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| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4442 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes  Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 17 of 17 02 November 2012 at 1:17am | IP Logged |
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In Chinese (Traditional / Simplified font):
spider: 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū) fall, autumn: 秋季 (qiūjì) broom: 掃把 / 扫把 (sàobǎ) candy: 糖 (táng) or 糖果 (tángguǒ) candle: 蠟燭 / 蜡烛 (làzhú) cemetery: 墳場 / 坟场 (fénchǎng) or 墓園 / 墓园 (mùyuán) black cat: 黑貓 / 黑猫(hēimāo) bat: 蝙蝠 (biānfú) pumpkin: 南瓜 (nánguā) costume: 服裝 / 服装 (fúzhuāng) devil: 魔鬼 (móguǐ) or 魔王 (mówáng) scarecrow: 稻草人 (dàocǎorén) ghost: 魔鬼 (móguǐ). Chinese don't usually distinguish between devil & ghost. jack-o'-lantern: 南瓜燈 / 南瓜灯 (nánguādēng). Lit. translation: pumpkin light. leaf: 葉 / 叶 (yè) Halloween: 鬼節 / 鬼节 (guǐjié) to haunt: 嚇人 / 吓人 (xiàrén). To scare someone to death: 嚇死人 / 吓死人 (xiàsǐrén) to play a trick (on someone): 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) goblin: 小妖精 (xiǎoyāojīng) mask: 面具 (miànjù) mummy: 木乃伊 (mùnǎiyī) monster: 怪物 (guàiwu) or 妖怪 (yāoguài) October: 十月 (shíyuè) witch: 魔女 (mónǚ) skeleton: 骨骼 (gǔgé) or 屍骨 (shīgǔ) for bones of the dead. All Saints' Day: 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (wànshèngjié) lit. translation 10,000 Saints Festival (All Saint's Day) or 萬靈節 / 万灵节 (wànlíngjié) lit. translation: 10,000 Souls Festival (All Soul's Day). the thirty-first: 三十一日 (sānshíyīrì) or 三十一號 / 三十一号 ((sānshíyīháo) vampire: 吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ) for blood-sucking ghost or 僵屍 / 僵尸 (jiāngshī) the Chinese version. Note: when traditional & simplified characters are the same, the word in Chinese will be listed only once. The word pumpkin was repeated so the 2nd was taken off. Edited by shk00design on 02 November 2012 at 5:19am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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