How Do I Say “something” in Chinese ? – Post Your Questions Here
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Interesting!
How about “pop culture”?
Do you mean as in the Music Scene Pop Culture ?
Hey man,
Could you tell me how to say the frase below un chinese? And how could write it. My boss would love it.
“corrupted by the status quo”
Hi Pedro
One way would be 受现状的影响 shou4 xian4zhuang4 de ying3xiang3
Literally it means to receive ( 受) “status quo” or “current situation” (现状) influence (影响)
In English we have an idiomatic way of describing “current situation” ie “status quo”. One cannot always find an exact equivalent in a target language. So for this we would just use the closest thing with the same meaning.
If you have heard other ways to say it feel free to share, but this is what my Chinese friend recommended just now.
Hi there!
How would i say “Fifteen years. Ever since i came to the United States” in Mandarin?
Much appreciation!!
Nikki
Hi Nikki
Your sentence is a bit strange. But here is the translation :
十五年。从我来到美国的时候。 – shi2wu3 nian2. cong2 wo3 lai2dao4 mei3guo2 de shi2hou4
What is the context of the sentence ?
What’s the word for practice in mandarin?
Practice = lian4xi2 联系
As in “practice chinese” for example.
How do I say “How do I say?” is mandarin? Eg, I am in a restaurant and I point to a picture on the menu ask the waiter in mandarin “How do I say this?”
sorry posted the comment to the wrong page!
or, in the alternative, how does a person say “What is this?”
You could simply point to the thing in question and say “Zhong1wen2 zen3me shuo1 ?”
That means “Chinese how to say” ie “How do you say (point) in chinese?”
If you want to add more to the sentence you could say “zhe4ge Zhong1wen2 zen3me shuo1 ?”
That adds the word “this” so you are essentially saying “How do you say this in Chinese?”
zhe4 shi4 shen2me ? = this is what ?
i.e. what is this ?
你 好！How do u say flower?
Well of course there are many different types of flower， but the basic word for flower is “hua1″ 花
Thank You! 谢 谢！
please answer this
shou chu fei lu bin chang you de tian zai?
shenme dong lou hui kan men?
yi ge xing qi you shenme?
women shenme kan?
shenme zi ran shi lu se de?
8 footer shi gao hai shi chang 8 footer is heisht or lenth?
I would need to know the tones before I could answer – it’s too difficult otherwise.
Please also tell me the context of this – is this from a chinese book or something someone said or what ?
Thanks
What is the character for LEGO?
It appears to be 乐高玩具 le4gao1 wan2ju4 – the first 2 characters 乐高 are “Lego” and the second 2 玩具 just mean “toy”.
hi. how do you say “Avoid dark colored foods?” and do you know a website that lists the Mandarin translation of different kind of diets (eg Low-salt low-fat, clear liquid diet, low residue diet)? thank you very much.
Interesting question. I think you might be able to say “bi4mian3 shen1se4de shi2wu4″ 避免深色的食物 – but I’m not sure if it translates correctly. Try it and explain what you mean by “dark colored” foods, they may have a special word for that.
As for a website with all these terms I’m afraid I don’t know of any. Just make a list of all the words that are important to you and have a native Chinese person help you find the right words to use.