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Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin

From:Weiben Wang <weibenw@...>
Date:Friday, December 7, 2001, 16:37
Nin2 is the polite/deferential form of "you", and is a
different word and character.  It's ni3 written with a
heart underneath.

-Weiben

--- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 09:13:57AM -0500, laokou > wrote: > [snip] > > Are there others? The point is, they're all > pronounced "ta1", usage of these > > characters is far from standard among the > populace, and everyone seems to be > > getting along just fine, thank you very much. > > Strangely enough, I see it used all over the place > in Mandarin literature > in Malaysia. Of course, Malaysia is quite > pro-Western, in spite of its > Muslim government, so perhaps that's not an accurate > measure. > > > There's also "ni3" with the "woman" radical for a > feminine "you", but this > > usage seems to be almost exclusive to treacly love > songs (Hey, baby, you > > hurt me real bad.....; I can't live without > yooouuu) > > LOL!! Well, I occasionally hear this form of "ni3" > pronounced /nin2/. Not > sure if it's just my mistaken hearing, or it's some > perverse mutation of > the word. > > > T > > -- > INTEL = Only half of "intelligence".
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