Chinese ATOTers. What does this say?

[Eug]

http://www.snorgtees.com/image...ybackIsA_Fullpic_1.gif

 

[imported_LoKe]

...Bitch?

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: LoKe
...Bitch?

Are you guessing? That would make sense, but it would nice to get a direct translation.

 

[dighn]

literally, female dog

LOL @ the terrified godzillas

 

[UncleWai]

That's both retarded and lame.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: dighn
literally, female dog

LOL @ the terrified godzillas

Cool, thx.

P.S. I guess female dog isn't "nu gou" then.

P.P.S. This is what you get when you google Chinese female dog.

Originally posted by: UncleWai
That's both retarded and lame.

Yep, and I like it. I'm thinking of getting it as an Xmas present.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Eug
P.S. I guess female dog isn't "nu gou" then.

Usually people say "mu gou". What is written in the pic sounds wrong actually.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: Eug
P.S. I guess female dog isn't "nu gou" then.

Usually people say "mu gou". What is written in the pic sounds wrong actually.

What is the pin yin for the words in that picture?

xxxx tai

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: dighn
literally, female dog

LOL @ the terrified godzillas

Cool, thx.

P.S. I guess female dog isn't "nu gou" then.

P.P.S. This is what you get when you google Chinese female dog.

Originally posted by: UncleWai
That's both retarded and lame.

Yep, and I like it. I'm thinking of getting it as an Xmas present.

It's "ci1 quan3". Literally, female/feminine dog. Though I've never actually heard anyone use ci to mean female; nu3 is more typical as you mentioned. And quan3 is the radical for dog (gou3), and they're used interchangeably in writing... but in speaking, I've only ever heard gou3.

Edit: I should mention that chinese dictionaries specifically reference gou3 in their definition of quan3.

Edit2: the second word isn't tai4. tai4 and quan3 both look like da4 with an extra dash, but tai4 has the dash between the "legs" of da4.

 

[Eug]

1) The second character isn't "tai"? <-- EDIT. I see you've answered that already.

2) What are all the numbers? Tones?

 

[dighn]

I believe it's "ci2" instead. And "nu3" isn't used for animals.

 

[kaymin]

nah, it's ci1. and yeah hero or 'xiong' is male for animals. The 2nd character is not tai. Tai has the dash at the lower right corner not the upper right.


chi1 hyun5 for cantonese.

 

[eLiu]

Eug: The 2nd numbers are tones, yeah.

dighn: My dictionary lists ci1 and ci2, but all the phrases are written with ci1. Then again, I've never heard this word used verbally so I'm not 100% here. Also I could've sworn I've heard nu3 used with animals growing up, but apparently I'm just remembering wrong, lol.

 

[Eug]

Thanks guys.

Even though you guys think the characters sound odd, I think the person I'll get the shirt for will think it's funny.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: kaymin
nah, it's ci1. and yeah hero or 'xiong' is male for animals. The 2nd character is not tai. Tai has the dash at the lower right corner not the upper right.


chi1 hyun5 for cantonese.

not according to the dictionary and my own experience. Maybe a Taiwan/Mainland difference? It wouldn't be the first one.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: kaymin
nah, it's ci1. and yeah hero or 'xiong' is male for animals. The 2nd character is not tai. Tai has the dash at the lower right corner not the upper right.


chi1 hyun5 for cantonese.

not according to the dictionary and my own experience. Maybe a Taiwan/Mainland difference? It wouldn't be the first one.

Interesting. That link doesn't even list ci1 as an option. It is probably a taiwan/mainland thing then, b/c my (print) dictionary is published by folks in taiwan.

 

[UncleWai]

You use ?? when referring to the biological gender of the species or for electronic input/ouput. (no more confusion of male to male plug in Chinese writing)
? = female
? = male

You use ?? for normal usage of identifying gender.
? is the archaic term for dog, the word is still used in writing nowadays though.

?? is the term for female dog that you will find in a science book. So the coolness factor of writing the Chinese word for bitch is literally zero.

 

[dighn]

There are definitely some noticeable divergences.

Anyway now that I think about it, the original expression was completely correct, just more formal. I haven't seen Mandarin used in a formal context for so long that it sounded strange.

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: eLiu

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: dighn
literally, female dog

LOL @ the terrified godzillas

Cool, thx.

P.S. I guess female dog isn't "nu gou" then.

P.P.S. This is what you get when you google Chinese female dog.

Originally posted by: UncleWai
That's both retarded and lame.

Yep, and I like it. I'm thinking of getting it as an Xmas present.

It's "ci1 quan3". Literally, female/feminine dog. Though I've never actually heard anyone use ci to mean female; nu3 is more typical as you mentioned. And quan3 is the radical for dog (gou3), and they're used interchangeably in writing... but in speaking, I've only ever heard gou3.

Edit: I should mention that chinese dictionaries specifically reference gou3 in their definition of quan3.

Edit2: the second word isn't tai4. tai4 and quan3 both look like da4 with an extra dash, but tai4 has the dash between the "legs" of da4.

this is the first i have heard of this usage as well. mou3 gou3 comes to mind first.