Here is the new Pinyin Sudoku.
Congratulations to Japan for winning the FIFA Women's World Cup!
Showing posts with label yi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yi. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Pinyin Sudoku 35 - Yi III
Here is the new Pinyin Sudoku.
Congratulations to Japan for winning the FIFA Women's World Cup!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Pinyin Sudoku 23 - Yi I
This is the first of four pinyin sudokus with "yi". The most prominent yi, "yī", which means "one" and is written by a simple horizontal stroke, is left out here. The funny thing is that another yi (which will appear in next week's sudoku), "亿（億）- yì", means "a hundred million"... just a slight difference of you pronounce it wrong... I always wonder and find it fascinating how the Chinese can express complicated or very special issues with just one character. There are various such "yi": It can mean e. g. "one's current attainment in learning or art" (诣（詣）- yì), "talk in sleep" (呓（囈）- yì), or even "to cut off the nose" (劓 - yì)...
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