In Chinese, AI means cancer/cancerous

[KG5MVP]

I am recently learning Chinese, and it turns out that the word for cancer in Chinese is pronounced and written in English as Ai. And it turns out the origin of the word had nothing to do with Iverson!

[imdaman99]

:roll: Why the F are you learning chinese? You meet a Yum-Yum?

[jason816]

and a Chinese, me, is telling you AI doesn't stand for cancer in Chinese. Not in Mandarin, not in Cantonese, not in Taiwanese, not in Shanghai-nese, not in any Chinese dialect

[brantonli]

you mean 癌症? Well I'm not sure what it is in Mandarin, but I swear it isn't in Cantonese. but I would highly doubt it's 'ai' in mandarin either.


*hmm, just need to get shawbryant in here as well*

[KG5MVP]

and a Chinese, me, is telling you AI doesn't stand for cancer in Chinese. Not in Mandarin, not in Cantonese, not in Taiwanese, not in Shanghai-nese, not in any Chinese dialect

癌

look up the dictionary dumb@ss, it's pronouced ai

[BRINKER]

i think its catching on in english as well as slang for cancer.

just the other day my buddy told me his grandpa had just been diagnosed with lung AI

[brantonli]

hmm, I just looked it up and he's right. The 拼音是

[west]

癌

look up the dictionary dumb@ss, it's pronouced ai
LMFAO!!!Learn some freaking Chinese before you talk to us.:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[jason816]

癌

look up the dictionary dumb@ss, it's pronouced ai

lol, aiite.
since Chinese is my mother-tongue and i don;t have to look it up in a dictionary like yourself.

[wTFaMonkey]

"Chinese" is not a language


:banghead::banghead:

[bdreason]

I tried out Mandarin... way too fukcin hard.

I learned a few basic sentences... but I couldn't even imagine trying to learn how to write it.

[imlmf]

and a Chinese, me, is telling you AI doesn't stand for cancer in Chinese. Not in Mandarin, not in Cantonese, not in Taiwanese, not in Shanghai-nese, not in any Chinese dialect


then you might wanna check with your parents again, maybe you are not really chinese

ai = 癌 = kanswer

[jason816]

"Chinese" is not a language


:banghead::banghead:




to most people, Chinese is the word to summarize the dialects.
Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Shanghai-nese...Dongbei, Hunan, Hubei...etc

just like Japanese, hey, there are lots of different dialects in Japan~ but you still call the language Japanese no matter what dialect it is.
Tokyo-ben, Oosaka-ben, Touhoku-ben, Ryukyu-go...etc.

[jason816]

then you might wanna check with your parents again, maybe you are not really chinese

ai = 癌 = kanswer


i don't care what it is written in "English", it's Chinese(or Mandarin if you prefer), and it shouldn't be written in alphabet.

[dab0yech0]

I tried out Mandarin... way too fukcin hard.

I learned a few basic sentences... but I couldn't even imagine trying to learn how to write it.

Same here when I was younger my parents wanted me and my brother to learn mandarin for some dumb reason, I used to just go into the class, nap in the back for an hour, then when there was a break I used to just jump the gate and leave and then just come back after school for my little brother to take him home.

[wTFaMonkey]

to most people, Chinese is the word to summarize the dialects.
Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Shanghai-nese...Dongbei, Hunan, Hubei...etc

just like Japanese, hey, there are lots of different dialects in Japan~ but you still call the language Japanese no matter what dialect it is.
Tokyo-ben, Oosaka-ben, Touhoku-ben, Ryukyu-go...etc.

yes. But the OP is referring to the pinyin "AI" which is obviously mandarin. But it is different in Cantonese.

[imlmf]

i don't care what it is written in "English", it's Chinese(or Mandarin if you prefer), and it shouldn't be written in alphabet.

pinyin is in alphabet ok?

how else do you think many people type on a keyboard?
buy a chinese keyboard?

[jason816]

yes. But the OP is referring to the pinyin "AI" which is obviously mandarin. But it is different in Cantonese.

aiite.

[jason816]

pinyin is in alphabet ok?

how else do you think many people type on a keyboard?
buy a chinese keyboard?


pinyin is for people who doesn't know to write Chinese.

everybody in my office(90% Chinese) type Chinese using a Chinese keyboard, you are right!

http://libai.math.ncu.edu.tw/bcc16/pool/image/mini-keyboard.jpg
see all those little bits and pieces of Chinese characters under the alphabets?
we type in those to combine it into a word.

[jason816]

example:
we type in "田" "戈" "口" "一"... to combine it into "國"(country)

that's how we type Chinese characters, pinyin is for losers that doesn't learn the art of Chinese.

[imlmf]

pinyin is for people who doesn't know to write Chinese.

everybody in my office(90% Chinese) type Chinese using a Chinese keyboard, you are right!

http://libai.math.ncu.edu.tw/bcc16/pool/image/mini-keyboard.jpg
see all those little bits and pieces of Chinese characters under the alphabets?
we type in those to combine it into a word.


that's why i said "many people"

wubi is more efficient, but i doubt more people use that than pinyin

anyway, you know what op means, no need to nitpick

[wTFaMonkey]

just wondering. are you canto or mandarin?

[jason816]

that's why i said "many people"

wubi is more efficient, but i doubt more people use that than pinyin

anyway, you know what op means, no need to nitpick


just saying. :oldlol:

done and done.

[jason816]

just wondering. are you canto or mandarin?


born and raised in Hong Kong, received higher education in Japan.
i speak all 3 languages fluently. (Mandarin(or shall I say Pu-tong-hua), Cantonese, Japanese)

[imlmf]

example:
we type in "田" "戈" "口" "一"... to combine it into "國"(country)

that's how we type Chinese characters, pinyin is for losers that doesn't learn the art of Chinese.


what? losers?

everyone learns pinyin in elementery school
i guess that makes china full of losers, 1.3 billion of them

maybe not everyone's job is to type chinese all day

i never cared to learn wubi because i like pinyin better
you can type like you are talking
and i type fast enough with pinyin

japanese has nothing to do with this thread, please don't show off
but i give you credit for being able to speak mandarin fluently growing up in hongkong

[jason816]

what? losers?

everyone learns pinyin in elementery school
i guess that makes china full of losers, 1.3 billion of them

maybe not everyone's job is to type chinese all day

i never cared to learn wubi because i like pinyin better
you can type like you are talking
and i type fast enough with pinyin

you misunderstood, i said pinyin(when typing on a computer) is for losers.

(what da hell is wubi?)

[wTFaMonkey]

Im sure 99% of hong kong people know how to speak both mandarin and canto.


But its never the opposite. I hate it how Canto is being phazed out. :mad:

[jason816]

Im sure 99% of hong kong people know how to speak both mandarin and canto.


But its never the opposite. I hate it how Canto is being phazed out. :mad:


then you'd be wrong.... :oldlol:
if you know the real mandarin... those spoken by HK people makes you laugh.

i am fortunate that my parents speak perfect Mandarin and i got to learn from them during my childhood.



enough is enough, back to basketball

[brantonli]

you misunderstood, i said pinyin(when typing on a computer) is for losers.

(what da hell is wubi?)

Aw :( I tried learning chongqi (yeah I can't be bothered to look up how to romaniticise it)but I gave up. Plus, China's going to take over HK anyway so might as well learn all the pinyin.

[imlmf]

五笔



have you heard when some of the hong kong artists speak mandarin? they crack me up. some are pretty good, but the others can barely express themselves. but i think they teach mandarin in school now.

[jason816]

Aw :( I tried learning chongqi (yeah I can't be bothered to look up how to romaniticise it)but I gave up. Plus, China's going to take over HK anyway so might as well learn all the pinyin.


:confusedshrug:

the British took over, we speak English.
the Japanese took over, we speak Japanese.
returning to the warmth of the motherland! we speak Mandarin.

okay, no problem. we prepared for this 20 years ago.

[jason816]

just realized... imlmf.... wtf....
can't believe there's still people out these liking them mofos...

(well... i had their CDs when i was a teenager tho...)

[imlmf]

just realized... imlmf.... wtf....
can't believe there's still people out these liking them mofos...

(well... i had their CDs when i was a teenager tho...)


when did i say i like them? but what's wrong with that even if i do
there are some good song/movie occasionally

but there's no way you can avoid them unless you live deep in the mountain right?

something call the media is everywhere

[jason816]

when did i say i like them? but what's wrong with that even if i do
there are some good song/movie occasionally

but there's no way you can avoid them unless you live deep in the mountain right?

something call the media is everywhere


no disrespect or anything, MC Yan is a friend of my brother. Just never liked them.

[imlmf]

no disrespect or anything, MC Yan is a friend of my brother. Just never liked them.


cool
i wonder what they are doing these days
haven't heard anything from them for years
but i think into late 30s and still making underground music is sad

[yobore]

pinyin is for people who doesn't know to write Chinese.

everybody in my office(90% Chinese) type Chinese using a Chinese keyboard, you are right!
I have barely ever seen those keyboards maybe it's just a Hong Kong thing. In the mainland everyone uses pinyin.

[greymatter]

It can also mean love, depending on which of the 4 tones you use (mandarin)

[halffttime]

lol are you serious?? someone inform the media!! :lol :oldlol: :rolleyes:

[wang4three]

Please delete this thread, it's not going to end well.

[nicknamefrank]

The word "ai" actually has many meanings

It can mean "beside" something
It can mean "Cancer" like the OP indicated
It can mean "short"
It can mean "love" also mentioned.

It just depends on the tone that you speak it with

[JordanL]

to most people, Chinese is the word to summarize the dialects.
Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Shanghai-nese...Dongbei, Hunan, Hubei...etc

just like Japanese, hey, there are lots of different dialects in Japan~ but you still call the language Japanese no matter what dialect it is.
Tokyo-ben, Oosaka-ben, Touhoku-ben, Ryukyu-go...etc.

As a Japanese student, the Japanese dialects are almost entirely word choice and some slight inflection differences. The differences between Japanese dialects is similar to the difference between New York English and Iowa English.

One of my Japanese teachers does have a Kyoto accent though, and it can be a bit difficult to understand her sometimes because of how much she slurs her words.

[jinsanity]

Yep, agree with JordanL, you go it wrong there.

I would say Mandarin and Cantonese aren't different Chinese dialects, but different Chinese languages . I.e. is similar to the difference between English and French....similar alphabets/characters but VERY different spoken and unintelligible between the two.

Someone in Beijing (unless they learnt Cantonese) isn't going to understand someone from Hong Kong(unless they learnt Mandarin). Alot of my friends from HK don't even know how to speak Mandarin, nor understand their mainlander counterparts(unless the mainlander is from Guangdong)

The difference between Osaka-ben and the Tokyo-ben is a similar difference between Australian English and American English. The exact same language, but different accents and few different colloquial expressions.

[BALLin01]

Is Iggy a cancer?