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For example, compare the semantic clarity of English axiom, Chinese gōnglǐ 公理, and Chinglish (literal translation) "universal-principle"; median, zhōngshù 中数, and "centre-number"; or trapezoid, tīxíng 梯形, and "ladder-figure". The study involved three groups of mathematics teachers who rated the clarity of 71 common ...
Chinglish has characters not clichés - the Chinese aren't worker bees, the American isn't an arrogant idiot. [10] The New York staging was called: "Fresh, energetic and unlike anything else on Broadway. Chinglish is a thoughtful, funny and poignant piece in which, miraculously, nothing gets lost in translation."
No ____, no ____ predates the origin of Chinese Pidgin English, [30] but is also a notable example of fabricated pidgin English: (沒 (no) 票 (ticket) 沒 (no) 襯衣 (shirt)) meaning "If you don't have a laundry receipt, I won't give you your shirts", said to be a fabricated pidgin English inaccurately attributed to the Chinese laundry ...
Most of the examples people give of Chinglish are just inaccurate or computer-aided translations that nobody bothered to proofread as opposed to, say, utterances by Chinese speakers of English. I keep wanting to see a general article for English in China on Wikipedia -- I've added a few things to the "Chinglish" page along those lines ...
The phrase is a versatile expression typically used in encouraging and supporting speeches. For example, "Add oil, you can do it!". [8] It is also commonly used during sports matches, to encourage athletes to perform well. The phrase gained its international attention when it was used in the Umbrella revolution in 2014.
Loanwords have entered written and spoken Chinese from many sources, including ancient peoples whose descendants now speak Chinese. In addition to phonetic differences, varieties of Chinese such as Cantonese and Shanghainese often have distinct words and phrases left from their original languages which they continue to use in daily life and sometimes even in Mandarin.
2 Examples. 1 comment. 3 Years later, still a very poor (start class, ... 6 Bureaucratic example of wordiness as a feature of Chinglish. 1 comment. 7 Too many ...
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