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Mar 26, 2002 18:37
22 yrs ago
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Chinese term
AǮ
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Business/Commerce (general)
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I often heard this expression when mentioning a type of corruption in Taiwan. What does it exactly mean? How to say it in English?
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5 | Reply to your note | Perry Svensson |
5 +1 | steal money | Perry Svensson |
4 | http://moneyally.2u.com.tw/ | jinshi |
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According to my Taiwanese wife and a couple of Taiwanese co-workers, "A" means "steal", but as I understand it there is no Chinese character to write it, so letters, or sometimes bopomofo, is used. There are quite a few Taiwanese (hokkien/minnan) words that have no characters, and in my study book, they are rendered using a romanization system (quite different from pinyin due to the different sounds).
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steal money
AǮ is another of those Taiwanese expressions that has made its way into daily mandarin usage in Taiwan.
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http://moneyally.2u.com.tw/
我不知道前面同仁说的对否,请查看一下上面的网页(标题显示为‘A钱家族’),可惜我的电脑被屏蔽了。
祝你好运!
祝你好运!
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