tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 07 08:13:14 2004
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: Chinese pun?
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 09:49:07 -0500, "Scott Willis"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> What, if anything, does "chong" mean in Chinese?
Several things, depending on which word pronounced "chong" you mean...
> Does it mean "heavy", "to be heavy", etc.?
That's one meaning - http://zhongwen.com/d/173/d171.htm (zhòng or zhong4
in Pinyin, chong4 in Wade-Giles) is glossed as "heavy" or "serious".
> Sometimes, in translating Japanese, it is helpful to see the kanji.
> (I don't know the Chinese word.)
hànzì (han4zi4)
Philip
HovpoH 1627.92