Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Fruit bowl
Chinese translation:
Guopan
Dec 13, 2003 22:46
22 yrs ago
English term
Brian Costello
Fruit bowl
I was curious as to what the Chinese word is for "fruit bowl"? They probably say it analytically.
Thank you for any help. Please sen the translation in Roman letters.
Thank you very much!
Brian Costello
Seatlle, Wa.
Thank you for any help. Please sen the translation in Roman letters.
Thank you very much!
Brian Costello
Seatlle, Wa.
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 3 +6 | guopan |
chica nueva
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| 4 +1 | ShuiGuoPinPan ==> GuoPan |
HymnLau
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Proposed translations
+6
51 mins
chica nueva
Native in English
Works in field
http://youtube/iraVWQu3Zf8
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
guopan
guo = fruit
pan = a rather flat receptacle,as a tray, plate, dish, etc
pan = a rather flat receptacle,as a tray, plate, dish, etc
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Scott Li
5 mins
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| agree |
Zhoudan
1 hr
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| agree |
matias
2 hrs
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| agree |
Denyce Seow
: to think that "bowl" (English) becomes "plate" (Chinese). Attribute it to culture difference? Interesting, isn't it????
12 hrs
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| agree |
Danbing HE
12 hrs
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| agree |
Chinoise
3 days 19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much Lai'an for your reply. I really appreciate it. I believe that the more you know about a language the more you know about its people. You also learn more about your own language.
Sincerely,
Brian Costello"
+1
3 days 2 hrs
ShuiGuoPinPan ==> GuoPan
ShuiGuo Fruit, especially various fruit
Pin integrated into (one)
Pan plate, or bowl.....
To simplify, it's most called as "GuoPan" in Mandarin as well as Cantonese.
Pin integrated into (one)
Pan plate, or bowl.....
To simplify, it's most called as "GuoPan" in Mandarin as well as Cantonese.
Discussion
--- Brian Costello
I was looking more for Manadrain in this case. I think that guopan is Mandarin but if not, please let me. know.If there are any other translations please let me know. I'm interested kind of for linguistic reasons. A language like Italian says this "synthetically" as fruttiERA but English says it "analytically, "FRUIT + BOWL" and I believe Chinese probably does too. Just wanted to make sure. I thank all of you who reply very much.
Sincerely,
Brian Costello
Seattle, Wa.