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八 – Ba1 – Eight
There seem to be 五花八門 – Wu3 Hua1 Ba1 Men2 – Five Flower Eight Door – All Kinds Of, Myriad expressions involving numbers in Chinese, and for some cosmic reason, they usually include the number eight. Why? And where’s the canonical list?
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I AM BRAND NEW TO YOUR WEB SITE AND KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT MANDARIN. THE CHARACTERS YOU SHOW, ARE THEY TRADITIONAL OR SIMPLIFIED?
ALSO, CAN YOU SOMEHOW INCLUDE A AUDIO PORTION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HEAR THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION?
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THEY ARE TRADITIONAL.
I DO NOT HAVE AUDIO FILES HANDY, SORRY.
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THANK U 4 UR RESPONSE. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO ASSIST OR MAAKE IT POSSIBLE 4 U 2 SUPPLY AUDIO FILES?
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SORRY, NO. EVEN IF I HAD THE FILES, I WOULDN’T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO OFFER THEM.
I SUPPOSE IF YOU WERE TO PROVIDE THE FILES, AND HOST THEM ON A RELIABLE SERVER, I COULD CERTAINLY LINK TO THEM FROM EACH DAY’S ENTRY!