2009年3月20日 星期五

Mad

mad.jpg (t.c.) (s.c.)

It's mad. It's also crazy. Sometimes it's for the guys who are uncontrollable by others. We may also use the word to describe someone doing something wildly.

Bad

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The two single-character words have the same meaning but in different types. The upper is in traditional Chinese type, and the under is in simplified Chinese type.

They are both "bad", and you may select the one you prefer.

The powerful man

Coolwords_powerful.jpgMan.jpg (t.c.) (s.c.)

This is the first multiple-character word in the blog. The word is combined by two Chinese characters, from up to down. It means the men with nice bodies, strong physical power, or good sex abilities.

Like these guys:

(Resource: http://www.thedaily.com.au)

Powerful

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If there are some guys powerful or doing something powerfully, we may use the word describing them. The word is usually about "burst-out physical strength".

Besides, sometimes it means "suddenly". And sometimes it means "rush". You may feel confused that each Chinese word may have several different meanings. But fortunately most of the meanings in one word are related with each other.

Feeling good

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When we feel good, we may use the word. It also has some other good feelings in the word, such as "clean" and "straightforward".

Commonly it's kind of vulgar in daily talks. It's just like "feel fxxking good!!" or something else like this.

Cool

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As the title, the word is "cool". And we often use it as "sounds cool" or "looks cool". But when we talk about the weather, we don't use it.

The original meaning of the word is "brutal". But we seldom mean it when we speak the single-character word. If we mean brutal, we may use the two characters below together:

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How to use the blog?

1. All the Chinese words on the blog are jpg files, so they can appear on any computer without problems. You may save the images as new files in your computers, or you may click and link to the flickr album.



2. You may print the images out as hard copies and take the copies to your tattoo stores, asking the boss, "can you make this?" Or you may send the image files to your custom t-shirt makers.



3. Beware that some words here may cause negative feelings. Make sure you know the meanings of the words you choose.



4. Some words here are single-character, and others may be within two, three, or more characters. It's easy to identify the characters.



5. There are two kinds of Chinese words, Simplified Chinese (s.c., common in Mainland China) and Traditional Chinese (t.c., common in Hong-Kong and Taiwan). I'm from Taiwan, so I put t.c. first. I'll note (t.c.), (s.c.), or both at the end of each word.



6. Click tags to search for specific kinds of Chinese words. I separate the words by several tags below:

Man: masculine words, such as wild, brave, etc.

Woman: feminine words, such as beautiful, love, etc.

Animal: words about real or fictional animals, such as bull, beast, monster, etc.

Religion: words about religions, such as God, ghost, devil, etc.

Philosophical: words about philosophy, such as ethics, void, etc.

Positive: words with positive feelings, such as love, joy, trust, etc.

Negative: words with negative feelings, such as sad, mad, dangerous, etc.

Dangerous: words that may insult others, such as fxxk, sxxk, etc. Do think twice as you select these words.

Others: I may increase new tags as long as it's necessary.




7. There are words separated in multiple tags. For example, "beast" is for "man" and "animal", and "devil" is for "religion" and "negative".



8. If there are no words you are interested in, please email me the words you want to know. And I'll appreciate if you may explain more details of your needs in the email.

For example, "Please tell me some words about lions or leopards".



9. Or, if you find some words looked cool but you don't know what they mean, please send me the image file (screen snapshot or scanned files) of the words. And I'll try to explain their meanings.



10. If available, please tell me if you don't mind sharing the Q&A in your email with others on the blog.

Opening: Why I build the blog?

The blog is for sharing some Chinese words that would be cool and fun. And that's all.

As China raises (whatever you like it, it's true), having a T-shirt with Chinese words on it or tattooing Chinese words sounds a cool idea. However, I've heard a lot of jokes about stupid Chinese-word tattoo. For instance, I heard there is a guy with a "UGLY GUY" tattoo on his chest, and there is another guy with a "WHIP ME" tattoo on his shoulder.

So, it could be helpful to have a webpage or a blog sharing cool Chinese words. If you'd like to make your own T-shirts or tattoos, you would get some insights here.