Chinese

The English word lonely is translated into Chinese as 寂寞.

The English phrase “monster truck” is translated into Chinese as 怪獸卡車 / 怪兽卡车. This noun refers to a truck designed to perform in monster truck shows.

In Chinese, ‘canadian’ is translated as 加拿大的. The root of the phrase is the phonetic transliteration 加拿大 (Jiānádà), which sounds similar to ‘Canada’.

The English male given name Victor is translated into Chinese as 维克多.

In Chinese, the phrase for “what is wrong?” is 怎么了？

In Chinese, “my son” is expressed as 我儿子. This phrase is used by a parent to refer to their male child.

The English phrase “cents” is translated into Chinese as 分. 分 is a unit of currency used to represent a fraction of a dollar.

In Chinese, the word for the racquet sport badminton is 羽毛球. The term 羽毛球 is a noun used to refer to the sport itself.

In Chinese, egg rolls are called 春卷. 春卷 refers to fried rolls filled with vegetables and sometimes meat that are wrapped in a thin pastry skin.

The Mandarin verb for ‘to plant’ is 種 / 种. The verb refers to the action of placing something in soil or another substrate so that it may live and grow.