wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish • 6 months agoChinese tram painted to look like regional trainhexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1imageChinese tram painted to look like regional trainhexbear.netwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
Also China has a weird thing about battery operated trams. Not sure why they don’t put up the wires for so many of them.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 🏅AlinkEnglish7•6 months agoIt’s also might be a bit of word play with 爱号(aì haò), as 爱好(aì haò)(hobby) sound the same, the whole word can be interpreted as ShenZhen’s Hobby, because it’s an advanced city in China and tech is their hobby.
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoYou’re right! I’m not a native speaker so that pun didn’t jump out to me straight away. It’s very playful. I really hope to visit Shenzhen one day.
It’s also might be a bit of word play with 爱号(aì haò), as 爱好(aì haò)(hobby) sound the same, the whole word can be interpreted as ShenZhen’s Hobby, because it’s an advanced city in China and tech is their hobby.
You’re right! I’m not a native speaker so that pun didn’t jump out to me straight away. It’s very playful. I really hope to visit Shenzhen one day.