Mandarin I Berkeley Extension

425 Market Street San Francisco, CA Professor: Virginia Mau

Class 7

Oct. 18, 2011

Test 11/1 (next class): Comprehensive - First three lessons. Dictation and fill in blanks. First part: pinyin. Second part: translation. Test 15 minutes at most. Dec. 13: review for Final Dec. 20: no class; take Final and go.

= I can speak a little Mandarin.

Wo3 hui4 shuo1 yi4dian3 er pu3tong1hua4

/ = dot, speck, spot; point, degree

dian3

/ = be able to; be likely to; to assemble; to meet; to

gather; group; association hui4

/ = speak or say
shuo1

/= non-syllabic dimi. suff.

er (no tone)

/ = common tongue or Mandarin

pu3tong1hua4 dian3 xin1

= dim sum (Ms Mau:a little bit for your heart) = nickname for Guangzhou (literally ram city)
yang2 cheng2
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More info: The Chinese abbreviation of Guangzhou is Sui (Sui; pinyin: si; Jyutping: seoi6; Yale: seuh) or sometimes GZ. The city has the nicknames of Wuyangcheng (City of Five Rams), Yangcheng (City of Rams), Huacheng (City of Flowers), or Suicheng (City of Wheats). The city can also be referred to as the MuMianCheng (City of Ceiba). (From http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/29003692&ei=uzCnTp-UJ6LYiAKyws3QDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCI
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Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used - OUT OF COMPLIANCE

Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food storage; food storage containers identified - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Hot and cold water available - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Minor

Good dim sum restaurants (Ms. Mau recommends):

Good Luck Dim Sum, 736 Clement, SF SF Health rating: 91/100 May 18 Ratings for San Francisco restaurants: http://dph-extranet2.sfdph.org:7777/pls/eeop_htmldb/ f?p=132:1:468556353905016 Hong Kong Flower Lounge (owned by Mayflower company) 51 W MILLBRAE AVE, MILLBRAE San Mateo Health rating: Fair (which is like a C in Health) and repeated investigations. Ratings for San Mateo County restaurants: http://decadeonline.com/insp.phtml?agency=smc&record_ id=PR0025318 According to Dean D. Peterson PE, REHS Director Environmental Health, San Mateo County:A year ago we changed our rating system - we took out Average so we now have Excellent, Good, Fair and Poor and Closed. Basically if a facility has one major violation of a critical item (one that may lead to a food borne illness) they automatically drop to a Fair. So while we do not use lettering it is reasonable to associate the above to an A, B, C, D and F (closed).

Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major

Approved thawing methods used, frozen food - OUT OF COMPLIANCE

Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major

Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Demonstration of knowledge; food mgr certificate - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major

Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessi - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major

Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessi - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE

The most famous Daly City Dim Sum is Koi Palace. On 3/4/2011 it got a D in health, or specifically a poor.
Popular restaurants with bad health are particularly disturbing to me, so I am publishing Koi Palaces health rating just through 3/4/11 (in 6 pt. type because it is long with key phrases in 12 pt.) in order to educate the public and hopefully shame Koi Palace into, for example, properly identifying toxic substances. 04/15/2011 04/05/2011 03/22/2011 03/22/2011 INVESTIGATION CONSTRUCTION/EQUIPMENT INSPECTION FOLLOWUP INSPECTION ROUTINE /FACILITY STATUS CLOSURE

Hands clean and properly washed; gloves used prope - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major
Food storage; food storage containers identified - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Hot and cold water available - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Approved thawing methods used, frozen food - OUT OF COMPLIANCE

No rodents, insects, birds, or animals - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Minor

Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Minor Hands clean and properly washed; gloves used prope - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated area - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, use - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Wiping cloths: properly used and stored - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Time as a public health control; procedures & reco - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Proper cooling methods - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major

Please note that vermin is considered minor. Just to calibrate you: in San Mateo county, vermin not excluded can still get you an A in health.

Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessi - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE

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Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE 03/04/2011 ROUTINE /FACILITY STATUS POOR Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated area - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Sewage and wastewater properly disposed - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Minor Food separated and protected - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food properly labeled & honestly presented - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Floors, walls and ceilings: built, maintained, and - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Wiping cloths: properly used and stored - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Approved thawing methods used, frozen food - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Food storage; food storage containers identified - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; clean; g - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Consumer self service - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Nonfood-contact surfaces clean - OUT OF COMPLIANCE Hands clean and properly washed; gloves used prope - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Major Proper hot and cold holding temperatures - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Minor Compliance with shell stock tags, condition, displ - OUT OF COMPLIANCE - Minor

stant process because things change. But now, with a few clicks, we can know the health of every restaurant we go to. When you can die from cantaloupe, this seems important.

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ji3 dian3

= what time? Literally How many dots?dots being the five-minute markers on a clock or watch.

qi1 dian3

= 7 dot (7 a.m. or p.m.)

yi1 ke4

san1 dian3 ban4 = 3:30 = half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half; half = 15 min. Literally 1/4 [of the hour]

san1 ke4

= 45 min. Literally 3/4 [of the hour]

ke4

= quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive

People wait an hour in line for this restaurant. Would they, if they saw the above list (remember, its much longer)? If people are this ignorant about food safety, even though they are experienced eaters, why should we expect them to know anything about language even though they have spoken and written at least one language most of their lives? Like the seven blind men and the elephant, knowledge of one aspect of a complex process doesnt assure gestalt. Yet people get angry if you try to inform them. Ignorance is only bliss to those who can make money off of it. Education is a conPage 4
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liang3 dian3 yi1 ke4

= 2:15

jiu3 dian3 shi2 si4

= 9:14

shang4 wu3

= a.m.

xia4 wu3

= p.m.

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/
zhong1

= oclock

= hour
xiao3 shi2

ling2

= encroach; soar; thick ice

/ = oclock; time; when; hour; season; period

shi2

= clear, bright; splendor, brightness shng chng jng Finally figured out which characters these were, but I cant find what they mean together. Anyone get this? Review from Class 2:

= minute
fen1 zhong1

Shang4 = up. Xia4 = down Zao3 shang4 = morning (early) Shang4 wu3 = Good day (10-noon, or 11-1 says Mandarin Tools) Xia4 wu3 = afternoon. Wan3 shang4 = evening
san1 dian3 wu3 = 3:25 (the wu3 means 5 x 5 markers on the clock, hence 25)

= to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of length = 0.33 centimeter) /

zhng1 = clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell

miao3

= second

= I dont eat meat.

wo3 bu4 chi1 rou4 too: )

= meat, flesh (remember that the moon/month character often stands in for flesh
= I eat vegetables
wo3 chi1 su4 Mrs. Mau quote: My moms a vegetarian. She doesnt even eat onions. (Big laugh.) Apparently onions have enough human characteristics to warrant not eating due to their anthropomorphism. Onion was transferred from some living creature from some Buddha.....Shes going to be a vegetarian for three years. Its going to expire Mar. 12. A new kind of vegan...

si4 dian3 ling2 wu3 = 4:05

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This seems like an awful lot of writing just to depict 0 (zero).

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Wikipedia: East Asian Buddhist cuisine differ [sic] from Western vegetarian cuisine in one aspect, that is avoidance of killing plant life. Buddhist vinaya for monks and nuns prohibit harming of plants. Therefore, strictly speaking, root vegetables (such as potatoes, carrots or onion) are not to be used as this will result in death of vegetables.[citation needed][dubious discuss] Instead, vegetables such as beans or fruits are used. However, this stricter version of diet is often practiced only on special occasions.[citation needed] Some Mahayana Buddhists in China, Japan and Vietnam specifically avoid eating strongsmelling plants, traditionally garlic, Allium chinense, asafoetida, shallot, and mountain leek, and refer to these as w hn (, or Five Acrid And Strong Smelling Vegetables) or w xn ( or Five Spices) as they tend to excite senses. This is based on teachings found in the Brahamajala Sutra, the Surangama Sutra and the Lankavatara Sutra (chapter 8). In modern times this rule is often interpreted to include other vegetables of the onion genus, as well as coriander. This draws parallels with some sects of Hinduism, who also do not consume pungent tasting foods.

are you not the president, but you appear to have vices.

dai4 fu = big man = doctor Note below that the same character has two different meanings, two different sounds:

= wet nurse (nurse who has breast milk and feeds other peoples children)
nai3 ma Also known as nanny nanny, wet nurse, milk basking, Mother, ma old woman, Mama, breast, etc., names varied, and different names for different times. But All in all, she is a breast-feeding exclusively for people with the babys line of business education. Google translated from http://baike.baidu.com/view/52726.htm after I entered the search term

= (with attitude) Dont mess with me.

wo3 bu4 chi1 su4 wai4

= outside; in addition; foreign; external

wai4 ren = outside person (Ms Mau: When girls get married.) wai4 yu3 = outside language

and selected the first result.

Ms Mau: Last emperor had one until he was 14. Wikipedia says:Puyi (simplified Chinese:

/ = teacher
yi1 shi1

lao3 shi1 (Ms. Mau: Anyone born earlier than you, that person has something to teach you. I think Ms. Mau and I depart on this philosophy. I think everyone has something to teach you regardless of age.)

traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Py) (7 February 1906 17 October 1967), of the Aisin Gioro clan, was the Last Emperor ( ). Chosen by Dowager Empress Cixi while on her deathbed,[6] Puyi ascended the throne aged 2 years and 10 months in December 1908 following his uncles death on 14 November. He was titled the Xuantong Emperor. Puyis introduction to emperorship began when palace officials arrived at his family household to take him. Puyi screamed and resisted as the officials ordered the eunuchs to pick him up.[14] His wet-nurse, Wen-Chao Wang, was the only one
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/ = doctor (more respected) / = doctor

yi1 sheng1 Does it strike you as interesting that there are hierarchies to respect in China? Two terms for doctor, but one is a more respected doctor. Although our term vice-president has a similar feeling to it. Not only Page 8
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who could console him, and therefore accompanied Puyi to the Forbidden City. Puyi would not see his real mother again for seven years. Puyi developed a special closeness with Wen-Chao Wang and credited her with being the only person who could control him. She was sent away when he was eight years old. After he married, he would occasionally bring her to the Forbidden City, and later Manchukuo, to visit him. After his special government pardon in 1959, he visited her adopted son and only then learned of her personal sacrifices to be his nurse.[15] In class, I pointed out that the second character in nai3 was womens breasts. Ms. Mau said, Oh, I wrote it wrong, and she erased the B and wrote it again. I said, It still looks like our capital B. This character woman + B means milk. Milk only comes out of breast-like structures (actually monotremes have lactating patches, but Ill bet you didnt even know that, so no surprise this doesnt show up in the written record). The guy next to me says he thinks looks like a pregnant woman, but pregnant women do not have milk. In fact, if youre lactating and then you get pregnant, you lose your milk. However, means to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon. This is euphemistic for the next thing to happen. You get knocked up, you have a baby, you have milk. Theyre all related. And they were the most important thing to early man. Funny how these things were so important, sex is still so important, yet we cant even acknowledge that the meaning milk is depicted in Chinese as coming from womens breasts. Are you beginning to understand the depths of our denial?

/ = head; top; chief, first; boss

tou2 or tou

= clear
ming2 bai2 ming2

= clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty = clear white; snowy; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
bai2 More over-clarification, but because each character means so many concepts, one needs to consider the intersection (think a Venn diagram) of the two characters meanings. For example, in the case of ming2 bai2, both have clear in their definitions, so together they reinforce that idea.
Ms. Mau said Dong bu dong without writing the characters on pinyin on the board (a fairly common occurrence), so these are my best guesses:

= to understand, to know
dong3 However, this phrase

/ = to read/to study
du2

/ = read aloud
nian4 shu1

dong3 bu3 dong3 Ms. Mau said it means you idiot, but I could not find this. I did find something close: { dng bu dng } apt to happen (usually of sth undesirable) frequently happening easily (e.g. accident or illness) (According to www.internetslang.com/STH-meaning-definition.asp, sth means something.)

/ = book
nian4 shu1 became du2 shu1, says Ms. Mau.

= to read, to study , it is a

Perhaps because nian has a heart in its character and nian2 also means beast, this character is considered too animalistic/emotional, whereas du is one syllable, and it has words, earth and boss. People who read become the boss. Plus even though has more actual strokes than simpler design. And du shu rhymes. Humans like rhymes.

ming2 bu3 ming2 bai2 (this is truncated from ming2 bai2 bu3 ming2 bai2) = Is it clear? ming2 bai2 ma? = understand?
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Oddly enough, is the same symbol as for morphine though the tones are different (morphine is ma3). In the U.S. horse (what this simplified character represents) is slang for heroin. Perhaps because a drug is something you ride.

= You do not understand that?

ni3 ming2 bu4 ming2 bai2 ming2 bai2 le

= Understand =
wo3 bu ming bai2

= I do not understand =
999 = 911 in China

dong3 le

small children been around inany forms for a very long time? Wikipedia: Santa Claus, or Santa, is a figure in North American culture who reflects an amalgamation of the Dutch Sinterklaas,[1] the English Father Christmas, and Christmas gift-bringers in other traditions. We also call him Saint Nick or Saint Nicholas. In the Netherlands they called him Saint Nick and he had a small boy slave called Black Peter. He seems pretty clearly a stand-in for a Christian God that small children can practice on before the real thing, and, no surprise, there is a website out there saying exactly this: http://progressiveproselytizing.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-santa-claus-is-precursor-to.html

bu4 dong3

Ms. Mau says dont touch old person who fell down [because they will say] You pushed me and sue you. Ground beef is on the Chinese AP exam. Ms. Mau says ground beef is niu2 rou4 mi2, but I could only find this in one place.

Phrases for ground beef: | | | sui4 ni3 rou4 |ni3 rou4 mi2| jiao3 xi4 ni3 rou4 | ni3 jiao3 rou4 = to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary
sui4

/= stuffing, forcemeat = ground beef

jiao3 xi4 ni3 rou4 jiao3 xi4

ni2 rou4 mi2

/ = hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist; to wind / = fine; minutely; thin; slender = minced beef
jiao3 sui4de ni3 rou4 jio ru j

= dissolved; rice-gruel; wasted

mi2 Think if this as beef meat riced (OED: rice, verb: To press (food, esp. cooked potato) through a coarse sieve or ricer to produce granular shapes or thin strings. Interesting that lyse, means to cause dissolution or destruction of cells... (Dictionary. com because OED uses a form of the word to define the word, which is kind of useless.) Lye is a related word. To rice or to lyseboth mean to destroy what was originally and convert to smaller components. Forget that they dont come from a similar source. Just go with the fact that humans are simple, and we gravitate toward similar sounds for similar meanings. A good example of this is Santa Claus. Does it seem amazing that Santa Claus doesnt have Santa Claustrophobia hanging around small spaces the size of closets? What a coincidence. Or has the idea of a benevolent unrelated man who gives presents to
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= meat grinder
Stockton & Columbus: East Wind Chinese book store

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 = Dictionary
zi4 dian3 Dictionary organized in three different ways: pinyin, stroke order, radical

= new China
xin2 hua2 hua2

/ = China
Ms. Mau: The Chinese program at Harvard is the worst in the U.S. I dont know if this is true, but it wouldnt surprise me. To learn something, you have to admit ignorance. How commonly is ignorance admitted at Harvard?

Does it strike you as interesting that duo1, which means many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- designates an unspecified numerical amount more than 1, is represented by two identical characters acting as one, and the English word duo means two.An awful lot of coincidences...

Da3 kai1 = open (note in the traditional character, on the left, the men2 gates, which are synonymous with Fallopian tubes, have at their gates a battering ram type object, which would imply an opener.

ben4

= stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy

sui4

xiao4

= laugh, smile

ji3 sui4 (sway) = Whats your age? (How old are you?)

= year; years old; (a measure word)

ku4

= to cry, to weep

Note the similar shape and sound:

ji1 jiu3

Can you see the relationship of the above words? They are a kind of face.

foolish funny face, crinkly eyes

laugh open mouth crinkly eyes

cry open eyes teardrop open mouth

= How old are you? (Literally you how many years old?) ni3 ji1 sui4 (Asked of ten years old and up)

ben3

= roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)

= How old are you? (Literally you how many big?)

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The cause of laughter is generally foolishness (note the

ben3 character at the root of

ben

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4). The underpinnings of comedy are people falling down and men in womens clothing: this describes all children. Children were the first clowns. This can be seen in Chinese:

chou3

= clown

mu3

= mother

niu1

= little girl

Structurally, these three characters resemble each other. They seem to represent breasts (this is acknowledged by the experts in the case of mu3 mother, and one can perceive dots of fluid inside the shapes representing breasts). Just like a man in womans clothing is funny, a man with breasts and no fluid in them is a clown:

no milk no milk milk Note that female + clown = little girlthis is because only a little girl would have breasts and no fluid, otherwise this individual is a clown.

+=

/
mi gun xi

= it doesnt matter (no problem, de nada)

/
guan1

= mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve

/
xi4

= be; connection; relation; tie up; bind, connect, to tie

Chinese characters and definitions from: http://ctext.org/dictionary http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.google.translate http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/8586/

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