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Mandarin I Berkeley Extension: Class 5, Oct. 4, 2011, Virginia Mau, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball.

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Mandarin I Berkeley Extension Class 5 Oct. 4, 2011425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA

Professor: Virginia Mau

Notes taken and commentary (marked byNote:) by Jennifer Ball (because of the typeface which I must

use to render the Chinese characters correctly, extra spaces are occasionally seen before and after apos-

trophes and quotes).

Next class: Homework: Workbook Pages 6-7, #1-4, also page 10, #4-5 (for 5, write characters not

pinyin); No quiz

Make-up quiz for those who want to take it: in 2 weeks on 10/18/11. No class 11/22/11

More class notes to come:

Wangba:

tortoise, cuckold

From Mandarin Chinese Profanity in Wikipedia (quote):

Illegitimacy

Many insults imply that the interlocutors mother or even grandmother was promiscuous.The turtle is emblematic of the penis and also of promiscuous intercourse. Eggs are the prog-eny of turtles and other lower animals, so the word dn () is a metonym for offspring.

* wngb () / wngb () =cuckold; this was an insult as early as the Songdynasty [960 and 1279 A.D.]

Reading and writing Chinese: a guide to the

Chinese writing system, the students 1,020 list,

the ofcial 2,000 listby William McNaughton

and Li Ying. Ruttland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle,

1999).


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* wngbdn (, informal simplified: ) / wngbgozi () = bas-tard (lit. turtle egg and turtle kid.)

* gu snzi (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) / gu rzi (simpli-fied Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) = bastard (lit. turtle grandson and tur-tle son)

Turtles and eggs

The Zhng wn d c din (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Lan-guage)) (something a little like the OED), discusses (wng b) in vol. 6 p. 281.Wng b is the term that is usually written casually for the slur that means somethinglike son of a bitch.

A wngbdn / is the offspring of a woman lacking virtue. Anothermeaning of is bi, fresh-water turtle.[4] Turtle heads reemerging from hiding inthe turtles shell look like the glans emerging from the foreskin, and turtles lay eggs. So awang ba is a woman who has lost her virtue, and a wang ba dan is the progeny ofsuch a woman, a turtle product, but, figuratively, also a penis product.

Wng b originally got switched over from another wng b(one that referred to any very unvirtuous individual) because of a nasty piece of work withthe family name Wng who picked up the nickname zi Wng b (the thiev-ing Wang Eight) but for being a dastard, not for being a bastard. The dictionary doesntsay, but he may have been the eighth Wang among his siblings. Anyway, he became crookWang eight and the term stuck and spread just as Maverick did in English. There isa pun here because of the earlier expression wng b used to describe (1) any per-son who forgets/disregards the eight virtues, (2) an un-virtuous woman, i.e., one who sleepsaround. The first meaning applied to the dastardly Wang, but the family name got stuckto the second, sexual, term. (end quote)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanity

And more on Breasts (with enlarged type because somehow that seems appropriate):

Breasts

(quote)

* mm (; literally cats purring meow meow) isa euphemism for breast.

* da doufu (; literally big bean curd) slang for

large breasts, more prevalent in Guangdong* mntu (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese:; literally steamed bun) also refers to a womansbreasts; as mantou is typical of northern Chinese cuisine this

term is used primarily in northern China.

* b (, literally wave or undulat-ing, but sometimes suggested to be derivedfrom ball which has a similar pronuncia-tion) = boobs.[3] The typical instance is bb(Chinese: ), which refers to a woman withvery large breasts.

* fshu (; literally happy long life)

* nini () = boobies* zr() (Beijing slang)* gege (Tianjin slang)* bor (Chinese: ; literally busty breasts (literally

explosive breasts) = big tits, likely reborrowing fromJapanese.

* fijchng (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chnese: ; literally airport) = flat breasts

* hng kng m jin (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) - literally aircraft carrier, refring to a flat chest. Compare with (zhn jin), meaninbattleship, which refers to larger-sized chimneys of thechest. (end quote)

The rest of class:

More answers for How are you today?

My note: literally

milk, milk.


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?jin1 tian1 hao3 bu4 hao3

?ni3 hao3 bu4 hao3

= not badbu4 cuo4

/ = mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrongcuo4 (sounds like tuaalmost like tall with a New York accent)

= okay, all righthai2 ke3 yi3/ = also; in addition; more; still; else; still; yet; (not) yethai2

= can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)ke3

= to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israelyi3

= good morningzao3 shang4 hao3

= good eveningzao3 wan3 hao3

= how are you this evening?jin1 wan3 zen3 me yang4 (jing is pronunciation and ze)

hen3 mang2 = very busy

fei1 chang2 mang2 = extremely busy.

= hungrye4

= tiredlei4

= openkai1 xin1 (ching)

zhou1 mo4 = week end(zjoe moah)

? = Hows your weekend?zhou1 mo4 zen3 me yang4

= not much going onbu ze3me yang4

? = whats your name?ni3 shi2 shei2(you are who?)


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wo3 jiao4 Jennifer = I am called...[first name]

jiao4 - to call; to yell; to be called; to order

wo3 jiao4 ni3 = Im calling you.

? = You [are] called what?ni3 jiao4 shen2 me

/shen2 = great extent; considerably, very; file of 10 soldiers/me (may) = small, tiny, interrogative suffix, similar to ma

shen2 me = what?Consider that shen2 is 10 soldiers and meis small, so one is askingWhich small grouping of the 10 soldiers?

ming2 zi4 = first name and not last

shen2 me dong1 xi1: tone up = what is it?tone down = rude What the heck?(I think heck is a euphemism.)

Shen2 me? tone up = what?

shen2 me? tone down = whatever... (kids say to their grandparents in disgust)(sounds like shuh-muh)

Shen2 me shu1 = Whats the book?

= bookshu1

Ms Lin: However, because of cultural expression are different as you knowthink a better way of saying is:

? = Which book is it?Na3 yi1 ben3 shu1

= how, which = root, origin, source; basisben3

However, says Ms. Lin (skip ahead if the complexity is too much, this is not frclass; simplified in parentheses):

ben is like articles in English words,for example, you put a before a conso-

nant sound and an before a vowel soundIn Chinese, its a lot more complicated than


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that. here are some examples. There aremany more. You will learn them as you goalong.

a book, you use article for book

(simplified: ) a bird, you use ar-ticle

() a chair, you use article

() a door, you use article

() an airplane, you use article

a boat, you use article

() a bicycle, you use ar-ticle

a person, you use article

a flower, you use article

Note: you dont mix these articles with thenouns that are following the articles. For ex-ample, you dont say because isappropriate for a flower, not a person. Youalso dont say because you use foboat, etc.

However, if you want to use words like several, many, then there are separate wordsfor them, too.

for example,

, a group of people, so article refersto a group, as an article.(Back to class)

= What is your last name is ?ni xing1 shen2 me?

wo xing = My last name is ...


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Compare xing1 withxing4:

xing1 = sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity (heart birth)xing4 = surname; family name; name (female birth) = letter; true; to believe; sign; evidencexn4

= to write a letterxi3 xn4/ = write; draw, sketch; compose (this character looks like a horse; using a

mnemonic like the wordride to help rememberwrite can help oneretain this character).

xi3

= envelope = letter, envelope; feudalAbbott and Costellos Whose on Firstconcept in Chinese is on YouTube.Will look up soon.

Yang2 yi1 = (surname); poplar (not sure what this is inreference to)

They called her Yang2 er4 .(Dont remember

what this is)

= 4th heavenly stem; a Chinese surnameding1People change their name toding1 because 2 strokes is at the top of the conceptuaalphabet for Chinese. Their dictionary is organized in stroke order, with the least numof strokes at the top.

Business settings:

/= expensive; noble; your (name); preciousYour important last name:

nin2 gui4 xing4

Small last name: xiao3 xing4...Cantonesese:

= throw out the book back - idiompao1 shu bao1 (youre acting too smart, like a show off)

= to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon= to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; containbag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)

Cantonese sentence tone longer more sexyaccording to Ms. Mau. TV reporters, genertional thing; huh-uh = no Cantonese version ni us ne. Anyone get this?

?ni3 you3 xiong1di huo4 jie3 mei4 ma? = you have brothers or sisters?


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= and; together with; with; peace; harmony; unionhe2

= butdan4 shi4

= but; yet; however; only; merely; stillMs. Mau: China the country, rather than its past tradition of looking like a chicken from an aerial view,

now promotes the idea that it looks like a woman with a purse (because women are sexy and a purse

suggests spending power?).

= but (same as dan4 shi4)

ke3 shi4

= can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)peng2 you3 (pung yo) = friend

= small friendxiao peng2 you3

= male [and] female friendsnan n peng2 you3

= same sex friendtong2 xing4 peng2 you3

= female (not girlfriend) friend, platonic friendsyi4 xing1 peng2 you3

/ = different; unusual; strangeyi4

ban4 l3 = partner

= a partner; companion or associate; to accompany; comradeban4

/ = companion, significant otherl3

= accompany, be with, keep company; also

= accompany

pei2 pei2 ban4

= I accompany youwo3 pei2 ni3

= love companionai l3

/ = to love; affection; to be fond of; to likeChinese dont hug, dont express their feeling verbally in public. No one says, I lov

you.

= I love you (only found in literature)wo3 ai4 ni3

= I would like (not as strong as yao3)wo3 xi3 huan1 (she wan)


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= Double happiness (seen at weddings)xi3

/ = joyous; happy; pleasedhuan1

= drinkhe1

= eatchi1Restaurant:

= Drink what? (What to drink?)he1 shen2 me?

= I want [to] drink ice water.wo3 yao3 he1 bing1 shui3

Ms. Mau: People are not polite in restaurants. Its down to business. Sometimes you have to yell to

order.

= still nohai2 shi4

= fiance (not yet married man)wei4 hun1 fu1(we wan fu)

= not yet; did not; have not; notwei4= to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wifehun1

= husband, manfu1

/= because of; for; towei4

= why?wei4 shen me

wei4 shen2 me bu4 = why not?

bu4 wei4 shen2 me = no reason = no solution (I cant help you)mei2 ban4 fa3

/= (negative prefix for verbs); have not; notmei2

/= to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal withban4

= law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)fa3

= I do it

wo3 ban4

= Any rules?you3 mei2 you3 fa3


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= can doke3 ban4

I mixed these two up as I was creating this, so lets look at them again:

= not yet; did not; have not; notwei4

/= (negative prefix for verbs); have not; notmei2

I mixed these two up as well:

= a partner; companion or associate; to accompany; comrade

ban4

/ = to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal withban4

he2 ni3 wu2 guan1 = not polite

/= not polite less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-wu2

/= mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involveguan1

(Its hard to understand the meaning of these characters unless one considers related tradi-

tional characters, and then a pattern is able to be seen. Here, for example is the antonym ofthe above word:

= to ally; to unite; to joinlian2

and one can see that they bothand share the silk character and the childs hair tufts (really a pre-scientific depiction of un-formed Fallopian tubes):The difference is that the Fallopian tubes which represent the gate. are blockein guan1, demonstrating that no conception will occur. Therefore the meanings of guan1:

close, to shut, to turn off. This character includes the ear character on left, whisuggests that someone is open to suggestions, and the meaning concurs.

/Kai1 = open, turn on (there are those Fallopian tubes again.) This character means two haThese two hands might even be euphemistic because this character, with two hands at the botom, means large, powerful, stout, thick which describes a penis and anything capable of openinggates or vaginas.

= switch (on/off; another example of two antonyms defining the category)kai1 guan1

kai1 xin1 = to feel happy (literally open heart; Thats the ofcial form of heart on the right; keep

mind that major characters have more than one form.)

= care (closed heart, perhaps because its wrapped up in someone.)guan1 yin1


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xin1 guan1 le = dont care (a mean thing to say)

= to finish; particle of completed action = it doesnt mattermei2 guan4 xi4

= system; line, link, connection

= that, that one, thosena4

I posted all of these roots in order to understand that ear is a euphemism, and this ch

acter

na4 is more complex than a facial appendage. The right character looks lik

a B,which we now know signifies for breasts, and it means mound, city( a cityis where you would find sex more likely with women than animals). The character at left isversion of the moon/flesh radical. Those, that are the way people refer to animalthings that are important to refer to, but not important enough to have a name, and I suspthat this term grew out of the importance of animals that produce milk.


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= that/there (takes ge)na4 er2

compare with:

na3 er2 = where?Note different tone, additional character on left

na3 er 2 = which, where, how

(sounds like nar)

/ = this; thesezhe4

zhe4 er2 = this here (takes ge)(sounds like jar)

= at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doingzai4

?= where are you?ni3 zai4 na3 er2

= here I amwo3 zai4 na3 er2

? Who is that? (literally Which is who?)na3 shi4 shei2or

? Who is that? (literally He is who?)ta1 shi4 shei2

= That is [name]na4 shi4 shei2 [name here]

/ = country, state, nationguo2

= king = jadewang2 yu4

Only the king has jade, and once he has enough jade, he can power a country (note that cotry has king/jade inside a boundary. It used to have a weapon).

wang2 ba1 = tortoise (see beginning of class notes)

On the Double nine holidayChinese go high to the top of the mountain to burn incealso burn in house, kill insects. Children have a letter written on forehead (saying that theyare not children?) so that bad evil cannot get to kids.Anyone else get a better version ofthis?

= egg, oval-shapeddan4

= within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese

zhong1 (my note: China is the center)

= China (the Peoples Republic of China; the center country)zhong1 guo2


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= beautiful (literally big sheep)mei3

= U.S.A. (country)mei3 guo2

= Chinese personzhong1 guo ren2

= American

= English person

ying1 guo ren(Note: our teacher mixes yin and ying consistently. Please keep this in mind.)

= English; brave= language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentlewen2

= Chinese languagezhong1 wen2

/ = ask (Which gates do you think a person is asking to open?)wen4

= ask mewen4 wo3

/ = dialect, language, speakyu3

= kiss, mouthwen3

= kiss meNote the relationship between:

zhong1 chong2 dan4 si1 or mou3 rou2center insect egg private rumpChinese worm secret to trample

vagina? It looks like a V

= who is in control

= who is dominated

Next class: countries, occupations.Ms. Lin comments:


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Sandhi (Sanskrit: sadhi[1] joining) is a cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that

occur at morpheme or word boundaries (thus belonging to what is called morphophonology). Examples

include the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring

sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words. Sandhi occurs particularly prominently

in the phonology of Indian languages (especially Sanskrit, which has complex sandhi rules), hence its

name, but many other languages have it. Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanityChinese characters and denitions from:

http://ctext.org/dictionaryhttp://www.mandarintools.com/

http://www.google.translate

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/8586/

Sandhi:

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