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rogerdickey
on Aug 1, 2020
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WordSafety: Check a name for unwanted meanings in ...
Doesn't look like it covers 那个 (pronounced nah-gu in Mandarin). I had a black friend in college who told me about how deeply offended he was when he heard his Chinese girlfriend's parents saying this over & over...
aitchnyu
on Aug 1, 2020
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Is this a loan word from the west?
nayuki
on Aug 2, 2020
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No, it is a native Chinese word that predates European language influences.
那個 = that thing
那些 = those (plural)
那裡 = that place / over there
那天 = that day
那種 = that kind of
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