Just in case you have been living on Mars recently you might not be aware that this year is THE year for China big showcase to the world: the Olympic Games and it will happen the 08.08.08 at 08.08pm (August 8 or 8th of August 2008 at 8 o’clock and 8 minutes) well at least the start of the opening ceremony. The games last a little longer, until the 24th actually.
And no, it’s not by chance that the date and time were chosen: the number 8 happens to be a lucky number in China (see this post for the unlucky number!)
Since I sense I will probably write a lot about the Olympic this year (everything that is happening seems to be somehow connected to the Games) let's once and for all see what’s in the name:
Ao4 Yun4 Hui4
Olympic Games
Jeux Olympiques
(The 3 official languages of the Oly)
(Yes French is one of them…I’m not trying to be patriotic)
That’s the contraction of a much longer word:
- ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4 (奥林匹克) you would have guest is the phonetic translation of Olympic.
- yun4 dong4 (运动) means Sport… we are still on track so far
- hui4 (会) is not the contraction of any other word it means conference, meeting, get-together…
Here you go: 7 months to practice your Chinese spelling (drawing?)
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To know more about the Olympic (in Chinese, English and French)!
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