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Lin Yutang (1895–1976) was an influential Chinese scholar, linguist, educator, inventor, translator, and author of works in Chinese and English. Lin's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage was his second lexicographical effort. From 1932 to 1937, he compiled a 65-volume monolingual Chinese dictionary that was destroyed by Japanese troops ...
The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, [note 1] also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK). The name Jyutping (itself the Jyutping romanisation of its Chinese name, 粵拼) is a contraction of the official name, and it consists of the ...
The Hong Kong Government uses an unpublished system of Romanisation of Cantonese for public purposes which is based on the 1888 standard described by Roy T Cowles in 1914 as Standard Romanisation. [ 1]: iv The primary need for Romanisation of Cantonese by the Hong Kong Government is in the assigning of names to new streets and places.
29 reviews. 57 helpful votes. 1. Re: Electronic Dictionary English-Cantonese. 16 years ago. these electronic dictionaries would be a lot cheaper in HK/China. If you are just visiting HK, I don't think these are worthwhile investments unless you do intend to learn Chinese in the long run.
Diu. The written form of diu commonly seen in Hong Kong. Diu ( Traditional Chinese: 屌 or 𨳒, Jyutping: diu2), literally meaning fuck, is a common but grossly vulgar profanity in Cantonese. In a manner similar to the English word fuck, diu2 expresses dismay, disgrace and disapproval. Examples of expressions include diu2 nei5!
May 20, 2024, 9:51 AM. Google Translate is working in Hong Kong and the language in Hong Kong is Chinese (Traditional) for Google Translate. They are more using Cantonese in Hong Kong but for Cantonese you would need Bing Translate though. However written Cantonese is almost the same as standard Chinese with traditional characters so no problem ...
Hanyu Pinyin. zhōng shì yīngwén. Chinglish is slang for spoken or written English language that is either influenced by a Chinese language, or is poorly translated. [ 1] In Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong and Guangxi, the term "Chinglish" refers mainly to Cantonese -influenced English.
Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, KT, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DL ( Chinese: 麥理浩; 16 October 1917 – 27 May 2000), was a British politician, diplomat and colonial official who served as the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982. He was the longest-serving governor of the colony, with four successive terms in office.