Ni hao
I must admit I initially assumed that 'PK' refers to penalty kick in
football (no, i refuse to be drawn into a discussion about the
performances of a bunch of very expensive/over-paid footie players...).
Well, 'PK' is far more complex that it appears, so I googled and
....hopefully, the attached can shed some light on the use of 'PK' .
maggie
Mandarin Chinese Teaching
<[log in to unmask]> on Thursday, November 22,
2007 at 8:26 am +0000 wrote:
>Dear Angelica et al
>
>I am probably showing my age/out-of-touchness here, but I had no idea
>that PK was actually an English term -- I've only ever heard it used
>in Chinese and assumed it derived from an abbreviation of a Chinese
>dialect [such as the notorious LP incident in Taiwan/Singapore couple
>of years ago]. The first I'd heard of PK was from watching the
>Supergirl series in Chinese and working it out from the context /
>asking Chinese friends.
>
>If it is actually English I don't think it is very commonly used
>(although perhaps other list members can prove me wrong here). If it's
>not English, then it's an interesting example of the way languages
>relate to each other.
>
>Frances Weightman (Leeds)
>
>________________________________
>
>From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of Angel SHA
>Sent: Wed 21/11/2007 00:40
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Please Teach
>
>
>Hi here,
>
>Ipod, Cc(as a quantity measure?) : chinese people nowadays just say
>these two by the english pronunciation;
>
>Good Morning: Zao (3rd tone) shang(4th tone) hao (3rd tone)
>see you when I see you: dao(3rd) shi(2nd) hou(4th) jian(4th)
>fans as a football fan: qiu(2nd) mi(2nd)
>PK: dui(4th) jue(2nd) (but many, or the majority of young people just
>say in english PK even when speaking Chinese, and a lot of chinese
>know how to use the english PK without knowing the exact chinese
>translation of it)
>
>Do hope the above will be helpful for you:)
>
>Angelica
>
>
> Dear Lao Shi Men,
> How to say the following in Chinese?
> ipod
> Good morning.
> See you when I see you.
> fans as in a football fan
> PK
> Cc
>
>
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>
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