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This appendix lists palindromes in Chinese.
List of palindromes
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我愛媽媽,媽媽愛我 [MSC, trad.]
我爱妈妈,妈妈爱我 [MSC, simp.]- wǒ ài māma, māma ài wǒ [Pinyin]
- I love Mom, Mom loves me
客上天然居,居然天上客 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- kè shàng tiānrán jū, jūrán tiānshàng kè [Pinyin]
- Guest goes to a naturally built house, actually a house above the sky
人過大佛寺,寺佛大過人 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
人过大佛寺,寺佛大过人 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- rén guò Dàfó Sì, sìfó dà guò rén [Pinyin]
- A man walks past the Big Buddha Temple; the temple's Buddha is bigger than a man
人人為我,我為人人 [MSC, trad.]
人人为我,我为人人 [MSC, simp.]- rénrén wèi wǒ, wǒ wèi rénrén [Pinyin]
- Everybody cares about me, I care about everybody, or more simply, "All for one, one for all"
船上女子叫子女上船 [MSC, trad. and simp.]- From: 回文遊戲(Palindrome Games)
- chuánshàng nǚzǐ jiào zǐnǚ shàngchuán [Pinyin]
- The woman on the boat is calling her children to go onboard
- 上水居民居水上 ― Shàngshuǐ jūmín jū shuǐshàng ― Inhabitants in Sheung Shui live on the water
中山王族王山中 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- Zhōngshān wángzú wàng shānzhōng [Pinyin]
- The House of Zhongshan ruled as kings in the mountain
上海自來水來自海上 [MSC, trad.]
上海自来水来自海上 [MSC, simp.]- Shànghǎi zìláishuǐ láizì hǎishàng [Pinyin]
- Tap water in Shanghai is from the sea
- 馬上上馬/马上上马 ― mǎshàng shàngmǎ ― Immediately get on a horse
- 法語語法/法语语法 ― fǎyǔ yǔfǎ ― French Grammar