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individual things, people — generic measure word (usage of this classifier in conjunction with any noun is generally accepted if the person does not know the proper classifier) 根: gēn gan1: gan1 kun thin, slender, pole, stick objects (needles 針 / 针, pillars 支柱, telegraph poles, matchsticks, etc.); strands 絲 / 丝 (e.g. hair ...
The word itself is largely neutral, but it was often used in a negative context. sǐālù/426 (死阿陆/426) — An alternation of ālùzaǐ (阿陆仔), literally means "dead Mainlanders". It is often written as 426, as in Southern Min the word sounds similar to 426. The slang is widely used by anti-China Taiwanese people online.
Most modern count-classifiers are derived from words that originally were free-standing nouns in older varieties of Chinese, and have since been grammaticalized to become bound morphemes. [90] In other words, count-classifiers tend to come from words that once had specific meaning but lost it (a process known as semantic bleaching ). [ 91 ]
Shortening words and phrases is a common and often necessary practice for internet chat and especially SMS text messages in any language. Speakers of Mandarin Chinese have also developed conventional abbreviations for commonly used words. Some of these are based on homophony or near-homophony. [12]
Baptism (洗礼, xǐlǐ) is a play on words referring to Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang. River crab (河蟹, héxiè) – Pun on héxié (和谐) meaning "harmony". Online Chinese term for Internet censorship commonly seen in forums and blogs. [4] Flattering (or deceptive) photograph (照骗, zhàopiàn) – Pun on (照片, zhàopiàn) meaning ...
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For words generally related to China, or that are not specific to any of the spoken variants, please refer to the parent category Chinese words and phrases. (Please note a term transliterated based on Pinyin or other Mandarin romanisation methods may or may not be a Mandarin-specific one.)
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