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Re:Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary school st... by chillacy on Thursday January 10, 2019 @09:11PM (#18880465)
It’s not uncommon for a chinese speaker to say something and for the other speaker to say something like “which X, is it X with Y radical?”, or “is it X as in <word containing X>”. This happens especially with names.
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Re:Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary school st... by mac01021 on Friday January 11, 2019 @06:45AM (#18882790)
> especially with names.

That makes sense! Since names will always lack disambiguating context. And I've seen that in Chinese movies come to think of it.

It happens in English too: Is your name Kerry or Carrie?

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