Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Quick Tip - Showing off
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There are a growing number of new Chinese words, transliterated from their English soundalikes. One that springs to mind is 粉丝, which means 'fans' (fan), as in "I'm your biggest fan."
Today's word is 秀， originally used in words like 优秀 (outstanding). Recently people must have noticed it's pronunciation is similar to the English word 'show', and it has come to have the meaning of showing something off.
现在我来秀以下我创作的歌曲 - Now I'll perform a song I wrote.
你会跳芭蕾舞吗？给我们秀以下吧 - You can do ballet? Why not show us some?
You can hear the word used in the Chinesepod dialogue about live music which I posted yesterday.
There are a growing number of new Chinese words, transliterated from their English soundalikes. One that springs to mind is 粉丝, which means 'fans' (fan), as in "I'm your biggest fan."
Today's word is 秀， originally used in words like 优秀 (outstanding). Recently people must have noticed it's pronunciation is similar to the English word 'show', and it has come to have the meaning of showing something off.
现在我来秀以下我创作的歌曲 - Now I'll perform a song I wrote.
你会跳芭蕾舞吗？给我们秀以下吧 - You can do ballet? Why not show us some?
You can hear the word used in the Chinesepod dialogue about live music which I posted yesterday.
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posted by Dan at 6:17 PM
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If those pop-ups are showing off, then I cringe in fear of what you'd call mine...
Hey Mark,
My pop-ups aren't showing off. Far from it, i'd say they're just sitting there quietly, minding their own business. Your pop-ups on the other hand are full of confidence and charisma, they clearly work out regularly, and could easily beat my pop-ups in an arm-wrestle.
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Ha ha, I swiped them from my buddy David.
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