Clarification On Pronunciation "手", "叟"
Originally Posted by YouKnowWho
**The name of that form should be called "18 hands". In Chinese "hand" and "elder" are prounced the same.***
Not so.
18 elders=== 十八 叟 shi2 ba1 sou3
(number signifies tone)
18 hands=== 十八 手 shi2 ba1 shou3
So the difference in the words is the SOUND ("SH"-sound, as opposed to "SSS"- sound) MEANING, and CHARACTER.
Im a student of chinese language at University level and have many native chinese speaking friends. Even though this thread is about dead, i figured I'd post this for general clarification.
:)
Don't know where YouKnowWho learned the language. Try www.betterchinese.com