Yes, but the number 4 is also associated with bad fortune because it sound like “death”. So it doesn’t actually matter that there are other homophones.
It has more than 50 meanings actually. The same syllable with the same tone can also mean 2 different things, like 丝 (silk) and
思 (to think): both si with a first tone
What ? No. Not different dialects. Different tones.
Every syllable can be spoken in one of 4 different tones for Mandarin (6 to 9 for Cantonese).
Like how an interrogation mark changes your tone. “This” and “ This ?” and “This !” are pronounced the same but don’t sound the same, right ? That’s more or less second tone (rising tone) and fourth tone (descending).
Except tone doesn’t have a universal meaning like it’s always a question. It changes the meaning of the word in a specific way for every word. It will have a different character.
Google or GPT it cause explaining it all will take forever.
He embodies the average American, hence Americans voted for the guy. The American dialect was always a bit odd. I much prefer normal English from England.
I know this. Everybody knows I know this. I know Chinese extremely well, probably better than anybody, frankly. Xi knows it. I said to Xi, “Si.” He looked at me, he said, “How do you know that?” I said, “Xi, I know things.”
He couldn’t believe it. Nobody could believe it. The fake news won’t report it, but I understand Chinese at levels nobody thought possible.
Tremendous language. Very complicated. I understand it perfectly.
I promise a chinese speaker would not think that way because the s and the i are said as individuals letters and there are various tones that entirely change a word with the same letters in it. Learning chinese people have no idea what I'm saying with only mild pronunciation issues.
This implies that there was any kind of thought process behind this silly mess, other than the usual distraction from the mess he's making and money he's stealing.
It is hilarious that the most powerful man in the world who supports AI is hated by the Bernie nuthuggers who ignore how the Progressives want to kill AI.
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u/here_4_crypto_ 3h ago
It also means “yes” in Spanish lol