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Chinglish – The Global Language Monitor". The Global Language Monitor. 30 July 2008 . Retrieved 4 March 2018. Radtke, Oliver Lutz (2007). Chinglish: Found in Translation. China: Gibbs-Smith. p.110. ISBN 978-1-4236-0335-1.

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Oliver Lutz Radtke, a former German radio reporter who may well be the world’s foremost authority on Chinglish, said he believed that China should embrace the fanciful melding of English and Chinese as the hallmark of a dynamic, living language. As he sees it, Chinglish is an endangered species that deserves preservation." Yi Han and Herbert P. Ginsberg (2001), "Chinese and English Mathematics Language: The Relation Between Linguistic Clarity and Mathematics Performance", Mathematical Thinking and Learning 3, pp. 201–220. One often sees Chinglish on signs, and this is one of my favorites. The sign-maker wanted to say, “Handicapped Restroom,” or better yet, “handicapped-accessible restroom.” However, it came out as “deformed man toilet.”“Deformed” means badly twisted or misshapen! While many English-language learners in China might have mixed feelings regarding such Chinglish-derived humor, expats like Bromage defend the phenomenon. She thinks Chinglish is a natural error that occurs during language learning. She also said foreign language learners would usually form their own pidgin versions, so the phenomenon is not limited to native Chinese speakers. Andrew Jacobs (2 May 2010). "Shanghai Is Trying to Untangle the Mangled English of Chinglish". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 August 2010.

Speak / Say: This is similar to “hear/listen” (#20 above). There is ONE word in Chinese for this: (说 Shuō). These two words both mean: “words coming out of a mouth.” However, you use them at different times and for slightly different meanings. Please steek gently appears on a Taipei government building door. This form of Chinglish uses obscure English terms, namely, Scottish English steek "enclose; close; shut" instead of the common word. Because of the thousands of characters and tonal nature of Chinese, it’s considered one of the most difficult languages to master. Similarly, linguists say the same about English. In fact, it’s even difficult for some native speakers to master. According to Bromage, language mixing is an unstoppable trend as more and more people, speaking different languages, mingle in China. Chinglish is a natural and creative way of engaging with a new language, expats say. Photo: Li Hao/GT

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Chinglish commonly refers to a mixture of English with Modern Standard Mandarin, but it occasionally refers to mixtures with Cantonese, [9] Shanghainese and Taiwanese Hokkien. [10] Would I recommend this one? Eh, not sure. Again, maybe if it was less quirky/funny written and more serious + the blurb updated and some warnings added I may have given it a different rating. Then again, if I had known about the abuse I may have just not tried it.A multilingual sign on a door in Taipei uses the unusual Scottish English word steek ("shut") instead of close. Last nameIn western culture, the given name comes first, and the family name comes last. (ie. John Smith)However, since in Chinese the family name comes first, this can easily lead to misunderstandings.Therefore, a girl named Wang Ya-fan in Chinese would render her name in English as Ya-fan Wang.If a person or form asks you for your last name, give your family name.

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Some words are generally confused by most Chinglish speakers, for example "emergent" instead of "emergency" or "urgent", because of incorrect entries in dictionaries.

Another misuse of vocabulary is "to turn on/off" and "open/close". Chinese speakers use " 關" ( guān) to refer to turning off things like electrical appliances or to close a door or window. Accordingly, a Chinglish speaker would say "close the light" instead of "turn off the light". In the same way, they would say "open the TV" instead of "turn on the TV". Plus, the parents apparently didn't give a fig that the kids were trying hard to set their own paths, Simon got a lot of hate because of his future plans. Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 14. doi: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam The recently popular expression "you can you up" (if you can do it, you should go up and do it) is another typical example, Smith said.