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Sonia Sui (Chinese: 隋棠; pinyin: Suí Táng; born 22 October 1980) is a Taiwanese actress, television host and model. She is best known for her role as Hsieh An-chen in the 2010 television series The Fierce Wife .
Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the first table, original studies and sources should be consulted for details on methodology and the exact populations measured, surveyed, or considered.
Words of Chinese origin have entered European languages, including English. Most of these were direct loanwords from various varieties of Chinese.However, Chinese words have also entered indirectly via other languages, particularly Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese, that have all used Chinese characters at some point and contain a large number of Chinese loanwords.
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.
The whole TV series was divided into 34 episodes in Japan, and the DVDs in both Chinese and Japanese went on sale on 20 June 2012. The TV series was a big hit in 2011. “Xiaosan” or “Little Third” ( 小三 ), “the other woman” in the story, has become a popular euphemism thanks to the show.
In mainland China, since 1984, the chi has been defined as exactly 1/3 of a metre, i.e., 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 cm (13.1 in). However, in Hong Kong the corresponding unit, pronounced tsek (cek3) in Cantonese, is defined as exactly 0.371475 m (1 ft 2.6250 in) or 1 7/32 ft. [2] The two units are sometimes referred to in English as "Chinese foot" and "Hong Kong foot".
An English language version appeared in 1991 and a Chinese translation in 1999. [23] An uncensored German language version came out only in 2006, [2] although many questions were still left unanswered. [21] In 1982 Ruth Werner became a member of the East German affiliate of PEN International. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Indian tennis player (born 1986) Sania Mirza Mirza in 2017 Country (sports) India Residence Hyderabad, India Born (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 38) Mumbai, Maharashtra Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Turned pro February 2003 Retired February 2023 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand ...