Chinese!

[Hisgashi]

Originally Posted by Kaicui

i say both yi shen and da fu...same thing 2 ways to say it

Heh, I only say Yi sheng sounds better (in my ears)

[Kaicui]

depends on where u r...when im in shanghai with my aunt i say yi sheng. when im in xi'an with my grandma, i say dai fu

[curious_jane]

why is there such a difference?

[Hisgashi]

Yi sheng is more cantonese, Da fu is more mandarin, or so I've heard

[Hisgashi]

Zhong Guo - China

Ying Guo - England

Mei Guo - America

Ri Ben - Japan (Yay!)

Fa Guo - France

De Guo - Germany

[Kaicui]

fei zhou - africa
Bei Mei - North America
Nan Mei - South America
Ya Zhou - Asia
Ou Zhou - Europe

[Hisgashi]

Glad for your support! ^^

Im busy right now, post phrases tomorrow!

[Hisgashi]

Okay, basic retraunt Conversation...

Waiter: Ni xiang chi shen me? (What would you like to eat?)

Hisgashi: Wo xiang che mian tiao (Noodles )

Waiter: Ni xiang he shen me? (What would you like to drink?)

Hisgashi: Ke Kou Ke Le (Not sure if the pinyins right, but it's coca cola)

Waiter: Ching Deng yi deng (Please wait a moment)

(Some time passes....)

Waiter: Zhi shi ni de Mian tiao he ni de Ke Kou ke le. (Here are your noodles and your coke.)

Hisgashi: Xie Xie! (Thank you!)

Hisgashi: Mian Tiao hen hao che! (The noodles are delicious.)

Okay, I'm not good at remembering pinyin, so correct bits which are wrong, if you please.

[Kaicui]

chou ni ma - go fuck ur mother
Wung ba dan - Son of a Bitch

pm me 4 chinese cussing XDDD

[LittleSpoon]

I didn't stick with Chinese for too long, which is a shame, but when I bought my electronic dictionary in Japan, it also had chinese><japanese function on it, and it pronounces the Chinese. I've always loved how since Chinese doesn't have the kana that Japanese does, everything is spelled out in characters. My name is Heath, and in Chinese I think it was something like Xisi. And one of my favorite words is still "Ke kou ke le" Coca cola...and umm...I believe beer was "Pijiu" at least how the pinyin in my dic had it, but the "u" at the end is more of an "o" sound.

And about the Chinese/Japanese connection talk earlier in the thread, of course there is a relation. Japanese kanji comes from Chinese, and some of the pronunciations do too. But Chinese also uses some Japanese too (just not on as large a scale) My teacher said that the Chinese word for phone (dianhua) came from the Japanese pronunciation (denwa).

Anyways, interesting topic here!