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Differences in Commonly Used Terms (Mandarin), in Taiwan and China
caolucai
post Nov 9 2004, 10:05 PM
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台灣 (Taiwan) / 中国大陆 (China)

software: 軟體 / 软件

drive: 開車 / 驾车

study: 讀書 / 学习

trash: 垃圾 (le4se4) / 垃圾 (la1ji1)

Bush: 布希 / 布什

Mandarin: 國語 / 普通话

these are the ones i thought of off the top of my head icon_neutral.gif

i'm sure there are more, please feel free to add more biggrin.gif

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post Nov 10 2004, 12:33 PM
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i don't think mainlanders use 口膠 (funny cuz it sounds like 口交, which to us, means oral sex) anymore. i tried looking it up using mainland search engines, and it seems like we have assimilated them...they also use 口香糖 now icon_wink.gif
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- caolucai   Differences in Commonly Used Terms (Mandarin)   Nov 9 2004, 10:05 PM
- - 直隸總督   Taxi 計程車/出租...   Nov 9 2004, 10:08 PM
- - Archangel-X   Roundabout: 圓環/轉盤 Tu...   Nov 10 2004, 05:20 AM
|- - caoyatian   QUOTE (Archangel-X @ Nov 10 2004, 06:20 ...   Nov 23 2004, 09:36 PM
- - caolucai   wow, pretty good, forgot about those. mainlanders ...   Nov 10 2004, 05:42 AM
- - Archangel-X   Some more I thought of... Sydney: 雪...   Nov 10 2004, 11:12 AM
|- - Chinese DesertFox   QUOTE (Archangel-X @ Nov 10 2004, 12:12 ...   Nov 10 2004, 01:33 PM
|- - caoyatian   QUOTE (Archangel-X @ Nov 10 2004, 12:12 ...   Nov 23 2004, 09:30 PM
- - caolucai   i don't think mainlanders use 口...   Nov 10 2004, 12:33 PM
- - xiaolin   haha我纠正吧 台...   Nov 10 2004, 12:37 PM
- - vanillababu   保險帶 -> ...   Nov 10 2004, 12:52 PM
|- - xiaolin   QUOTE (vanillababu @ Nov 10 2004, 10:52 AM)...   Nov 10 2004, 01:22 PM
- - Archangel-X   Like caolucai said, most Chinese people don't ...   Nov 10 2004, 06:52 PM
|- - Chinese DesertFox   QUOTE (Archangel-X @ Nov 10 2004, 07:52 ...   Nov 10 2004, 06:57 PM
- - caolucai   yeah, mainland chinese terms may vary from provinc...   Nov 10 2004, 07:44 PM
|- - Chinese DesertFox   QUOTE (caolucai @ Nov 10 2004, 08:44 PM)yeah,...   Nov 11 2004, 03:10 AM
|- - 直隸總督   QUOTE (Chinese DesertFox @ Nov 11 2004, 02:10...   Nov 11 2004, 03:16 AM
|- - caolucai   QUOTE (Chinese DesertFox @ Nov 11 2004, 04:10...   Nov 11 2004, 08:20 PM
- - Archangel-X   China also uses 搞 a lot- LOL 搞...   Nov 11 2004, 04:47 AM
- - zstar   Ah-ma Ah-ba yeah   Nov 14 2004, 03:16 AM
|- - caolucai   QUOTE (zstar @ Nov 14 2004, 04:16 AM)Ah-ma A...   Nov 14 2004, 11:50 AM
- - 葉兆峰   I can assure you, Guangdong, Hainan, and Xianggang...   Nov 16 2004, 06:04 PM
|- - caolucai   QUOTE (葉兆峰 @ Nov 16 2004...   Nov 16 2004, 09:03 PM
- - Yuje   It's strange............I'm not a Mandarin...   Nov 16 2004, 09:41 PM
- - 台北人   Speech: 演講 / 讲话 Compu...   Nov 24 2004, 10:00 AM
- - caolucai   大陸人:來杯...   Nov 26 2004, 03:42 AM


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