Mandarin Uncensored Class 5

Mandarin I Berkeley Extension
425 Market Street San Francisco, CA Professor: Virginia Mau Notes taken and commentary (marked byNote:) by Jennifer Ball (because of the typeface which I must use to render the Chinese characters correctly, extra spaces are occasionally seen before and after apostrophes and quotes). Next class: Homework: Workbook Pages 6-7, #1-4, also page 10, #4-5 (for 5, write characters not pinyin); No quiz Make-up quiz for those who want to take it: in 2 weeks on 10/18/11. No class 11/22/11 More class notes to come: Wangba: tortoise, cuckold
Class 5
Oct. 4, 2011
From Mandarin Chinese Profanity in Wikipedia (quote): Illegitimacy
Reading and writing Chinese: a guide to the Chinese writing system, the students 1,020 list, the official 2,000 list by William McNaughton and Li Ying. Ruttland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1999).
Many insults imply that the interlocutors mother or even grandmother was promiscuous. The turtle is emblematic of the penis and also of promiscuous intercourse. Eggs are the progeny of turtles and other lower animals, so the word dn () is a metonym for offspring.
* wngb () / wngb () = cuckold; this was an insult as early as the Song dynasty [960 and 1279 A.D.]
Mandarin I Berkeley Extension: Class 5, Oct. 4, 2011, Virginia Mau, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Mandarin Uncensored 9/9/2011: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 October 2011 10:02 AM
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* wngbdn (, informal simplified: ) / wngbgozi () = bastard (lit. turtle egg and turtle kid.) * gu snzi (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) / gu rzi (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) = bastard (lit. turtle grandson and turtle son) Turtles and eggs The Zhng wn d c din (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language)) (something a little like the OED), discusses (wng b) in vol. 6 p. 281. Wng b is the term that is usually written casually for the slur that means something like son of a bitch. A wngbdn / is the offspring of a woman lacking virtue. Another meaning of is bi, fresh-water turtle.[4] Turtle heads reemerging from hiding in the turtles shell look like the glans emerging from the foreskin, and turtles lay eggs. So a wang ba is a woman who has lost her virtue, and a wang ba dan is the progeny of such a woman, a turtle product, but, figuratively, also a penis product. Wng b originally got switched over from another wng b (one that referred to any very unvirtuous individual) because of a nasty piece of work with the family name Wng who picked up the nickname zi Wng b (the thieving Wang Eight) but for being a dastard, not for being a bastard. The dictionary doesnt say, but he may have been the eighth Wang among his siblings. Anyway, he became crook Wang eight and the term stuck and spread just as Maverick did in English. There is a pun here because of the earlier expression wng b used to describe (1) any person who forgets/disregards the eight virtues, (2) an un-virtuous woman, i.e., one who sleeps around. The first meaning applied to the dastardly Wang, but the family name got stuck to the second, sexual, term. (end quote) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanity And more on Breasts (with enlarged type because somehow that seems appropriate): Breasts (quote)
term is used primarily in northern China.
* b (, literally wave or undulating, but sometimes suggested to be derived from ball which has a similar pronunciation) = boobs.[3] The typical instance is bb (Chinese: ), which refers to a woman with very large breasts.
* fshu (; literally happy long life) * zr() (Beijing slang) * gege (Tianjin slang) * bor (Chinese: ; literally busty breasts (literally explosive breasts) = big tits, likely reborrowing from Japanese. * fijchng (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; literally airport) = flat breasts * hng kng m jin (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ) - literally aircraft carrier, referring to a flat chest. Compare with (zhn jin), meaning battleship, which refers to larger-sized chimneys of the chest. (end quote) The rest of class: More answers for How are you today?
* nini () = boobies
My note: literally milk, milk.
* mm (; literally cats purring meow meow) is a euphemism for breast. * da doufu (; literally big bean curd) slang for large breasts, more prevalent in Guangdong * mntu (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; literally steamed bun) also refers to a womans breasts; as mantou is typical of northern Chinese cuisine this
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jin1 tian1 hao3 bu4 hao3
= how are you this evening?

hen3 mang2 = very busy
jin1 wan3 zen3 me yang4 (jing is pronunciation and ze)
?
ni3 hao3 bu4 hao3
= not bad
bu4 cuo4

e4 = hungry
fei1 chang2 mang2 = extremely busy.
/
hai2 ke3 yi3
= mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong cuo4 (sounds like tuaalmost like tall with a New York accent)
/
hai2
= okay, all right
lei4
= tired
= also; in addition; more; still; else; still; yet; (not) yet
ke3
kai1 xin1 (ching) = can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
= open
yi3
= to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel
zhou1 mo4 = week end (zjoe moah)
?
zhou1 mo4 zen3 me yang4 bu ze3me yang4
= Hows your weekend?
= good morning
zao3 shang4 hao3
= not much going on ?

ni3 shi2 shei2 (you are who?)
= good evening
zao3 wan3 hao3
whats your name?
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wo3 jiao4 Jennifer = I am called...[first name]
shen2 me? tone down = whatever... (kids say to their grandparents in disgust) (sounds like shuh-muh)
jiao4 - to call; to yell; to be called; to order

shu1
Shen2 me shu1 = Whats the book?
/ /
wo3 jiao4 ni3 = Im calling you.
= book
? = You [are] called what?

ni3 jiao4 shen2 me shen2 = great extent; considerably, very; file of 10 soldiers
Ms Lin: However, because of cultural expression are different as you know, I think a better way of saying is:
Na3 yi1 ben3 shu1
= Which book is it?
me (may) = small, tiny, interrogative suffix, similar to ma
shen2 me = what? Consider that shen2 is 10 soldiers and meis small, so one is asking Which small grouping of the 10 soldiers?

ben3
= how, which = root, origin, source; basis
However, says Ms. Lin (skip ahead if the complexity is too much, this is not from class; simplified in parentheses):
ming2 zi4 = first name and not last

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shen2 me dong1 xi1: tone up = what is it? tone down = rude What the heck?(I think heck is a euphemism.)
ben is like articles in English words, for example, you put a before a consonant sound and an before a vowel sound. In Chinese, its a lot more complicated than
Shen2 me? tone up = what?

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that. here are some examples. There are many more. You will learn them as you go along. a book, you use article for book (simplified: ) a bird, you use article () a chair, you use article () a door, you use article () an airplane, you use article a boat, you use article () a bicycle, you use article a person, you use article
a flower, you use article Note: you dont mix these articles with the nouns that are following the articles. For example, you dont say because is appropriate for a flower, not a person. You also dont say because you use for boat, etc. However, if you want to use words like several, many, then there are separate words for them, too. for example, , a group of people, so article refers to a group, as an article.
(Back to class)
ni xing1 shen2 me?
= What is your last name is ?
wo xing = My last name is ...
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Compare xing1 with xing4:

xing4 = surname; family name; name (female birth) = letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence xn4
what this is)
xing1 = sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity (heart birth)
ding1 People change their name to ding1 because 2 strokes is at the top of the conceptual alphabet for Chinese. Their dictionary is organized in stroke order, with the least number of strokes at the top.
= 4th heavenly stem; a Chinese surname
Business settings:
= expensive; noble; your (name); precious
= to write a letter
xi3 xn4
Your important last name: Small last name:
/
xi3

xiao3 xing4...
nin2 gui4 xing4
= write; draw, sketch; compose (this character looks like a horse; using a mnemonic like the wordride to help rememberwrite can help one retain this character).
Cantonesese:
pao1 shu bao1
= throw out the book back - idiom (youre acting too smart, like a show off)
= envelope
= letter, envelope; feudal
Abbott and Costellos Whose on Firstconcept in Chinese is on YouTube. Will look up soon.
= to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
= to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for) Cantonese sentence tone longer more sexyaccording to Ms. Mau. TV reporters, generational thing; huh-uh = no Cantonese version ni us ne. Anyone get this?
Yang2 yi1 = reference to)
(surname); poplar (not sure what this is in
They called her Yang2 er4

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.(Dont remember
ni3 you3 xiong1di huo4 jie3 mei4 ma? = you have brothers or sisters?
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he2
= and; together with; with; peace; harmony; union
/
yi4
= different; unusual; strange
dan4 shi4
= but

ban4 l3
ban4 l3 = partner = a partner; companion or associate; to accompany; comrade
= but; yet; however; only; merely; still
Ms. Mau: China the country, rather than its past tradition of looking like a chicken from an aerial view, now promotes the idea that it looks like a woman with a purse (because women are sexy and a purse suggests spending power?).
/
pei2
= companion, significant other
ke3 shi4
= but (same as dan4 shi4)
= accompany, be with, keep company; also
pei2 ban4
= accompany
= can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
wo3 pei2 ni3
= I accompany you
peng2 you3 (pung yo) = friend
xiao peng2 you3 nan n peng2 you3
ai l3
= love companion
= small friend
= to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

tong2 xing4 peng2 you3
= male [and] female friends
Chinese dont hug, dont express their feeling verbally in public. No one says, I love you.
wo3 ai4 ni3
= I love you (only found in literature)
= same sex friend
yi4 xing1 peng2 you3 Page 12
= female (not girlfriend) friend, platonic friends
= I would like (not as strong as yao3 wo3 xi3 huan1 (she wan)
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xi3 huan1
= Double happiness (seen at weddings)
fu1 wei4
= husband, man
/
he1 = drink
= joyous; happy; pleased
/
wei4 shen me
= because of; for; to
= why?
= eat chi1 Restaurant:
= Drink what? (What to drink?)
wei4 shen2 me bu4 = why not?
he1 shen2 me?
bu4 wei4 shen2 me = no reason
wo3 yao3 he1 bing1 shui3
mei2 ban4 fa3
= no solution (I cant help you)
= I want [to] drink ice water.
Ms. Mau: People are not polite in restaurants. Its down to business. Sometimes you have to yell to order.
/
mei2
= (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
hai2 shi4 wei4 hun1 fu1 (we wan fu)
= still no
/
ban4
= to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with

wei4
= fiance (not yet married man)
fa3
= law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
wo3 ban4
= I do it
= not yet; did not; have not; not
hun1
you3 mei2 you3 fa3
= Any rules?
= to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife

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ke3 ban4
and one can see that they both

= can do
I mixed these two up as I was creating this, so lets look at them again:
wei4 mei2

and
share the silk character
and the childs hair tufts (really a pre-scientific depiction of un-
= not yet; did not; have not; not
formed Fallopian tubes):
/
ban4 ban4
= (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
The difference is that the Fallopian tubes which represent the gate. are blocked in guan1, demonstrating that no conception will occur. Therefore the meanings of guan1: to
I mixed these two up as well: = a partner; companion or associate; to accompany; comrade
close, to shut, to turn off. This character includes the ear character on left, which suggests that someone is open to suggestions, and the meaning concurs.
/ /
wu2 guan1
= to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with
/
kai1 guan1
Kai1 = open, turn on (there are those Fallopian tubes again.) This character
he2 ni3 wu2 guan1 = not polite = not polite less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-
These two hands might even be euphemistic because this character , with two hands at the bottom, means large, powerful, stout, thick which describes a penis and anything capable of opening gates or vaginas.
means two hands.
= switch (on/off; another example of two antonyms defining the category)
/
lian2
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= mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve
guan1 yin1
kai1 xin1 = to feel happy (literally open heart; Thats the official form of heart on the right; keep in mind that major characters have more than one form.)
(Its hard to understand the meaning of these characters unless one considers related traditional characters, and then a pattern is able to be seen. Here, for example is the antonym of the above word:
= care (closed heart, perhaps because its wrapped up in someone.)
= to ally; to unite; to join

Mandarin I Berkeley Extension: Class 5, Oct. 4, 2011, Virginia Mau, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Mandarin Uncensored 9/9/2011: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 October 2011 10:02 AM Mandarin I Berkeley Extension: Class 5, Oct. 4, 2011, Virginia Mau, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Mandarin Uncensored 9/9/2011: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 October 2011 10:02 AM
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xin1 guan1 le = dont care (a mean thing to say)
na4
= to finish; particle of completed action = it doesnt matter
mei2 guan4 xi4
= system; line, link, connection
= that, that one, those
I posted all of these roots in order to understand that ear is a euphemism, and this character na4 is more complex than a facial appendage. The right character looks like a B,which we now know signifies for breasts, and it means mound, city( a city is where you would find sex more likely with women than animals). The character at left is a version of the moon/flesh radical. Those, that are the way people refer to animals or things that are important to refer to, but not important enough to have a name, and I suspect that this term grew out of the importance of animals that produce milk.
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na4 er2 compare with:
= that/there (takes ge)
?
na3 shi4 shei2 or
Who is that? (literally Which is who?)

zhe4
?
ta1 shi4 shei2
Who is that? (literally He is who?)
na3 er2 = where? Note different tone, additional character on left
/
guo2
= That is [name] na4 shi4 shei2 [name here] = country, state, nation
na3 er 2 = which, where, how (sounds like nar)
/
zai4
= this; these
wang2
= king
yu4
= jade
Only the king has jade, and once he has enough jade, he can power a country (note that country has king/jade inside a boundary. It used to have a weapon). wang2 ba1 = tortoise (see beginning of class notes) On the Double nine holidayChinese go high to the top of the mountain to burn incense; also burn in house, kill insects. Children have a letter written on forehead (saying that they are not children?) so that bad evil cannot get to kids.Anyone else get a better version of this?
zhe4 er2 = this here (takes ge) (sounds like jar)
= at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
dan4
= egg, oval-shaped
?
ni3 zai4 na3 er2
= where are you?
= within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese zhong1 (my note: China is the center)
wo3 zai4 na3 er2 Page 20
= here I am
= China (the Peoples Republic of China; the center country) zhong1 guo2
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mei3
= beautiful (literally big sheep)
= kiss me
mei3 guo2
Note the relationship between: = U.S.A. (country)
zhong1 guo ren2
= Chinese person

wen2

zhong1 center Chinese chong2 insect worm dan4 egg si1 or mou3 rou2 private rump secret to trample vagina? It looks like a V = who is in control = who is dominated Next class: countries, occupations. Ms. Lin comments:
= American = English person
ying1 guo ren (Note: our teacher mixes yin and ying consistently. Please keep this in mind.) = English; brave = language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
wen4
zhong1 wen2
= Chinese language
/
wen4 wo3 yu3
= ask (Which gates do you think a person is asking to open?)
= ask me
/
wen3 Page 22
= dialect, language, speak
= kiss, mouth
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Sandhi (Sanskrit: sadhi[1] joining) is a cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries (thus belonging to what is called morphophonology). Examples include the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words. Sandhi occurs particularly prominently in the phonology of Indian languages (especially Sanskrit, which has complex sandhi rules), hence its name, but many other languages have it. Wikipedia Sandhi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanity 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/
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From Mandarin Chinese Profanity in Wikipedia (quote): Illegitimacy

term is used primarily in northern China.

My note: literally milk, milk.

= how are you this evening?

jin1 wan3 zen3 me yang4 (jing is pronunciation and ze)

fei1 chang2 mang2 = extremely busy.

= okay, all right

= also; in addition; more; still; else; still; yet; (not) yet

zhou1 mo4 = week end (zjoe moah)

= Hows your weekend?

= not much going on ?

whats your name?

wo3 jiao4 Jennifer = I am called...[first name]

jiao4 - to call; to yell; to be called; to order

Shen2 me shu1 = Whats the book?

wo3 jiao4 ni3 = Im calling you.

? = You [are] called what?

Na3 yi1 ben3 shu1

= Which book is it?

me (may) = small, tiny, interrogative suffix, similar to ma

= how, which = root, origin, source; basis

ming2 zi4 = first name and not last

Shen2 me? tone up = what?

ni xing1 shen2 me?

= What is your last name is ?

wo xing = My last name is ...

Compare xing1 with xing4:

what this is)

= 4th heavenly stem; a Chinese surname

= expensive; noble; your (name); precious

Your important last name: Small last name:

nin2 gui4 xing4

pao1 shu bao1

= letter, envelope; feudal

= to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon

Yang2 yi1 = reference to)

(surname); poplar (not sure what this is in

They called her Yang2 er4

= and; together with; with; peace; harmony; union

= different; unusual; strange

ban4 l3 = partner = a partner; companion or associate; to accompany; comrade

= but; yet; however; only; merely; still

= companion, significant other

= but (same as dan4 shi4)

= accompany, be with, keep company; also

wo3 pei2 ni3

peng2 you3 (pung yo) = friend

xiao peng2 you3 nan n peng2 you3

= to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

= male [and] female friends

wo3 ai4 ni3

= I love you (only found in literature)

= same sex friend

yi4 xing1 peng2 you3 Page 12

= female (not girlfriend) friend, platonic friends

= Double happiness (seen at weddings)

= joyous; happy; pleased

= because of; for; to

= eat chi1 Restaurant:

= Drink what? (What to drink?)

wei4 shen2 me bu4 = why not?

he1 shen2 me?

bu4 wei4 shen2 me = no reason