Sunday

hai4 ke4 hacker hai4 - to terrify; frighten; startle; amaze ke4 - guest; stranger; alien; foreigner You've got to admit that this neologism in Chinese makes an interesting word. The choice of characters hai4ke4 makes a phonetic equivalent for the word "hacker" and the characters themselves are somewhat descriptive of a "hacker" as a "terrifying guest" who sometimes intrudes where he/she does not belong in cyberspace. (Not the only definition of hacker - see links at the right.)

December 21, 1997 Telecode's Hackers Catalog "The Hacker's Complete Resource Center" Hacker definition at What?Is check here for more benign definitions of "hacker".

Saturday

jie2 wen1 qi4 thermostat (auto) jie2 - regulate; control (in this word) wen1 - temperature qi4 - device; implement This is one of those parts on a car that you never think about until suddenly the temperature gauge starts to show that your car is starting to overheat and you're out in the middle of nowhere.

December 20, 1997 Auto101 Understanding Your Car

Friday

qiu2 yu2 armadillo qiu2yu2 - armadillo These two characters probably appear only in this word.

December 19, 1997 Armadillo Links

Thursday

bao3 ling2 qiu2 chang3 bowling alley bao3ling2 - used for the phonetic equivalent of "bowling" (literally these characters would mean something like "preserve age" which is something to think about!!) qiu2 - ball chang3 - a place (where something is happening) When I was a teenager (a long time ago), I used to hang out at the bowling alley in Rio Grande, NJ. Later on they turned it into a social services building (preserve age????) That reminds me, does anyone know how to say "pinball machine" in Chinese. I'm still looking for that one.

December 18, 1997 Complete Bowling Links

Wednesday

xian1 nu3 zuo4 da4 yin2 he2 Andromeda galaxy ³o¬OÂ÷§Ú­Ì³Ìªñªº¥t¤@­Ó»Èªe¡G ¥P¤k®yM31¡A¶ZÂ÷¦a²y¬ù230¸U¥ú¦~¡C xian1 - immortal; celestial being nu3 - woman zuo4 - constellation (in this case) da4 - large; great yin2he2 - (literally silver river) galaxy

December 17, 1997 »Èªe¨t Check it out in Chinese!!!

Tuesday

kuo4 yu2 slug kuo4 - used in the word for slug yu2 - used in the word for slug Yes, this is your garden-variety slug, the snail without a shell that leaves shiny, sticky tracks as it meanders about looking for food. File these characters under the heading: Not Encountered Very Often!

December 16, 1997 The Official Pacific Northwest Slug Page Slug Photos Slug Jokes Slug Gifts Slug Cartoons and more!!! Check it out.

Monday

bao2 ye4 zhi3 tissue paper bao2 - thin ye4 - page; leaf zhi3 - paper

December 15, 1997

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