RE: Learn 10 simple Chinese words

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Learn 10 simple Chinese words

in blog •  8 years ago 

Sounds like, "shi shi" right? That means, "urine" in Hawaii.

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Haha not quite... the tonality of it is very important, so depending on the pronunciation it could mean "write", "shoes", or "rest a while"

The compound word 鞋鞋 xiěxié / shiieeshye is a word used by infants or their mothers speaking “motherese”: “shoesies”: 你的鞋子在哪裡啊 Nǐ de xiěxié zài nǎlǐ a / Niid shieeshye tzay naalii a? “Where are your shoesies?”

The other duplicated words are less common and not worth noticing.