Saturday, June 4, 2011

Noisy

What do you think of  when you hear the word "noisy"?
If you hear the sentence - "It is New Year and it is noisy."
Do you think the speaker is talking about the event in a festive sense? In Chinese there are at least two ways to say noisy.


熱鬧 (T) /热闹 (S) [rènao]
The meaning of this is noisy, but has a joyful festive undertone.


On the other hand if you hear 
 (T/S) [chǎo] It means noisy.

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