白人看不懂

i agree.. Everyone uses it... it's like 'urm'.

yes, i would think it is the 那个 you are hearing and it is used all over China.

>Also, and maybe this is just a dong1bei3 thing, but the >Chinese up here in Harbin use the sound "nigga" as >English speakers would use "uhmmm...."

I'm not 100% sure here, but is the 'nigga' sound actually a colloquial form of 那个? If the answer is yes than I believe it is not specific to the northeastern people, but rather used widely among Chinese native speakers.

"你想象力好强:D "

Chinese is a kind of "woolly" language.

At first you can only see the top of the wool.

Only by deduction and imagination you know what's in the wool.

Western languages are differents.

"Does 可树 mean well established like a tree ?"

你想象力好强:D

First be there. It's really a good site. haha :)

BTW: I may gonna be a 活雷锋 here -_- ~

It's likely supposed to be 可数名词, otherwise known as a countable noun. Compare with 不可数 (money, bread, water, etc).

I've just read on a chinese blog that the term "nigger" is a 可树名词 in the US.

Does 可树 mean well established like a tree ?

A better shirt would read "我能听懂."

John, print a couple of these out and I'll definitely buy them. =)

Better yet, some comfy sweaters or scarves so I can stock up for the long winter looming around the corner.

Ok, I don't think bother getting one then. I suppose it's not that witty anyway.

la la la

Bazza, you racist!

2 1/2 the eyes of the Pirates from the curse of the black Pearl (Pirates of the caribean 1)

Coloured skin is good, and tans are good too.

There is an illegal bleach for colored people, that burns away pigment. (bad idea)

there are 3 types of yellow skin

1 Pigment variation (Normal)

2 jaundice / hepatic (Abnormal)

3 Simpsons

I've never heard of white foreigners as being refered to as "bai ren".

In fact, though some Chinese say that they have "yellow" skin, many women strive to be "as white as possible" by staying out of the sun and eating healthy, as "whiter is better".

Also, and maybe this is just a dong1bei3 thing, but the Chinese up here in Harbin use the sound "nigga" as English speakers would use "uhmmm...."

Good play on words!

Sticks and stones won't break my bones

and words will never hurt me

LOL

I had a friend in Hangzhou that used to walk around going "那个请" all the time. It was, in a word, hilarious (not that I support such things in any way :))

Oh, duh...I understand now. Definitely can be misunderstood. Bazz-don't get "that one"! Ha, I crack myself up : )

It just kills me that the N-word, so popular in American hip hop, is making it's way to Asia (after 20 years). Of course, there is no accompanying compunction about throwing it about, and an utter lack of understanding of that word's history. It IS racist no matter what the web site says. I think I would definately start a boycott of http://www.post-jdm.com/.

你个 is probably closer as a sound-alike but then it wouldn't have a double meaning.

I make T-shirts for my students that read: 我不知道. Wǒ bù zhīdào. Then, when someone asks what it says, they can truthfully say, "I don't know."

to get what he means you just have to think of an old, bad, english word to call people with an not milky and not middle-european teint. For an exacter description ask again (or look at a picture with Matt Damon and than on one of denzel washington maybe that helps you find the swearword)

Hmmm, I think "那個 plz" means "that one please" or perhaps I am just too naive; I don't know what else it could mean.

I thought it would be funny to proof it wrong. ;)

If the other one means what I thing it's suppose to, it's a little bit too racist.

Funny shirt : ) I like it. But, Bazza, you can't wear that one because you DO 看懂. You should wear the other one, the "那個 plz" shirt when you show up in Shanghai (and just point at everything.) That'd be funny!

好看的字体, 不过我一定看不懂有什么了不起？！

It could be funnier with :

鬼子看懂

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