A few small questions

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Fri May 04, 2007 8:07 am

Hi
Once again I have some simple questions.

1)
Are the two words "bin" (from "tui bin" meaning "opposite") and "mi" meaning "noodles" lterary and colloqual pronounciations of 面?

2)
What is the hanzi for "bun toe" meaning problem, "khun" meaning "sleep" and "hiam" meaning complain?

Thanks
~Jilang

duaaagiii · Post by **duaaagiii** » Fri May 04, 2007 10:41 pm

bian7 and mi7 are both colloquial pronunciations, but of two different traditional characters that were merged into the same simplified character:

traditional: 面 / simplified: 面
literary: bian7 / colloquial: bin7
meaning: side, face

traditional: 麵 / simplified: 面
literary: bian7 / colloquial: mi7
meaning: noodles

traditional: 問題 / simplified: 问题
pronunciation: bun7-t(o)e5
meaning: problem

traditional: 睏 / simplified: 困
pronunciation: khun3
meaning: to sleep

character: 嫌
pronunciation: hiam5
meaning: to complain of

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Sat May 05, 2007 4:00 am

thank you.

Looking at the hanzi for "bun toe" in Mandarin it is "wen ti" which means "question". In Hokkien does it also mean "question"? And if it does then is it that the Hokkien and Mandarin "bun toe" and "wen ti" mean the same things?