats me.. dont know how to write in chinese
 
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saltedeggman

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i am chinese (cantonese primiarily) from Hong Kong, and I have absolutely no clue whats his so-called cantonese translations are !
 
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sniperruff

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ok i got it. i think "truthfulness" would be the best word for it

or simply "i am really sorry" in english.
 
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spanky

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u dont have any cantonese friends? relatives? i've heard of that term before, but i dunno what it means. i guess that makes me "mow lun yong" :(
 
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