• @Krauerking@lemy.lol
    link
    fedilink
    English
    110 days ago

    So… No one in here has tried to learn Mandarin in here huh?

    Let’s talk about Hanji, heck worse let’s talk about:

    四是四,十是十,十四是十四,四十是四十;
    谁把十四说“十适”,就打他十四;
    谁把四十说“适十”,就打他四十

    Which is pronounced like:

    sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí;
    shéi bǎ shísì shuō “shíshì”, jiù dǎ tā shísì,
    shéi bǎ sìshí shuō “shìshí”, jiù dǎ tā sìshí.

    • @jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      010 days ago

      This is China-nese. Original Chinese, its

      四是四,十是十,十四是十四,四十是四十; 誰把十四說“十適”,就打他十四; 誰把四十說“適十”,就打他四十

          • @Krauerking@lemy.lol
            link
            fedilink
            English
            010 days ago

            No I mean the minor difference ones. Or how I am supposed to memorize 5000 hanzi to be considered college literate. This is a bunch of repeating but good Lord there is a lot of individual characters out there.

            • @jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              English
              110 days ago

              It’s sorta like memorizing the word encyclopedia. I’m sure if there were a handful of letters missing or wrong you could still read it. Because you don’t memorize the letters but what it looks like. Exactly how Chinese works.

      • @Mikrochip@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        3
        edit-2
        9 days ago

        I don’t know all the words in this, but I doubt it; it’s a classic Chinese tongue twister.

        The first line translates to "four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty. On the second & third line it’s something along the lines of “whoever says 40/14 says <X>, <sth> 40/14”, as far as I can tell.

        Spoiler

        No, I don’t want to use a translator, where’s the fun in that?