Author Topic: who can read chinese (Read 2027 times)

juzzwuzzz · « **on:** February 06, 2013, 11:26:34 AM »

Hey all

wich members here can read chinese? Because i want to know what the characters on this picture mean.

Thanks for translating

theseoafs · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:29:29 AM »

I don't know Chinees, but I do know Engleesh.

Chino · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:30:54 AM »

Quote from: theseoafs on February 06, 2013, 11:29:29 AM

I don't know Chinees, but I do know Engleesh.

Isn't it Engrish?

theseoafs · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:32:10 AM »

Eebsolutely not!

King Postwhore · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:33:45 AM »

ass sow!

Chino · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:34:57 AM »

I'm trying to draw them using this tool and can not match nay of them.

https://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chinese-dictionary.php

Orbert · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:40:55 AM »

Do you mean Chinese?

juzzwuzzz · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:43:02 AM »

Quote from: Orbert on February 06, 2013, 11:40:55 AM

Do you mean Chinese?

Yes sorry... I used the dutch word instead of the english one

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:45:03 AM »

I can!

I can't view images from most image hosting sites from work, though.

Chino · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:48:58 AM »

Wish - Cloth - *symbol not recognized*

juzzwuzzz · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:59:40 AM »

Quote from: Perpetual Change on February 06, 2013, 11:45:03 AM

I can!

I can't view images from most image hosting sites from work, though.

From where you can? I will post it there

Tick · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2013, 12:54:05 PM »

Back in my LSD days I thought I could. and my feet were really ugly one time.

Orbert · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2013, 01:01:35 PM »

Quote from: juzzwuzzz on February 06, 2013, 11:43:02 AM

Quote from: Orbert on February 06, 2013, 11:40:55 AM
Do you mean Chinese?

Yes sorry... I used the dutch word instead of the english one

Sorry, I didn't realize you were Dutch.

lonestar · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2013, 01:05:12 PM »

Still no translation?

philmcson · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2013, 01:05:52 PM »

Maybe Jon Huntsman is on this forum, he could help out

Chino · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2013, 01:41:05 PM »

Quote from: lonestar on February 06, 2013, 01:05:12 PM

Still no translation?

The translating app I have on my phone allows you to take a picture of something and translate it to English. I got "wish,cloth, and *character not recognized*

wkiml · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2013, 01:52:28 PM »

Quote from: Chino on February 06, 2013, 01:41:05 PM

Quote from: lonestar on February 06, 2013, 01:05:12 PM
Still no translation?

The translating app I have on my phone allows you to take a picture of something and translate it to English. I got "wish,cloth, and *character not recognized*

could it be wash, cloth, calgon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjNRXfRXnoc

lonestar · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2013, 02:12:39 PM »

Thanks man, oh the memories....

Orbert · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2013, 02:38:02 PM »

I always loved that one. People always expect me to sound like "Mr. Lee" but when I start talking like his wife, they get all confused.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2013, 03:51:28 PM »

Looks like a name. Those characters mean "Amble" like the UK city, but I'm not sure why they'd be written like that.

Chino your app sucks, though it did get cloth right, since the middle one does mean that.

juzzwuzzz · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2013, 12:58:14 AM »

Quote from: Perpetual Change on February 06, 2013, 03:51:28 PM

Looks like a name. Those characters mean "Amble" like the UK city, but I'm not sure why they'd be written like that.

Chino your app sucks, though it did get cloth right, since the middle one does mean that.

Thanks.... That could be correct... Somebody told me that the word means Amber (name). But i wanted to check that.

sorry i didnt said it in my first post, because i didnt want to say the meaning i think it is, cause i wanted to hear the real one.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2013, 04:49:15 AM »

Well, if you pronounce it in Mandarin, it sounds like "An Bu Er", which is not the word Chinese use for Amber (they have other words for it). But if a foreigner was named Amber, and wanted to translate their name into Chinese just retaining the phonetic sound, it's as good as you could get really. I've been to international conferences in China where I saw foreigners with lots of Chinese names like that.

juzzwuzzz · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2013, 05:33:36 AM »

So this is more the phonetic way to write it... Like how you pronounce it. So if you go to china and show this word. They will say your name correctly.

But there are also some othere characters to translate it

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2013, 06:34:32 AM »

Well, they will call you An Bu'er. If you want to call yourself the actual Chinese word for amber, look here: https://www.nciku.com/search/all/amber

But obviously introducing yourself to Chinese people as "Hupo" is going to sound weird to them more often than not, just like Chinese who translate their names literally to things like "Jade Dragon" and "White Snow" sound weird to English speakers.

juzzwuzzz · « **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2013, 08:26:26 AM »

yes that is right... We indeed dont call chinees by their translated names (like you say whit snow etc.).
I looked up the characters and let google translate pronounce it.... and it indeed really sounds like Amber... So when you go to china and you say you're name is Amber it is good possible that they write it like that.

And when you translate Amber to chinese with google translate you indeed get Hupo... but that sounds strange when you say it like that. So i think both options are good when you want to translate Amber to chinese

Chino · « **Reply #25 on:** February 07, 2013, 10:09:23 AM »

Quote from: Perpetual Change on February 06, 2013, 03:51:28 PM

Chino your app sucks, though it did get cloth right, since the middle one does mean that.

Take it up with Google

slycordinator · « **Reply #26 on:** February 07, 2013, 12:02:12 PM »

Quote from: juzzwuzzz on February 07, 2013, 08:26:26 AM

And when you translate Amber to chinese with google translate you indeed get Hupo... but that sounds strange when you say it like that. So i think both options are good when you want to translate Amber to chinese

Not only would it "sound" strange. It would "be" strange, because you would be saying that you are named

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Author Topic: who can read chinese (Read 2027 times)