Comments on: About the name http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/#comment-74538 Mark Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.toshuo.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-74538 Thanks for catching the typo, Nick. You found my first post! As long as I'm in Taiwan, though, I'll be sticking with traditional characters. Thanks for catching the typo, Nick. You found my first post! As long as I’m in Taiwan, though, I’ll be sticking with traditional characters.

]]> By: Nicolas Liu http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/#comment-74525 Nicolas Liu Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:45:02 +0000 http://www.toshuo.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-74525 塗 should be 途. It means 'way'. So, the phrase would be 道听途说, and it means literally something you heard from street/way/road/avenue. It implies that something without verification or foundation, and it's just a baseless rumor. 'Smear say' is a stretch, which you can never find in a Chinese dictionary. 塗 should be 途. It means ‘way’. So, the phrase would be 道听途说, and it means literally something you heard from street/way/road/avenue. It implies that something without verification or foundation, and it’s just a baseless rumor.

‘Smear say’ is a stretch, which you can never find in a Chinese dictionary.

]]> By: jidanni http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/#comment-8661 jidanni Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:51:18 +0000 http://www.toshuo.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-8661 I thought it meant "afraid to speak (i.e., in one's beginner's Chinese)" I thought it meant “afraid to speak (i.e., in one’s beginner’s Chinese)”

]]> By: penny http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/#comment-1998 penny Wed, 10 May 2006 17:09:26 +0000 http://www.toshuo.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-1998 Hi, I am so surprised that you visited my podcast! It is our assignment to post responses to the class, and I thought our teacher was the only who would check on it... Well, thank you for leaving a message. About the name "dàotīngtúshuō," I think it is really interesting, and I like it! I guess I would never have figured out what it means without your explanation, and probably it would remain a mystery to me for the whole life. Ha ha, thank you again for it! Hi,
I am so surprised that you visited my podcast!
It is our assignment to post responses to the class,
and I thought our teacher was the only who would
check on it…
Well, thank you for leaving a message.
About the name “dàotīngtúshuō,” I think it is really
interesting, and I like it!
I guess I would never have figured out
what it means without your explanation, and probably it would remain a mystery to me for the whole life.
Ha ha, thank you again for it!

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/#comment-37 Mark Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.toshuo.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-37 Wow... I've looked at <A HREF="http://www.hanzismatter.com/" REL="nofollow">that site</A> about 10 times and never realized that. The I always read it as <BR/><BR/>hanzi smatter<BR/><BR/>The plural "s" on a Chinese word just never entered my mind. The second reading fits your site well though:<BR/><BR/>hanzis matter Wow… I’ve looked at that site about 10 times and never realized that. The I always read it as

hanzi smatter

The plural “s” on a Chinese word just never entered my mind. The second reading fits your site well though:

hanzis matter

]]> By: tian http://toshuo.com/2005/about-the-name/#comment-36 tian Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.toshuo.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-36 Nice play on words.<BR/><BR/>similar to my site www.hanzismatter.com<BR/><BR/>you can either read it as:<BR/><BR/>hanzi smatter<BR/><BR/>or <BR/><BR/>hanzi matter Nice play on words.

similar to my site http://www.hanzismatter.com

you can either read it as:

hanzi smatter

or

hanzi matter

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