YICHM
@YICHM@lemmy.world
- Comment on It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English 2 weeks ago:
There are way too much puns in Taiwan.
- Comment on It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English 2 weeks ago:
- (Standard) Mandarin: the Chinese “dialect” that most westerner learns.
- Chinese: languages such as mandarin, min, yue, which are not necessary mutually comprehensible. For example, there are eight tones in zh-min-nan, compared to four in standard mandarin. The grammar, common words and idioms are also somewhat different, although sloppy translations are unifying the grammar of zh-min-nan and mandarin in Taiwan.
- SC, TC: They both refer to Standard Mandarin in most contexts, but different script and words are used. Mostly mutually comprehensible disregarding political issues. However, these two terms can also refer to the script (simplified vs. traditional) themselves. Note that TC shouldn’t be mapped to zh-tw, since zh-tw and zh-hk are no less different that en-us and en-gb.
- Comment on They missed the opportunity of calling compact disc "Digital Audio Disc" 3 weeks ago:
Maybe it was renamed? It’s weird that I’ve handled CDs but not DVDs.
DVD (digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
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- Comment on Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet. 4 weeks ago:
TIL: savoury yoghurt exists.
to be fair, i shouldn’t be that surprised since we have savoury soy milk here.
- Comment on Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet. 4 weeks ago:
I have licked both. Licking table salt is more intense.
- Comment on Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet. 4 weeks ago:
It is meant to be taken literally. It seems that I’ve consumed way too much sugar.
- Comment on Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet. 4 weeks ago:
I’ve only seen slightly less refined (yellow) sugar being used at home, but white sugar isn’t any sweeter.
- Comment on Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet. 4 weeks ago:
Is salt very sour? Very savory?
second one.
Which one is a better antonym for sweet?
in Chinese it’s bitter (not enjoyable).
What about an antonym for sugary?
bland?
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- Comment on People around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic. 4 weeks ago:
Only if the verse is carefully written.
- Comment on Failure is the best teacher 4 weeks ago:
Failure is the best teacher, but the tutor price is usually expensive.
- Comment on Usually, silicone nippled showerheads aren't replaced or cleaned regularly. 1 month ago:
correct
- Comment on Usually, silicone nippled showerheads aren't replaced or cleaned regularly. 1 month ago:
*looking intensely into the gunk buildup*
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- Comment on This year’s highlight is 1 month ago:
A massively underexposed picture of some textbook.
- Comment on 每次拉屎都尿尿但不是每次尿尿都拉屎。 1 month ago:
With context, this sentence can be simplified to
有屎必有尿；有尿不必有屎。
- Comment on The disadvantaged are more sensitive to biased language for good reasons. 1 month ago:
The 族 feels really… idk it feels very insulting for some reason.
確實，用「弱勢群體」會比較好聽，因為「群體」一詞還沒有遭受汙染。「族」字通常用來表示外加分類，^[來源請求]^所以複詞褒貶全依 [X] 決定，如「草苺族」一詞就十分刺耳。不過，通勤族、開車族、家族等詞就沒有負面意涵。
- Comment on The disadvantaged are more sensitive to biased language for good reasons. 1 month ago:
「弱勢族群對偏見敏感。」
“for good reasons” is added to clarify intent.
- Comment on The disadvantaged are more sensitive to biased language for good reasons. 1 month ago:
The first interpretation. I’m not sure whether or not it is true.
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- Comment on "Fed-iverse" can be rephrased as "Fe-diverse", which suits Lemmy more. 1 month ago:
not yet
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- Comment on Some of my failed showerthoughts 2 months ago:
(Also how does a Taiwanese get their name romanized? Taiwan doesn’t use Pinyin… 🤔)
Various flavours of Pinyin, semi-English transcription, or some random names chosen in English class.
- Comment on Some of my failed showerthoughts 2 months ago:
- Comment on Some of my failed showerthoughts 2 months ago:
(1) Circuit-switched network create a dedicated connection between two nodes, and the connection is reserved for the entire session.
(3) He’s a Christian, so probably not.
(4) Taiwan. Although the guys at the constitutional court says the criteria is more strict than the law says. law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=C000… (zh-tw)
