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iron_silk
12-16-2002, 11:41 PM
Does anybody here know a site where I can find Chinese characteres to terminology found in Chinese kungfu?

e.g.

sifu, simo, mabo, etc

Thanks!

omarthefish
12-17-2002, 03:25 AM
There's a couple of wushu dictionaries out there for purchase but in the meantime just ask as they come up. I'm not the only one out here who speaks chinese.

sifu - teacher/master/cab driver (really. in colloqial Chinese, cab drivers are often called 'sifu')

simo - your sifu's wife

mabo - horse stance, literally 'horse step'

etc. - and so on . . . In Chinese, 'deng deng' :p

Sho
12-17-2002, 07:32 AM
Oh my! Well here we go again with the 1000s of different ways to spell.. :D

Try this site (www.mandarintools.com) for a start.

Marshdrifter
12-17-2002, 07:52 AM
You also might want to try http://zhongwen.com. I don't use it for Kung Fu terms that
often, but then I study a southern style and zhongwen is for
Mandarin.