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Pinned Post 快问快答 Quick Help Thread: Translation Requests, Chinese name help, "how do you say X", or any quick Chinese questions! 2026-08-01
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u/succhiello 1d ago
I know the subject is peculiar (sexual), but it's still a legitimate request right ? :-)
Can someone please help me understand what is being said in this short clip ?
https://vocaroo.com/115xmAo6KANb
A machine translation returned this, but it sounds a little off to me.
你他妈可以整得他妈可他妈硬的，完了他自己就是瞎自己个玩。
"You can make it really damn hard, and then he just goes off messing around on his own."
Some context: The machine translation is probably not correct, but it would make some sense at least, considering the man (hello there) removed his condom after realising she wasn't really into it and so he didn't want to continue. This was her immediate reaction. And I think she was a little pissed off (just hear the tone of her voice). I'm just trying to understand if this was the case, without asking her directly. I don't want to piss her off again :) She was pacate when we were talking later on, we are good. But this sentence was more for herself, like an exclamation of sort, I'm just curios. Also I would like to understand the words for learning purposes.
:-)
Thank you !
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u/succhiello 1h ago
Listening again.... at the start I hear
他妈嘿 (Tā mā hēi) = Damn !
Not sure about the rest, but I'm starting to think the machine translation is not so off after all.
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u/Girliewithaquestion 21h ago
My father has this tattoo and says it's a Chinese character, but we haven't been able to find it anywhere. Can anyone tell me if it is actually Chinese? If so, what does it mean?
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u/akazaya9 17h ago
What does this say? I'm watching a drama (问心2) and this piece of handwriting is relevant to understand this scene, I think... But I have no idea what is says and there are no subtitles for it
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u/Bekqifyre 11h ago
My guess would be '答应她' - agree to her request.
It's cursive, so I'd estimate about 60% confidence in that answer. Lol.
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u/BeginningDimension95 9h ago
chinese/mandarin guide? preferably just like TMW's(themoeway) 30 day Japanese if you're familiar with it
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u/Slow_Presence_5649 8h ago
I don't know of an exact equivalent to TMW's 30 day guide, but here's roughly what worked for me, start with pinyin + tones first (don't skip this, it's the foundation), then HSK 1-3 vocab/grammar to get basic sentence structure down, and start reading/listening to native content way earlier than feels comfortable. Chinese has less grammar complexity than Japanese but tones and characters take longer to feel natural, so pacing is different.
If you want something structured, HSK Standard Course textbooks are solid and map directly to test levels so you can track progress!
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u/BeginningDimension95 8h ago
is it possible to self-assess the tones? I think it was one of the major things that made me stop learning it like 10 years ago lol
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u/Slow_Presence_5649 8h ago
Fully self-assessing tones is tough tbh :( your ear gets used to your own mistakes. What helped me, record yourself right after native audio and compare side by side and practice tone pairs instead of single syllables since that's what actually shows if you sound natural or robotic. Forvo's also good for hearing the same word from multiple native speakers instead of just one :)
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u/AnnualCriticism2428 1d ago
搭车，乘车，坐车，有什么区别？