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Outofin -

宕 down
宕机 in fact means "the server is down."

配 pay
你每月配多少房款？

泊 park
I heard in some dialect 泊车 does sound like "park".

Any other examples?



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Quote:

泊 park
I heard in some dialect 泊车 does sound like "park".

Hehe, at least, I know 泊车 does sound like “park” in Cantonese.



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Any other examples?

Here is one. 澳刀 AU Dollar
In Australia, Chinese people call Au Dollar as “澳刀”.
你每月水电费是多少澳刀啊？

Cheers!










muyongshi -

So are you looking for the real meaning of the word or just a word that sounds exactly like an
English equivalent? Because 泊车 means to park and 泊 originally meant to anchor. But 配
doesn't mean pay.... So I'm not sure where you are going with this. Unless you are thinking of 赔
which means to pay or compensate.... But can't be used in the example you gave as it means to pay
as means of compensation...










Outofin -



Quote:

Because 泊车 means to park and 泊 originally meant to anchor. But 配 doesn't mean pay....

泊，停泊。泊船，park the boat.
配 allocate money










muyongshi -



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配 allocate money

Yes allocate but allocating and "pay" are two very different words...










文言訓開班 -

There's a Hong Kong character for elevator pronounced lip1 that is a direct transliteration of the
British, "lift". I don't remember the 部, but the 体 is 立.....maybe it's 爿立? Anyway,
standard typing character sets don't generate the character.










frankcupid -

石头 stone










Quest -

Not exact, but close; in dialects:
俺 I
汝 you
其 he
耳 ear
眼 eye
火 fire
船 ship
毛 mold
牛 cow
连 link
叫 yell










pandagirl -

配 pay
你每月配多少房款？(sorry,can i ask you? are you sure it right?)

We call the same or nearly pronunciation & meaning "外来词 (come from foreign)"
i think you can search more and more in the website.the keyword is "外来词"
sofa——— 沙发
card ———卡片
bloger ———博客
Bonsai ———盆栽(花卉的一种)
chow mein 炒面
Cheong-sam———长衫。
Confucius———孔子。
dim sum——— 点心
Dingho———顶好，最佳。
Fengshui———风水。
Ginseng———人参。主要指北美一带出产的“花旗参”，又称“西洋参”。
Gung-ho———热情高涨，极感兴趣。
Kowtow———极其卑顺的态度。来自中文的“磕头”。
Kungfu———中国武术。中文原词为“功夫”。
Lao-tzu———老子。
lychee(litch)荔枝
Mah-jong———麻将。
Sampan———指单帆或需用桨划的小船。来自“舢板”。
Silk———丝绸。源于中文的“丝”。
Tai-chi（chuan）———太极或太极拳。
Tao———道。道教。
TaoTeChing———《道德经》。
Tofu———豆腐。
Tong———秘密组织，帮会。从汉语“堂”派生而来。
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