mang2 - 1. busy; short of time 2. hurried; in haste yin1 - sound; voice This is the sound you may hear many times when you dial in through a modem to your favorite ISP! Enough said!! |
January 1, 1998 |
shi1 - 1. damp; moist; wet; humid; to get wet ruan3 - soft; pliable; tender; glutinous; plastic de5 - adjectival particle One of those highly descriptive adjectives which almost sounds like what it means! This word can be used to describe things like mud, rotten fruit, Silly Putty and other things that are wet and soft or give an impression of being wet and soft. I think that lava lamps have an air of squishiness. Enough said!! |
January 2, 1998The Lava Lamp A Mathematica animation |
duo1 - much; many zhong3 - kind; sort yong4 - use tu2 - way; road yong4tu2 - purpose; use This is a simple, useful word which demonstrates one way of rendering the English prefix "multi-" into Chinese. |
January 15, 1998 |
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