Non-U.S. UA Players (was Re: Re[2]: [UA] This sonuvabitch has really done it)

Walter F. Croft globalvillageidiot at oco.net
Fri Mar 21 18:56:28 PST 2003


on 3/20/03 10:49 PM, it was written by Tom McGrenery:

> 
>> 
>> It's funny that the word "Tonzhi" in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese,
>> equivalent to "comrade,"is not used much these days except as derogatory
>> Cantonese Hong Kong slang for "homosexual."
> 
> Same meaning in northern Chinese, actually. Though it's "tongzhi", to be
> picky.
> 
> You find "tongzhi jiuba" every so often.
> 
Thanks, technically you're correct. I don't know pinyin very well, and the
little formal instruction I've had with Chinese used bopomofo (used in
Taiwan).

Walter


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