Monday 28 February 2022

彈 duan7 tang5 duain7

Let us hear Professor Lim Lung Lung tell us how to say 

tang5 kim5 彈琴|弹琴

to play a zither

tan2 qin2彈琴|弹琴

tang5gêng1 彈弓|弹弓

catapult, slingshot

dan4gong1 彈弓|弹弓

êng7 tang5gêng1 duan7 ziao2 用彈弓彈鳥  to use a catapult to shoot a bird

tang5 zi2 zêg8 hui1 gang1 彈指一揮間|弹指一挥间

in a flash (an idiom)

tan2zhi3yi1hui1jian1

彈指一揮間|弹指一挥间

duan7 tao5kag4 頭殼|弹头壳

to hit one’s forehead with one’s finger

彈腦門|弹脑门

tao5kag4 頭殼|头壳

forehead

nao3men2 腦門脑门

za3tang5 炸彈|炸弹

bomb

zha4dan4 炸彈|炸弹

ng5duain7 黃彈|黄弹

Clausena lansium, wampee or wampi, a yellow skinned fruit

huang2pi2 黃皮∣黄皮

I added za3tang5 into the list for I thought you would like to know what it means. I did not add ze2tang5 子彈 which means bullet because we have our own words which are cêng3zi2 銃子 or cion1zi2 槍子 I have had enough of this whole scale import of Mandarin words. We can learn these after we have mastered our own words! 

duan7 tao5kag4  頭殼|弹头壳 to use one's finger to hit another person's forehead



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