Hello everyone! I thought this game would be a good way to have fun with Chinese characters.

Rules:
* One entry per person per day
* Enter two Chinese characters only (avoid pinyin, unless absolutely necessary)

The association of your two characters with the previous two characters must be clearly understood. If it is obscure or stretched, you can show how smart you are by giving a brief explanation.

Association is typically made from Meaning or from Borrowing (a character). A fantastic Chinese dictionary to assist can be found right here!>> [www.chinese-tools.com] Have fun!

Remember to increase the character size of your entry to extra-small/small to make viewing easier. I will start with…

快乐

音乐

The 乐 character is the link with the previous Two-Character Association but has a different meaning and pronuncitation.
- 音乐 (yīn yuè) music
- 快乐 (kuài lè) happy
But how one could be happy without music...

One will certainly need these to appreciate the pleasant sounds.

耳朵

耳环

耷拉

耷 (big ears) due to heavy 耳环.

拉开

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2007 02:00PM by ez.

打开

to open

打断

to interrupt

不断 : unceasing, uninterrupted
bú duàn
bat1 tyun5

不是

不是 (bú shì) blame or fault

卜筮

卜筮 (bǔ shì / phonetic relation) divination

Note for Ez, 耷 is in the dictionary!
The etymology is funny because obvious 大(big) + 耳 (ear) = 耷 (big pending ears)

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/2007 11:01AM by Jay.

天命 : fate, destiny, the mandate of Heaven
tiān mìng
tin1 meng6

Thanks Jay, from now on I can not help looking at people's ears ever the same again.

命运 : destiny, fate
mìng yùn
meng6/ming6 wan6

革命 : revolution
gé mìng
gaak3 ming6

民歌

民歌 (mín gē) folk song
The pinyin is not exactly the same (min vs ming) but I mixed the two words for a long time...

歌手 : singer
gē shǒu
go1 sau2

歌曲 : song
gē qǔ
go1 kuk1

乐曲 : musical composition
yuè qǔ
ngok6 kuk1

音响 : sound, acoustics
yīn xiǎng
yam1 hoeng2

音高 : (music) pitch
yīn gāo
yam1 gou1

音盲 : (music) tone deaf
yīn máng
yam1 maang4

难听 : unpleasant to listen to
nán tīng
naan4 teng1

安静! : be quiet!
ān jìng!
on1 jing6

闭嘴 ! : shut up!
bì zuǐ
bai3 jeoi2

多嘴

多嘴 (duō zuǐ) loquacity, mouthiness

吵嘴 : to argue, to quarrel, to fight verbally
chǎo zuǐ
chaau2 jeoi2

动手 : to start a fight ; to start work
dòng shǒu
dung6 sau2

打架 : to fight
dǎ jià
daa2 gaa3

殴打 : beat up
ōu dǎ
au2 daa2

欠打

欠打 (qiàn dǎ) someone that is so annoying that you want to hit him. In french we say "tête à claque".