Home▸ Forums▸ MacNN▸ Anybody here speak Chinese? Thread Anybody here speak Chinese? MacNN Troubleshooting 8 posts Jan 2, 2004 to Jan 2, 2004 View original thread ↗ #1 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 19:53 MacNN Someone I don't know just IM'd me and said Xin Chao Anybody know what it means? They were offline when I returned to my computer.... #2 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 20:01 MacNN it's a vietnamese greeting. -r. #3 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 20:03 MacNN Ok, its obvious that my knowledge of asian languages is next to zero... #4 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 20:04 MacNN Have you tried online translation? Not always the most accurate but you get the gist.....most of the time! #5 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 21:34 MacNN I am Chinese... well.. that's Mandarin. #6 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 21:37 MacNN I think it says "Good Morning" in Mandarin except that person had it backwards. #7 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 21:38 MacNN Quote: Originally posted by rjenkinson: it's a vietnamese greeting. -r. Yea, it sounds like Vietnamese for hello/goodbye. #8 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 22:27 MacNN Folks, Turns out the person I sent me the IM is from Vietnam... Thanks for the help!
#1 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 19:53 MacNN Someone I don't know just IM'd me and said Xin Chao Anybody know what it means? They were offline when I returned to my computer....
#3 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 20:03 MacNN Ok, its obvious that my knowledge of asian languages is next to zero...
#4 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 20:04 MacNN Have you tried online translation? Not always the most accurate but you get the gist.....most of the time!
#6 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 21:37 MacNN I think it says "Good Morning" in Mandarin except that person had it backwards.
#7 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 21:38 MacNN Quote: Originally posted by rjenkinson: it's a vietnamese greeting. -r. Yea, it sounds like Vietnamese for hello/goodbye.
#8 Fri, 2 Jan 2004 - 22:27 MacNN Folks, Turns out the person I sent me the IM is from Vietnam... Thanks for the help!
