Mandarin I Berkeley Extension

425 Market Street San Francisco, CA Professor: Virginia Mau

Class 10

Nov. 15, 2011

= eat, meal
can1 ting1

can1 ting1 = dining hall, reception hall, big room (though this phrase looks like in would be pronounced canteen, it is tsan-teen, still close with essentially the same meaning, though this is a fancy restaurant) OED: Canteen: Etymology: < French cantine , < Italian cantina cellar, cave, of doubtful deriv.

= reception hall, office

At the bottom of

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shi2 Compare

can1 is shi2
= eat; food

to the Sumerian character for eat, consume:

ed 1,672 times. They both resemble a capital

Chinese Roman Sumerian

= dining hall (less fancy)

shi2 tang2

which is gu a record-

, and guh is the sound of swallowing.

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 = (main) hall large room for a specific purpose relationship between cousins etc
on the paternal side of a family of the same clan classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc.

= always ever often frequently common general constant surname Chang

= wine shop pub (public house) hotel restaurant

jiu3 dian4

= inn shop store

dian4

ke4 zhan4

= motel or B&B, less high than

jiu3 dian4

= rice restaurant = smaller restaurant fan4 guan3 fan4 dian4

= fast meal shop or = fast meal kuai4 can1 dian4 kuai4 can1

chu2 le except (according to Ms. Mau; www.talaqa.com says this character means: besides apart from (... also...) in addition to except (for)

only natural as it should be certainly of course without doubt dang1 ran2 couple pair to be opposite to oppose to face versus for to correct (answer) to answer 11) to reply 12) to direct (towards sth) 13) right = couple pair to be opposite to oppose to face versus for to correct (answer) to answer 11) to reply 12) to direct (towards sth) 13) right

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ji3 ge ren2

wind water feng1 shui4

qing1 lai2 yi1 xia4

= Please come in for a little bit (Please come one secondkind of)

zuo4 xia4

how many people?

lai2 = to come to arrive to come round ever since next

ji3 wei4 several people (honorific) Ladies and Gentlemen! (talaqa.com) (Ms. Mau said, How many? (more polite)Will check on this.

xia4 = down downwards below lower later next (week etc) second (of two parts) to decline to go down

qing1 zuo4

Please sit

qing1 deng3 yi1 xia4

= Please wait for a little bit

sit! (to children, for instance)

deng3 = class rank grade equal to same as to wait for to await et cetera and so on et al. (and other authors) 11) after 12) as soon as 13) once

x zo jin

= bathroom restroom shower room

shen2 me shi4

= What? Which? (Ms. Mau: What do you want? Whats the matter?

xi1 shou3 jian1 zai1 na er2?

= Where is the bathroom?

= dish (type of food) vegetables vegetable cuisine cai4 (remember that c is pronounced ts)

fu2 wu4 yuan2

= waiter

cai4 pai2

= menu (with lots of pages)

fu2

clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)

pai2 = mahjong tile playing card game pieces signboard plate tablet medal

wu4

affair; business; matter

cai4 dan1

= menu (single page)

person; employee; member yuan4

dan1

= bill list form single only sole odd number

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Ni3 yao3 ke shen2 me = What do you want to drink? (You want drink what?)

tuo2

zhu1 = pig

qian2 pan2= appetizers (before plate)

gou3 = dog

zhu3 cai4= main dish/veggies/food

mao1 = cat

tang1 = soup

tu4 = rabbit

sha1 la1= salad (phonetic, so probably a more recent idea)

hu3 = tiger = ostrich

tian2 pin3 = sweet item (tongue sweet; pin3 is used for taste or style says Ms. Mau.)

rou4 nei4 = meat inside

tian4 ya1

= duck

nei ren = wife (inside person)

= dan4 = egg

wai ren = foreigner (outside person) (Ms. Mau said husband) Check on this: all sources say non-relative.

yu2 = fish

hai3 xian1 = sea fresh

xian1 yu2 = fresh fish

ji1 = chicken, fowl

ni2 = ox, cow, bull

xia1 = shrimp

yang = sheep or sometimes goat, but usually sheep

xie2 = crab

A crab is a horned insect with the knife (strength) or an ox: that seems pretty accurate. Page 6
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Analysis of the character for crab xie2:

horn

insect

knife ox

wu1 gui1 = turtle

wu1 = a crow, black

gui1 = tortoise, turtle

jie3 = to divide / to break up / to split / to separate/ to dissolve/ to solve/ to melt/ to remove/ to untie / to loosen / to open / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection.

tu3 dou4 = potato (earth beans)

fan1 qie2 - tomato

long2 xia1 = lobster (dragon shrimp)

qie2 zi = eggplant

zhang1 yu2 = octopus

mo1 gu = mushroom

zhang1 = chapter, seal, section, movement (of symphony), camphor laurel tree, lumber

chao3 fan1 = fat white noodles

you2 yu2 = squid

b zhu y = octopus (Cantonese)

chao3 mian4 = round yellow noodles

qing1 jiao1 - green pepper

you2 = cuttlefish

hong2 jiao1 - red pepper

bei4 = shell, cowry, valuables

qing1 for vegetables means fresh

l4 = green (other meanings)

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yu2 yan3 = fish eye Ms. Mau: Chicken brain tastes like cheese.

yu4 mi3? = corn

sheng1 = to be born to give birth life to grow raw, uncooked

pi2 = leather skin fur surname Pi pico- (one trillionth)

sheng1 cai4 = raw vegetables

jiao3 zi = dumpling, potsticker

cong1 = onion (smart)

shou3 zhi3 = toilet paper or small tissue

jiang1 = ginger (brave)

shou3 zhi3 = finger

suan4 = garlic (organized) First day of school students carry all of these spices to school in a red envelope.

zao3 dian3 = early morning snack

dan4 gao1 = cake

fa cai = black vegetables long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae also called faat choy or hair moss (the YouTube was not for the faint of heart).

xue3 = snow, ice

san jiao = three screams (fresh newborn mice, served as a dozen with sauce; 1st scream, chopsticks; second scream, sauce; third scream, mouth. Schadenfreude.

leng3 = cold

leng3 yin3 = cold drink

zhang1 lang1 = cockroach

re4 yin3 = hot drink

zhang1 = cockroach

hong2 dou4 tang1 = red bean soup

lang1 = mantis, dung beetle

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yue2 bin3 = moon cake

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bin3

round flat cake cookie cake pastry

Sumerian characters and definitions from: http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/nepsd-frame.html Chinese characters and definitions from: http://ctext.org/dictionary http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.google.translate http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/8586/ http://www.pleco.com/ http://talaqa.com/chinese/chinese-english-dictionary

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