nodename » Chinese http://nodename.com/blog Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:06:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The usual? http://nodename.com/blog/2009/08/15/the-usual/ http://nodename.com/blog/2009/08/15/the-usual/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:17:18 +0000 alan http://nodename.com/blog/?p=244 Just about every weekend I go to my favorite local restaurant, China Fun, for one of the traditional meals I got accustomed to long ago in Taiwan: 鹹豆漿 xián dòujiāng — “salty” soybean milk, meaning hot soybean milk with sliced-up 油條 yóutiáo (“oil-stick,” i.e. fried cruller), dried baby shrimp, pickled veg, cilantro, etc, as opposed to . . . → Read More: The usual?]]> Just about every weekend I go to my favorite local restaurant, China Fun, for one of the traditional meals I got accustomed to long ago in Taiwan: 鹹豆漿 xián dòujiāng — “salty” soybean milk, meaning hot soybean milk with sliced-up 油條 yóutiáo (“oil-stick,” i.e. fried cruller), dried baby shrimp, pickled veg, cilantro, etc, as opposed to 甜豆漿 tián dòujiāng “sweet” soybean milk with just sugar in it — and 韮菜鍋貼 jiŭcài guōtiē — chive (and pork) fried dumplings, or “pot-stickers” by literal translation of 鍋貼. Up here on the Upper West Side the soybean milk is only available on the weekend, although in Chinatown of course it’s a daily staple. They know me pretty well at China Fun; I never spoke English to them for the first few years, in order to encourage them to help me keep up my Chinese. And when I show up on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon they pretty much know what I want. But of course one has to make sure.

There are two expressions I hear for “the usual”:

照舊 zhàojiù “according-old”
老樣子 lăo yàngzi “old appearance/way”

舊 and 老 both mean “old”; usually 舊 is applied to things, and 老 refers to age, as of people or animals. I believe that 老 is natural in the expression 老樣子 because 樣子 originally refers to a person’s appearance. In fact 樣 shows up in Japanese as the formal suffix -sama, used in place of the more neutral form of address -san.

I have a feeling that 照舊 may be a bit more correct/formal than 老樣子 for “the usual.” Certainly it’s higher on the literary vs. colloquial scale.

]]> http://nodename.com/blog/2009/08/15/the-usual/feed/ 0 A Little Chinese-English Glossary of Flash-Related Terms – Flash 相关术语小汇编 http://nodename.com/blog/2005/08/01/flash-chinese-glossary/ http://nodename.com/blog/2005/08/01/flash-chinese-glossary/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:11:52 +0000 alan http://nodename.com/blog/?p=4 Actually, not all are technical terms, but mostly anything I’ve had to look up or anything I understood for the first time in a new context.

其实不是全部术语；只要是查了字典才懂的或是初次在新一种上下文里理解的，就会收入。

I’m not Chinese but I’ve been speaking it for many years; I lived in Taiwan long ago, and have spent time in Hong Kong and mainland China. I try to . . . → Read More: A Little Chinese-English Glossary of Flash-Related Terms – Flash 相关术语小汇编]]> Actually, not all are technical terms, but mostly anything I’ve had to look up or anything I understood for the first time in a new context.

其实不是全部术语；只要是查了字典才懂的或是初次在新一种上下文里理解的，就会收入。

I’m not Chinese but I’ve been speaking it for many years; I lived in Taiwan long ago, and have spent time in Hong Kong and mainland China. I try to keep up, and recently found a new way to do so: reading the Chinese blogs at MXNA.

This is for my own use, but if you are one of the few who find it of interest please drop me a line!

本来是给自己参考的，不过有兴趣就跟我联络吧！

I’ll be adding to this post as I glean new vocabulary items.

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一劳永逸 do something once and for all

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子类 subclass
子类型 subtype
上传 upload

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开源 open source
引用 refer, reference
父类 superclass
升級 upgrade
方法 method
文本 text
文件 file
内部的 internal (private)
内建的 built-in
队列 queue

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电影剪辑 (diànyǐngjiǎnjí) MovieClip
生成 generate
代码 code (N)
外部的 external
处理 handle (eg event)
包 package
对象 object

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动态 dynamic
存储, 储存 (cúnchǔ, chǔcún) store (V), storage, memory
压缩 compress
压缩包 zip file, archive
扩展 extend (eg a class)
多态 polymorphism
全面 comprehensive
创建 create
产生 generate
字型 font
字符 char
字体 font
导航 navigation

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场景 scene
连结 link
时间轴 (shíjiānzhóu) timeline
传, 传递 forward, relay, pass (eg parameter)
坐标 coordinate (N)
删除 (shānchú) delete
库 library
状况 state
初始化 initialize
驱使 (qūshǐ) dispatch

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表达式 expression
垃圾收集器 garbage collector
拥有 (yōngyǒu) possess, own, Has-A
拖放 drag and drop
构造 construct
表单 form
事件 event
参数 parameter
物件 (TW) object
组件 (zǔjiàn) component
组合 composition (eg objects); assembly (eg language)
侦听器 (zhēntīngqì) listener
变量 variable
定义 define, definition
定义类型 type (V, eg variable)
实例 instance
实例化 instantiate
视觉 visual, vision
视频 (shìpín) video

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面板 panel
函数 function
转载 (zhuǎnzài) republish elsewhere
指针 cursor
封装 (fēngzhuāng) encapsulate
点击 (點擊 diǎnjī) hit, click
矩形 (jǔxíng) rectangle
恒等 (héngděng) identical, ===
浏览器 (liúlǎnqì) browser
派发 distribute, broadcast
派遣 (pàiqiǎn) dispatch
类 class
类型 type (N)
屏幕 screen
标签 tag

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原理 principle
匿名 (nìmíng) anonymous
倍数 multiple (N)
继承 (jìchéng) inherit
调试 (tiáoshì) debug
调用 (diàoyòng) transfer (eg data); call (eg function)
资源 resource
资产 assets
容器 container
部落格 blog

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接口 interface
检测 (jiǎncè) examine, monitor
嵌入 (qiànrù) embed
符合 comply, conform, compliant

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博客 blog
赋值 (fùzhí) assign value
储存, 存储 (chǔcún, cúnchǔ) store (V), storage, memory
属性 property

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路径 path
触发 (chùfā) trigger (V, eg event)
解压缩 uncompress
数组 array
数据 (shùjù) data

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静态 static
模型 model
模块 module
模板 template, skin
模式 pattern
舞台 stage
算法 algorithm

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整數 integer

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操作 (cāozuò) operate, operation
操作符 operator
默认 default

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