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How to pronounce Evernote's Chinese product and what it means

 

Evernote recently raised $70 million dollars at a $1 billion valuation. They have 30 million customers. They are kicking ass.

Chinese Character for "Child" Includes the Soft Gap in Baby's Head

 

The modern character of child is 儿 (=er2 or er0).  It's in many words having to do with child: 儿子 (=er2 zi0, son), 儿童 (=er2 tong2, children), 儿孙 (er2 sun1, grandchildren).

How to say "Quit Smoking" in Chinese

 

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How to say clam and claw in Chinese

 

One of our dedicated readers here at clb used the Ask a Question feature to submit the following question:

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How to say 'change' or refer to 'coins' in Mandarin

 

My Chinese bro Wang Meng taught me to say "change" at a Chinese restaurant in Milan because I needed to ask for change and I don't speak Italian.

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Wrist flower

 

腕 = wan4 = wrist.

How to say clam (and clam strip tease) in Chinese

 

We recently studied the important vocabulary surrounding the words strip tease, and mummy strip tease. After these posts, I received a barrage of requests to explain how to say clam strip tease. So here goes.

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How to say strip tease (and mummy strip tease) in Chinese

 

The Chinese call the strip tease 脱衣舞. 

How to say mummy in Chinese

 

This will be a short article. Mummy in Chinese is 木乃伊 = mu4 nai3 yi1 = wood/tree + /to be/thus/so/therefore/then/only/thereupon/ + corpse.

How to say "happy hour" in Mandarin

 

The phrase "happy hour" in Mandarin is almost exactly what you'd expect.

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