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| Chinese translation from image | 9/25/2009 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
Q: I was hoping you may be able to help me with a translation. I have attached an image. I have been ...
A: Preston, No wonder you have had difficulty translating this...it's not proper Chinese. These are ...
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| Translation? | 9/23/2009 | John J |
Q: I am very sorry for my failed attachments. Trying this one more time. This link should take you ...
A: I showed the characters to different persons, and one of them told me that they are "Pine Ridge". I ...
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| Translation? | 9/22/2009 | John J |
Q: I am very sorry for my failed attachments. Trying this one more time. This link should take you ...
A: Yea, the link works this time. the characters are in the font of ...
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| Translation? | 9/22/2009 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
Q: I am very sorry for my failed attachments. Trying this one more time. This link should take you ...
A: Well, this won't be what you were hoping for...I can't read it. I sent the image files to a native ...
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| the meaning of a chinese name | 9/6/2009 | John J |
Q: .. I'm so confuse about the meaning of a chinese name. Because it seems difficult to have a good ...
A: oh Imelda, you got me! Naming is an extremely complicated process, which I know nothing of. I am ...
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| the meaning of a chinese name | 9/5/2009 | John J |
Q: .. I'm so confuse about the meaning of a chinese name. Because it seems difficult to have a good ...
A: I feel sorry for your trouble. Coming up with a good name is def a tricky thing, even for the new ...
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| Tattoo | 8/13/2009 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
Q: I'm pretty sure my tattoo on my back is not what I asked for. I've had it for about four years and ...
A: The character on your back is "ying1", which is a Chinese surname, and used to mean "brave" in ...
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| Chinese tattoo | 8/11/2009 | John J |
Q: I'm Having a few different names that i want to have written in Chinese signs, I've searched on ...
A: Well, I have to say, different as they are, all these signs are probably right. The thing is that ...
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| Translation | 8/9/2009 | John J |
Q: I'm writing a story and the next couple of lines in this scene need to be Mandarin Chinese. Here is ...
A: Here's the translation "Hey are you okay?" ...
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| Chinese student visiting Australia | 7/10/2009 | John J |
Q: We have a Chinese student coming to stay with us for 6 months and I was hoping you could give me ...
A: Mim I gotta say he's very lucky to have you as his host family. China has a vast land so its ...
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| A Simple Translation | 7/8/2009 | John J |
Q: John, I am in the process of building a small houseboat, the appearance of which is based loosely ...
A: What an interesting dream you've been having! For the name of your boat, now I can think of two ...
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| Gift for Future Mother in Law | 7/7/2009 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: I am going to China next week to see my girlfriend. We will get engaged at this time. I would like ...
A: First of all, congratulations on your engagement! It's very thoughtful of you to want to bring ...
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| verbs - english to chinese | 7/3/2009 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
Q: I am having trouble translating the verb "write", and the nouns "strength", and "life". Any help ...
A: I would use this: 寫是活力 xiě shì huólì “活力" ...
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| Little knowledge | 7/1/2009 | John J |
Q: Buddha and Confucius) but one thing which I am not sure about Chinese is ESP about how they feel ...
A: I'd love to share with you my thoughts on this issue, however, since it's already too late (23:22), ...
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| Translate a tattoo? | 6/7/2009 | John J |
Q: I'm finding myself in the situation that a lot of people who don't THINK before they DO something ...
A: The good news is, after you explained these tattoos, they make much more sense now. The first one ...
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| Translate a tattoo? | 6/6/2009 | John J |
Q: I'm finding myself in the situation that a lot of people who don't THINK before they DO something ...
A: Jessica is my favorite American name! Well, there was this lovely girl called Jessica L A, I met her ...
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| What does this mean? | 4/8/2009 | John J |
Q: Someone said that wushu in kanji means martial art but another said it means to stop a spear, so ...
A: It's a tricky question for me cuz you asked about the meaning of wushu in kanji, which is Japanese, ...
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| Confucius | 4/4/2009 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
Q: Can you please tell me what these Confucius sayings mean in English: ...
A: 三人行，必有我师。 Wherever three people walk, ...
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| Confucius | 4/4/2009 | John J |
Q: Can you please tell me what these Confucius sayings mean in English: ...
A: 三人行，必有我师。 It reads: Three people ...
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| Moving to China | 4/4/2009 | Merry D |
Q: I am a sophmore, turning junior in a couple months in high school. I am aiming to become an ob/gyn. ...
A: I think OB/GYN study here in US would be more beneficial to US student, if you want to study Chinese ...
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| Dragon Buckle. Is this Chinese? | 3/31/2009 | John J |
Q: I am hoping you can help me with an item I have. It is a buckle with a dragon on the front with a ...
A: I finally got my hands on a dictionary about ancient characters. i found that the single character ...
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| Dragon Buckle. Is this Chinese? | 3/30/2009 | John J |
Q: I am hoping you can help me with an item I have. It is a buckle with a dragon on the front with a ...
A: Kat, Thank you for bringing up this interesting question. I'm pretty sure it is Japanese, judging ...
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| Chinese Translation for tattoo | 3/26/2009 | John J |
Q: I am looking at getting a tattoo done relating to my music and was curious what the translation for ...
A: fall4her@gmail.com by the way, there are roughly two translations for the word "rhythm". one is ...
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| chinese language | 3/19/2009 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: I have a vase with chinese letters on it. Is there a website I can draw the chinese letter and get ...
A: A lot of translation services can translate the character if you are able to input it in Chinese. ...
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| a chinese elder's bithday celebration | 3/8/2009 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: my 10 yr old son has mandarin homework question. If you went to a chinese elder's 80th birthday ...
A: If you went to a Chinese elder's birthdy celebration, you could bring practically anything, ...
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| trying to identify a lamp | 1/28/2009 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: there is also another stamp on the bottom which is a number 26 in a triangle if this is of any ...
A: I believe this is a stamp that indicates the era this was made, roughly translating into "year of ...
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| how to type Chinese characters on computer | 1/4/2009 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: Could you help me finding out how to type Chinese characters on my computer? Are there online ...
A: I believe you can type Chinese characters (or copy them from a web site) by installing the fonts ...
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| how to type Chinese characters | 1/4/2009 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: I would very much like to learn how to type Chinese characters on my computer, as I'm learning ...
A: There are several entry modes for Chinese characters, however, I'm only familiar with the Pingyin ...
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| Chinese communist songs about Africa | 12/11/2008 | Shannon G. |
Q: When I was in China, a woman that owned a restaurant told me that when she was young she learned ...
A: I am sorry but I don't know anything song about China and African countries. It's very possible in ...
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| traditional 80 year old bday celebration | 11/6/2008 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: i am 2nd generation am/chinese, so am not sure in traditions. my moms 80th bday will be coming up in ...
A: I'm also 2nd generation, but in my family, we celebrate my grandparents birthday with a big Chinese ...
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| Chinese Culture | 11/3/2008 | John J |
Q: Are there any customs or rituals, for example, when one reaches adolescence or adulthood? ANSWER: ...
A: For marriage? Yes. But it varies from area to area. The general idea of a wedding is: the groom ...
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| menopause | 10/30/2008 | John J |
Q: is there a chinese treatment for women going to menopause (40+ ish), that involves having young ...
A: I've never heard of such kind of things. I'm wondering where you learnt it. My guess is there could ...
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| help! | 10/2/2008 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: NI HAO! i m a medical student.i will be becoming doctor in few years.Since childhood i have been ...
A: I believe that with regard to the medical field, the scope of the Chinese language is similar to ...
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| help! | 10/2/2008 | Shannon G. |
Q: NI HAO! i m a medical student.i will be becoming doctor in few years.Since childhood i have been ...
A: Medical terms are always difficult as a foreign language, no matter whether it's Chinese or English ...
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| Gift for chinese friends | 9/10/2008 | Shannon G. |
Q: I fortunately found this site and I'm hoping you can offer some suggestions. I'm a Real Estate agent ...
A: Chinese are always addicted to the history and culture, especially Chinese outside of China. You ...
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| Welcome to our Office | 8/27/2008 | Nicola Zheng |
Q: Next month a Chinese man will be joining our team in Kansas. I thought it would be a nice welcome to ...
A: This is a very thoughtful gesture. But as you pointed out, since he can read in English, it is not ...
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| Chinese figurines | 8/9/2008 | Shannon G. |
Q: I have a very nice set of 12 carved wooden, lacquered figurines, each about 2 inches long, ...
A: sorry i cannot tell you whether it's valuable as i cannot see it. but usually it is a tourist's ...
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| Tattoo | 8/6/2008 | John J |
Q: I was hoping you could translate Sonia for me. Which i was thinking about getting a tattoo. Thank ...
A: I'd be happy to answer you this question. But I highly doubt that your computer wouldn't display ...
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| Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 7/28/2008 | John J |
Q: sentences from english to chinese if of course you have the spare time to assist me... i have a ...
A: I think your friend is very lucky to have you as a friend. I'd love to help. Attached please find ...
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| manarin phonetics | 7/15/2008 | John J |
Q: Firstly have a good time when yo go home. I am coming to xi'an on 30th july to help teach primary ...
A: Margaret. I'm no experts in selecting an English-Chinese dictionary because I never used one. But I ...
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