唱出心聲

Yup, that pretty much sums it up... 要反省下...

Multiples of Three

自中學時代, 小芬最喜歡的中文字就是個 「鬱」 字. 最鍾意之處當然是因為它筆畫多啦! 還記得有一次上中文堂, 小芬呢個竹升妹公然 challenge 寫錯個 「鬱」 字的 Missy, 弄得她狼狽非常. 回想時還感幾分得意. 只因她是應得的! 中文未夠班就不應誤人子弟! 成日教錯字!

到了今天, 小芬還是努力不懈學好我的祖國語言但很可惜, 科技先進令到現在的中國人(包括小芬在內) 難免有執筆忘字的煩惱. 不過, 小芬還是要努力擴闊自己的詞彙因為我識得的字實在太少啦!! 所以近幾年小芬比較喜歡的網址就是香港中文大學的 《粵語審音配詞字庫》. 是小芬學中文的天書也!

有一次無意中找到中國字最多筆畫的 「龘」 字, 一共48畫. 比起只得29畫的 「鬱」 字簡直冇得比! 不過三個 「龍」 字寫在一起又真係冇乜難道呢. 所以小芬還是鍾意個 「鬱」 字. 想起 《最緊要「正」字》 曾經有個博士說過將 「五行」 那幾個字 x3 都是字呢. 最常用的當然是 「木」 和 「火」 不過小芬成日都忘記三個 「金」 的讀法!

金 x3 = 鑫 (音: jam1 音)
木 x3 = 森 (we all know this one)
水 x3 = 淼 (音: miu5 秒)
火 x3 = 焱 (and this one)
土 x3 = 垚 (音: jiu4 搖)

接著看 《正識第一》 時, 得知三個 「魚」丶「牛」丶「羊」 字亦可以搭起來成字. 看 《掌上明珠》 時, 我已經學了個 「驫」 字所以小芬又一次證明看 TVB 是對我有益的!!

I Know This One!!!

I get so hooked on watching 正識第一 and now that season 2 is in full swing, I still find myself pulling out season 1 and 最緊要正字 to re-watch so the vocabulary will hopefully stick with me. Unfortunately, I don't have the time (or effort) anymore to do what I used to do to study Chinese when I was in high school so I guess 翻煲-ing the shows will help me a bit.

Yesterday's episode had 郭峰 and Mandarin speaking 朱璇 stumped on the following 對聯:

調琴調調調調調調調來調調妙
種花種種種種種種種成種種香

I've studied this before so I know it! Poor 郭峰 and 朱璇 were completely tongue tied though...haha.

Further to my 糴米 post, I learned another word to go with it:

糶
音: tiu3 (跳)

as in 糴糶 which means 米稻的買賣. So in a nutshell, 糴米 = 買 and 糶米 = 賣.

Word of the Day

好欣賞細V的 『每日一Wiki』 concept, except after one entry 就停咗 -_-"

While looking up the pinyin for 石 (shi2) today, I learned something new!! The word 石 (sek6) has another pronunciation! It can be pronounced daam3. As in 一石米. So while I'm on the 米 topic, I'll learn how to write this one:

糴
音: dek6 (笛)

"文生! 去超市糴一石米回來!"

Learn Something New Everyday!

TVB 全新正字節目『正識第一』已經播放了一個星期. 每次有機會學多啲中文我都唔會放過. 所以今次都唔例外, 晚晚都坐定定追. 由於昨晚冇時間睇, 所以今日補翻. 最新一集學識了:

饕餮
傳說中貪食之凶獸，古青銅器上多見
音: tou1(滔) tit3(鐵)
「貪食」的意思

最令我唔開心的就係到今時今日才知道俾我中文老師老點了15年. 『木蘭辭』裏有幾句:

旦辭爺孃去, 暮宿黃河邊, 不聞爺孃喚女聲, 但聞黃河流水聲濺濺

老師教我讀cin2(淺), 但係今日先知道原來係讀zin1(煎)!! 等我仲理直氣壯咁背錯了十幾年!! 可惡!!

鉤心鬥角 vs. 掙家產

TVB 台慶月 will officially commence this coming Monday. I always get excited this time of the year because I LOVE watching 台慶! This year's 台慶劇 are:

宮心計 starring: 佘詩曼, 楊怡, 陳豪, 鄭嘉穎, 米雪, 關菊英, 謝雪心, 惠英紅, 李國麟, 李詩韻, 呂珊, 韓馬利, 程可為, 曹敏莉, 蕭正楠, 葉翠翠, 陳自瑤, 張國強, 蔡淇俊, 蔣志光 (what a massive cast!)

and


富貴門 starring: 呂良偉, 羅嘉良, 袁詠儀, 郭可盈, 戚美珍, 馬德鐘, 薜家燕, 劉兆銘, 馬國明, 許紹雄, 陳敏之, 王浩信, 盧宛茵 (looks like 創世紀 all over again LOL!)

I can't say which one I have more hopes for because sadly speaking, TVB story lines haven't exactly been very original ... 鉤心鬥角 vs. 掙家產 ... I'm sure we'll see it in the new series. However, I'm quite impressed at the massive cast for 宮心計 and especially excited to see 米雪, 惠英紅 and 李國麟. Not to mention cutie 蕭正楠!! As for 富貴門, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing 戚美珍 back in action.

I HATE reading story synopses, so I'm not even going to go there. Hence, I will let the fobness in me loose and enjoy these series as they air starting Monday!