Questions tagged [traditional-characters]

For questions about traditional Chinese characters (predating reforms in the 1950s in mainland China, and still used in e.g. Hong Kong and Taiwan). Not merely for questions which happen to be written in traditional Chinese.

Traditional characters are currently used in the standardized character sets of Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Wikipedia article: Traditional Chinese characters

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Which one of these two ISO 639-2 code refers to Traditional Chinese, chi or zho?

On a database file, the designer uses chi and zho to tell simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. It's hard to tell whether chi means the simplified one or traditional. Seemingly, chi is derived from the first three characters of "Chinese", zho…

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asked Mar 10 '14 at 07:18

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What is the name of this traditional Chinese character font?

The image below is from a book I bought while in Hong Kong (ISBN 957-14-4160-0. It's an edition of a work in classical Chinese, with an ancient commentary in classical Chinese, and a modern commentary in mandarin. The book is published in Taiwan. I…

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asked Apr 05 '12 at 16:02

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What is the characters for qilou, the sidewalks in Taiwan?

In Taiwan, there are covered sidewalks called “qilou”. What are the characters for that, and is there a translation in English?

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asked Nov 22 '18 at 23:22

zeeple

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Is Chinese writing pictorial, ideographic - or neither?

Chinese writing - that of Mandarin - does not seem anything like picture language as that is represented by Egyptian hieroglyphs. Nor does it seem ideographic in the sense that each character represents an idea. Is there is an accurate, brief…

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asked Jan 01 '18 at 10:38

Geoffrey Thomas

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Traditional: 菸 vs. 煙?

My IME always suggests both 菸 and 煙 for traditional 烟, which makes me think that they're interchangeable. Characters usually are not just simply exchangeable between themselves though. What nuances exist between 菸 and 煙?

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asked May 22 '20 at 10:59

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The word 射 vs the word 短

I have a thought that the following 2 words’ meaning is exchanged: 1) 射 2) 短 First of all, I am not saying I AM CORRECT or I want to make changes to these words, it is merely a discussion where I think this forum is about (‘to discuss the finer…

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asked Sep 17 '15 at 16:41

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轉子 In the context of Danganronpa…?

I was playing Danganronpa v3, the version from Taiwan. Tenko says “因為到這裡來以後,就沒什麼機會活動筋骨所以轉子剛剛去體育館稍微嫩餘一下! “. What does “轉子“ mean in this context? I know “大轉子“ means trochanter in the context of anatomy and “轉子“ in the context of electronics means…

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asked Feb 18 '23 at 22:44

哈里森菲爾克爾

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Traditional: 舍命 vs. 捨命?

There seems to be some confusion between traditional 舍 and 捨. Here is an idea of 舍命不舍財 vs 捨命不捨財, etc.: Two without the 扌. NTDTV 所以採取了「舍命不舍財」的做法 UDN 除了少數舍命不舍財的腦殘之外 Two with 扌on…

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asked Apr 19 '20 at 13:47

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Should I center a headline written in Traditional Chinese?

I'm putting together an email campaign and have a headline in Traditional Chinese. In terms of formatting, is it acceptable to center the headline? Thank you!

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asked Apr 09 '15 at 01:14

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Is 讚 the preferred variant in traditional Chinese writing for "great/cool"?

I noticed that on some Netflix TV shows they like to translate "great/cool" as: 讚、超讚，etc in the traditional Chinese subtitles for shows. It's funny to me because I tend to associate 赞 with thumbs up: , these days more than anything else, making…

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asked Aug 01 '21 at 11:17

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Help with translation, art

First i want to apologize for no being perfect in English, i speak spanish, currently studying japanese and with plans of starting chinese next year. Recently i bought a piece of chinese art at a flymarket in buenos aires and i can’t read the…

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asked May 27 '20 at 05:59

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What are simplified characters and traditional characters? Which should I learn first?

In which sequence should I learn Chinese. What are simplified characters and important traditional characters which should I learn first and why those are necessary to learn first?

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asked Oct 11 '18 at 14:10