Chinglish: Part 1
Chinglish, a portmanteau of the words Chinese and English, is an English pseudo-dialect heavily affected by Chinese grammar and accent.
For Chinese-speakers learning English, Chinglish may also be viewed as a pidgin, referring to the type of English that they use while learning which falls somewhere between their native Chinese and fluent English, and is therefore undesirable. The use of the term "Chinglish" can be viewed by learners as either an insult or a joke.
With that said, it is nice to occasionally have English signs available, even if they are in Chinglish because we, at least, have a chance to figure out what is going on. There will be more Chinglish posts in the future as there seems to be an inexhaustible supply of it.
Pic 1: A notebook cover. Nearly every notebook has little cartoons and confusing English sayings on them. I'm not sure this officially qualifies as Chinglish but it is *very* Chinese. We have a few floating around here. I liked this one in particular because the number 12 IS sweet.
Pic 2: Picture taken from a moving bus. I couldn't find the in way.
Pic 3: Taken in a hospital. You can probably figure it out with that clue.
Pic 4: This is also taken in the hospital but the meaning is much more vague. Do you get it?
Pic 5: Wicket = ticket window
Pic 6: Where exactly would I keep my morder if I had one??
Pic 7: Nobody likes craffiti anyway...
Pic 8: This is for the guys out there. Are your lips chapped? Are they sunburned and tender? Fret no more because Ice Love Men's Lip Balm is here! And how about that cowboy!
For Chinese-speakers learning English, Chinglish may also be viewed as a pidgin, referring to the type of English that they use while learning which falls somewhere between their native Chinese and fluent English, and is therefore undesirable. The use of the term "Chinglish" can be viewed by learners as either an insult or a joke.
With that said, it is nice to occasionally have English signs available, even if they are in Chinglish because we, at least, have a chance to figure out what is going on. There will be more Chinglish posts in the future as there seems to be an inexhaustible supply of it.
Pic 1: A notebook cover. Nearly every notebook has little cartoons and confusing English sayings on them. I'm not sure this officially qualifies as Chinglish but it is *very* Chinese. We have a few floating around here. I liked this one in particular because the number 12 IS sweet.
Pic 2: Picture taken from a moving bus. I couldn't find the in way.
Pic 3: Taken in a hospital. You can probably figure it out with that clue.
Pic 4: This is also taken in the hospital but the meaning is much more vague. Do you get it?
Pic 5: Wicket = ticket window
Pic 6: Where exactly would I keep my morder if I had one??
Pic 7: Nobody likes craffiti anyway...
Pic 8: This is for the guys out there. Are your lips chapped? Are they sunburned and tender? Fret no more because Ice Love Men's Lip Balm is here! And how about that cowboy!
9 Comments:
Fun and entertaining blog. Loved the signs. love joyce
That is the most amazing thing I've seen in the last 2 1/4 hours for sure.
I saw another world about Chengdu,about Leshan Buddha,about Sichuan Normal University~~from your eyesight. It makes me feel fresh about the environment that i had been used to.
YangHua
My favorite is the "Office of Irrelevant Person..." sign.
And the fact that you said "Portmanteau Word."
BACNE!
Portmanteau! we learned that in AP lit. cool. I like all the signs. So we had a halloween dance at school last night. I was audrey hepburn, marissa was david bowie (creepy, i know...but amazing at the same time. she won the costume contest because she looked so much like him.). it was great. mr. ashton was a bunny and mr. schmidt was a sumo wrestler. you would have had fun.
Glad you all like the Chinglish.
Tell Mr. Schmidt that he owes me one now.
Christina: You MUST send me pictures of the costumes. I am anxious to see them.
Mr. Ross! GUESS WHAT? my daddy is going to china tomorrow for work! you will be in the same country! that is pretty dang amazing.
Christina: Cool! Where is he going to be? What is your dad's job? Hide in his suitcase!
hahaha i was going to but he said i couldn't. he's in vegas now, working out of MGM mirage. it's pretty cool because i get to go down there a lot now. i believe he was in sheng hai. i can't spell.
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