Talk:記
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[edit]Character needs definition. 24.93.190.134 05:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you. I've tagged it for one of our language experts to notice, with
{{zh-attention}}. --Connel MacKenzie 06:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
- This word is also frequently seen on food labels and store names and whatnot. I suppose the only way to translate it into English would be something like 'mart'. Like, they'll have a character in front of this one and then it would be 'Gold Mart' or 'Lee's Mart' and so on. So I added that, even though it's not in the reference provided. Bribes 22:03, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
- How and when did it acquire this additional meaning? Can citations be provided? 24.29.228.33 06:33, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
- I am not sure where to find such citations for this additional definition... if you're Chinese, you would just know it. It's like how people in English say 'bandit' or 'politics'; those words (along with various others; I just can't think of them right now) have way too many meanings and to a native or a near-native speaker, they can be fully understood especially if thrown around loosely. They can be very serious or just casual.
- Not sure when it acquired this new meaning, but if you look around (I live in a Chinese community in a cluster of cities in Los Angeles), particularly in Chinatowns or areas populated with Chinese or Chinese-speaking, they will have shop signs and whatnot in Chinese. You will probably see this word thrown in there, most likely at a restaurant (but I've seen it even for an auto shop and soy sauce).
- I asked my parents what it was as a teen (although I knew most Chinese words, there were a few that I didn't learn) and my dad said it was "like a mart". That confirmed what was on the soy sauce and some other businesses. I didn't know until then, and I looked it up here but didn't see this additional meaning. So I decided to add it.
- If all else fails... look at food labels carefully. This was the soy sauce company I was speaking of. Ever since I was a child, I've noticed that word thrown in there! Hell, they've even got a Wikipedia article!
- Also, many Chinese words on here have additional meanings that are completely true and known but have no citations for them. 喂 is an example... the telephone bit was not provided in the source listed. Bribes 00:42, 10 October 2008 (UTC)