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[iamaboringperson]

1) That's not right ........................ Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harboring a fugitive?............ Hu Yu Hai Ding
3) See me ASAP ............................. Kum Hia Nao
4) Stupid Man .............................. Dum Fuk
5) Small Horse ............................. Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? ................ Wai Yu So Tan
7) I bumped into a coffee table ............ Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
8) I think you need a face lift ............ Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here .................. Wao So Dim
10) I thought you were on a diet ........... Wai Yu Mun Ching?
11) This is a tow away zone ................ No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week . Wai Yu Kum Nao?
13) Staying out of sight ................... Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile ........... Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odor is offensive ............ Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great .................................. Fa Kin Su Pah

(You might like to print that out and stick it on the fridge, perhaps)

[adz]

I'm not guilty......Wai Hang Me



Sorry, I used to know heaps of these

[Karlos]

Oh dear

A chinese mate of mine called Ste moved into halls of residence in his final year and on his first day there, a new chinese malaysian student introduced himself thus:

Student "Hi, I'm Hung!"

Ste "Congratulations."

I cracked up for ages at that one :-D

[Vincent]

7) I bumped into a coffee table ............ Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni

[CU_AMiGA]

:-D

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Bullocks.

You need to know how to pronounce it. Pronunciation is a major aspect of chinese.

[Methuselas]

Well, *I* would post some chinese that you could REALLY use....



......but I'm sure Wayne, Argo and Kees would ban me permanently for it.

You need to know how to pronounce it. Pronunciation is a major aspect of chinese.

Yes the tones are quite important. Without knowing them, you can say something ENTIRELY different than what you were intending. :-D

[bloodline]

Language should have a high degree of redundancy to allow for errors in transmition.

[sir_inferno]

Methuselas wrote:
Well, *I* would post some chinese that you could REALLY use....



......but I'm sure Wayne, Argo and Kees would ban me permanently for it.

Yes the tones are quite important. Without knowing them, you can say something ENTIRELY different than what you were intending. :-D

This is SPECIAL RICE, not EGG FRIED RICE!!

{insert Methuselas' chineese}

:-D