非 – Fei1 – Not, Un-

非常 – Fei1 Chang2 – Not Common — Unusual, Exceptional

韭 – Jiu3 – Leek

Not to be confused with 漏 – Lou4 – Leak.

硅 – Gui1 – Silicon

硅谷 – Gui1 Gu3 – Silicon Valley

The Simpsons are going to Silicon Valley! We’ll be in San Jose on October 19th for Trolltech Developer Days, and then in that area looking for stuff to do until the following Sunday. Any suggestions? (I think the comments are now fixed, by the way.)

濃 – Nong2 – Concentrated, Dense

濃縮咖啡 – Nong2 Suo4 Ka1 Fei1 – Concentrated Reduced Coffee – Espresso

Where would be a logical place to find a Chinese/English coffee-related-terms dictionary? starbucks.com.tw, that’s where.

彳 – Chi4 – Left Step

And of course 亍 – Chu4 – Right Step.

茂 – Mao4 – Luxuriant

宮本茂 – Shigeru Miyamoto

逃 – Tao2 – Escape, Run, Flee

The song that I thought was saying 我的心想他 – Wo3 De5 Xin1 Xiang3 Ta1 – My Heart Misses Him actually was saying 我的心想逃 – Wo3 De5 Xin1 Xiang3 Tao2 – My Heart Wants To Flee!

載 – Zai4 – Over, Carry

過載 – Guo4 Zai4 – Exceed Carry — Overload

I have now reached over 10,000 unread items in my feed reader! Specifically, I have ten thousand, two hundred and ninety-eight.

At Gmail, I have 2,179 unread messages.

At minutillo.com email, I have 1,141 unread messages.

I have so many unmoderated comments at this weblog that when I go to the moderation screen I get this:

SELECT * FROM bk_comments WHERE comment_approved = ‘0′
WordPress database error: [MySQL client ran out of memory]

Luckily for me, I’m completely caught up with my $SECRET_PROJECT at $WORK. But unluckily for all of you, I’ve let everything else slide for the time being. Sorry if I haven’t been responsive!

檯 – Tai2 – Desk, Table

檯球 – Tai2 Qiu2 – Table Ball — Billiards

艙 – Cang1 – Cabin

艙口 – Cang1 Kou3 – Cabin Mouth — Hatch

蜂 – Feng1 – Bee

熊蜂 – Xiong2 Feng1 – Bear Bee — Bumblebee

刺 – Ci4 – Thorn, Prick, Jab

Pointy prickly things are 刺刺的 – Ci4 Ci4 De5.

賞 – Shang3 – Appreciate, Admire

賞月 – Shang3 Yue4 – Admire Moon

You can’t see it but in this picture we’re all outside eating 柚子, 月餅, and Chris’s special chocolate sandwiches while admiring the moon. Happy 中秋節!

猶 – You2 – Like, As If

猶太 – You2 Tai4 – Jewish

猶太人 – You2 Tai4 Ren2 – Jewish Person

界 – Jie4 – Boundary

世界 – Shi4 Jie4 – World Boundary — World

你好 – Ni3 Hao3 – You Good — Hello

你好，世界! – Ni3 Hao3, Shi4 Jie4! – Hello, World!

歐 – Ou1 – Europe

北歐海盜 – Bei3 Ou1 Hai3 Dao4 – North Europe Sea Bandit — Viking

丹 – Dan1 – Red

丹麥 – Dan1 Mai4 – Denmark

卷 – Juan4 – Roll, Sweep

卷雲 – Juan4 Yun2 – Sweep Cloud — Cirrus

Unfortunately, I’m too lazy to look up THE ULTIMATE CHINESE/ENGLISH CLOUD TRANSLATION PAGE WITH PICTURES AND EVERYTHING. Oh, wait, no I’m not.

沫 – Mo4 – Suds, Froth

泡沫 – Pao4 Mo4 – Bubble Froth — Foam

嗡 – Weng1 – Buzz (onomatopoeia)

Got a haircut today. 嗡嗡嗡~~~

衛 – Wei4 – Guard

衛星 – Wei4 Xing1 – Guard Star — Satellite

定位 – Ding4 Wei4 – Determine Position — Location

系統 – Xi4 Tong3 – System Whole — System

衛星定位系統 – Wei4 Xing1 Ding4 Wei4 Xi4 Tong3 – Satellite Location System – Global Positioning System

甜 – Tian2 – Sweet

甜不辣 – Tian2 Bu4 La4 – Tempura

Cheesecake Tempura? What will they think of next?

靛 – Dian4 – Indigo

靛青 – Dian4 Qing1 – Indigo Blue — Indigo

Ever try doing Google image searches for colors?

費 – Fei4 – Waste, Consume, Fee

費爾菲爾德 – Fei4 Er3 Fei1 Er3 De2 – Fairfield

Fairfield is where this guy is from, where I used to go to visit Jenny during the summer, and where I work now.

豪 – Hao2 – Grand, Heroic

豪豬 – Hao2 Zhu1 – Grand Pig — Porcupine