Q&A - P1 Chinese

[metz]

janet_lee88:

Mdm Koh:

Food for thought... in Singapore and Malaysia, we often use 黄梨 for pineapple, but in China and HK, they use 菠萝. To them, 黄梨 is a yellow pear.


If Singapore is going to start using China CL, there will be plenty of terms that we'll have to relearn.

Yes, there is a difference and even among us Chinese, a pineapple is called differently. That's why there is 'bo luo pau and not 'huang li pau'.

That's why I dare not converse with my kids in Mandarin . Sometimes, I don't even know if I'm teaching them the correct terms. :scratchhead:

自行车 vs 脚踏车
空调 vs 冷气机
勺子 vs 汤匙

[dorisp]

Yes Taxi is \"de shi\" but some call it \"ji chen Che\".

[poppy15]

whoa... arnt we gg way too far... think the CL here in Singapore will not go on to China's yet...


people...come back to Singapore Chinese lah...

[SAHM_TAN]

Hmmmm, think during P1 orientation, I must ask this question to clarify their stand.


When the kids are reading Chinese storybooks, they will encounter such situation too, so must understand what’s the school / MOE stand on this…

[janet88]

dorisp:

Yes Taxi is \"de shi\" but some call it \"ji chen Che\".

'Ji Chen Che' is used in Taiwan.
'De Shi' used here...but doubt my kids will understand what that is.
I understand the following terms:
脚踏车
冷气机
汤匙

As for 空调, I was :scratchhead: what that meant until my uncle's China-born wife told me it meant 'air con'.

[poppy15]

if u go to china & need to tell them ur air con isnt working... u cannot say 冷气... they will not understand... u must say 空调 instead...


and also in china, cannot call the waitress 小姐... they will get offended cos this words referring to pros ( 鸡 )... u must identify them as 小妹 or 大姐..

:oops: :offtopic:

[Castle House]

wah lau..not Chinese..


Think we need to re-learn our Chinese again .. :faint:

[dorisp]

Just curious if it is Chinese composition, which one should our child use?

[metz]

Don't worry too much now. We'll learn along with our kids as time gets by.

[poppy15]

can js write 垃圾桶 right?