A friend just showed me this song by 张震岳 (zhāng zhèn yuè) named 再见 (Goodbye). It talks about saying goodbye and the whole procedure, not wanting to go, all the memories, the tears, and stuff like that :) By the way it was also this singer who sang the original version of 爱我别走 (Love me, don’t leave me). Now here are the Chinese lyrics for Goooodbye:
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This is a very nice and popular song. To avoid confusion, the name of the singer is 黄品源 (huáng pǐn yuán) while the name of the song is 小薇 (xiǎo wēi). The song talks about a the girl Xiaowei, whom all the boys are in love with, and with whom the singer is in love and together. Only that she is, uhm, very difficult, what you will see in the music video!
Here are the lyrics first. Furthermore, I will try a translation this time. Feedback welcome!
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Since I had to go through some chemistry books in Chinese recently, I made a list of some chemical terms and their translation Chinese->German->English. Originally it was just as a help for myself, but here I will share it on my blog. Of course the average language learner will fortunately never need it, but maybe it’s helpful for someone out there… Who knows?
原子 - Atom - atom
分子 - Molekül - molecule
化合物 - chemische Verbindung - chemical compound
离子 - Ion - ion
元素 - Element - element
元素周期表 - Periodensystem der Elemente (PSE) - table of the elements
电子 - Elektron - electron
质子 - Proton - proton
中子 - Neutron - neutron
卤素 - Halogene - halogen
溴 - Brom - bromine
铜 - Kupfer - copper
铁 - Eisen - iron
镁 - Magnesium - magnesium
铝 - Aluminium - aluminum
碳 - Kohlenstoff - carbon
磷 - Phosphor - phosphorus
硅 - Silikon - silicone
硝酸 - Salpetersäure - nitric acid
硫酸 - Schwefelsäure - sulfuric acid
氨 - Ammoniak - ammonia
铵 - Ammonium - ammonium (NH4+)
过氧化氧 - Wasserstoffperoxid - hydrogen peroxide
烃 - Kohlenwasserstoff (KWS) - hydrocarbon
烷烃 - Alkan - alkane
甲烷 - Methan - methane
辛烷 - C8H18
烯烃 - Alken - alkene
乙烯 - Ethen - ethene
炔烃 - Alkin - alkine
乙炔 - Ethin - ethine
醇 - Alkohol - alcohol
甲醇 - Methanol - methanol
醛 - Aldehyd - aldehyde
乙醛 - Ethanal - ethanal
酮 - Keton - ketone
丙酮 - Propanon - propanone
苯 - Benzol - benzene
酚 - Phenol - phenol
蛋白质 - Protein Eiweiss - protein
酶 - Enzym - enzyme
氨基酸 - Aminosäure - amino acid
淀粉 - Stärke - starch
葡萄糖 - Traubenzucker Glukose - glucose
油脂 - Fett - fat
甘油 - Glycerin - glycerin
脂肪酸 - Fettsäuren - fatty acid
摩尔 - Mol - mole
阿附加的罗常数 - Avogadro-Konstante - Avogadro constant
Disclaimer: This is list is very very random and far from complete, but tell me if you were looking for something specific that you couldn’t find.
Related or not so related posts:Here is an overview of some common types of Chinese dictionaries. While you are learning Chinese, you may have to use one or another so I hope this helps you to find out which dictionary you need to use (or buy…).
What everyone who is learning a foreign language needs: a dictionary for two languages. For example 英汉/汉英词典 (english-chinese/chinese-english) or 德汉/汉德词典 (german-chinese/chinese-german). It contains translations for the characters as well as for words and expressions.
The standard Chinese dictionary. Very compact and handy for looking up words. Note however that it is a 字典, which means there are explanations for characters and some common expressions, but there is no specific list of all possible compound words and expressions. In order to use it, you already need to have a certain level of Chinese so that you understand the Chinese explanations.
This dictionary is more detailed than the previous one. This means you will find less common characters in it, too. In addition there is a list of many possible expressions and compound words with the current character. The one I’m using and recommend is 现代汉语词典.
Chengyu are Chinese idioms, one which I focus on my site, too. There are so many of them, that an entire dictionary exists. It contains their explanation, as well as their origin, an example sentence and synonyms, antonyms.
As the name already says this dictionary is for schoolchildren. Nevertheless, I believe it is very helpful for language learners, too, because it also contains the stroke order for each character and the most common expressions. Furthermore it is compact and clearly structured, because it only contains important, easy and commonly used characters. And maybe the illustrations in it will improve your learning experience…
As the name already says this dictionary contains synonyms and antonyms. It is often used by students and comes handy for writing an essay or expanding your vocabulary.
Related or not so related posts:I already wrote a post about Chinese translations of boy names. Now it’s time for the follow up for the girls! This is just a list with the most common girl names. If you couldn’t find the name you were looking for, look here for a complete list of girl names.
First of all the most important translation to know is of course… my name ;-)
Jenny 珍妮 zhēn ní (the official way) or 洁尼 jié ní (my preferred way)
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A very romantic song from Jay Chou: 黑色毛衣 (hēi sè máo yī, black sweater). It’s from the album11月的萧邦 (shí yī yuè de xiāo bāng, November’s Chopin). Lyrics:
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This is the complete list of English girl names and their Chinese translations. If you didn’t find your name, let me know by leaving a comment and I will add it.
A
Abie 阿碧
Adele 阿黛尔
Alanis 阿拉尼斯
Alberta 阿尔伯塔
Alexa 阿蕾科沙
Alexandra 亚历山德拉
Alice 爱丽丝
Alicia 艾莉西亚
Aline 艾琳
Alisa 艾莉莎
Alison 阿莉森
Alyssia 艾莉西亚
Amanda 阿曼达
Amber 安伯
Amelia 阿梅丽娅
Amy 艾美
Anastasia 阿娜丝塔西亚
Andrea 安德丽娅
Angee 安吉
Angela 安吉拉
Angelina 安吉丽娜
Angie 安吉
Anisa 安妮莎
Ann 安
Anna 安娜
Anne 安
Annette 安妮特
Annie 安妮
Antonette 安托内特
April 艾普尔
Ariana 艾丽安娜
Ariane 艾丽安
Arianna 艾丽安娜
Ashley 艾什莉
Ashlyn 阿什琳
Audrey 奥黛丽
Avril 艾薇儿
Aya 阿娅
Ayleen 艾琳
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Here is the complete list of English boy names and their Chinese translations. If you didn’t find your name, let me know by leaving a comment and I will add it.
A
Aaron 阿隆
Abadie 阿巴迪
Abraham 亚伯拉罕
Achille 阿希尔
Adam 亚当
Adolf 阿道夫
Adrian 阿德里安
Alan 阿兰
Albert 阿尔伯特
Alen 阿伦
Alex 阿列克斯
Alexander 亚历山大
Alfred 阿尔弗雷德
Allan 阿兰
Allen 阿伦
Allison 埃里森
Amadeo 阿马德奥
Andelin 安德林
Andre 安德烈
Andrew 安德鲁
Andy 安迪
Anthony 安东尼
Antonio 安东尼奥
Antony 安东尼
Apollon 阿波罗
Arnold 阿尔诺德
Arthur 阿瑟
Aston 阿斯顿
August 奥古斯特
Austin 奥斯汀
Axel 阿克瑟尔
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