Date: May 5th, 2003
Cate: Chinese Word of the Day
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– Mai3 – Buy

This is a perfect example of why I hate tones. is buy, pronounced Mai3. But is sell, pronounced Mai4!

Buy, Sell!
買, 賣!
Mai3, Mai4!

They even look the same! IT’S HOPELESS!!

(English is not blameless though. Can and can’t sound almost identical when said mid sentence. Try it. Say “I can do it.” and “I can’t do it.” quickly.)

1 Comment

  1. Joe Joe  
    June 16th, 2003
    REPLY))

  2. oh yeah, sell in japanese is different. it`s 売る

    1F

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