Date: August 13th, 2003
Cate: Chinese Word of the Day
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– Cong1 – Scallion

洋蔥 – Yang2 Cong1 – Onion

Jenny tells me that to her means “western”, although my dictionary just says it means Foreign or Imported. So an Onion is a Western Scallion. also means Ocean:

大西洋 – Da4 Xi1 Yang2 – Big West Ocean — Atlantic Ocean
太平洋 – Tai4 Ping2 Yang2 – Too Peaceful Ocean — Pacific Ocean
北冰洋 – Bei3 Bing1 Yang2 – North Ice Ocean — Arctic Ocean

While I’m here I might as well also mention:

– Bei3 – North
台北 – Tai2 Bei3 – Taipei
西 – Xi1 – West – Zhong1 – Center
台中 – Tai2 Zhong1 – Taichung
– Dong1 – East
台東 – Tai2 Dong1 – Taitung
– Nan2 – South
台南 – Tai2 Nan2 – Tainan

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