乍得
zhàdé
The English word chad is translated into Chinese as 乍得 (zhàdé).
In Chinese, 乍得 can refer to small pieces of paper punched out or it is used as the name of the country Chad. Related terms include 乍得湖 for Lake Chad.
Meaning: small pieces of paper punched out (noun)
Related words
How do you pronounce it?
zhàdé
Did you know?
- Because 乍得 sounds like a combination of 'sudden' and 'obtain', a Chinese speaker might jokingly interpret the phrase as 'suddenly getting something'.
- The first character 乍 is an ancient word meaning 'suddenly', but in this phrase it has no meaning other than its sound.
- The character 得 in 乍得 is a very common functional particle in Chinese grammar, but here it serves only as a phonetic component for a foreign name.
Example conversation
Zhiqiang and Jiayi are cleaning the office.
- 志强 Zhiqiang佳怡，你看这里有很多乍得。Jiāyí, nǐ kàn zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō zhà dé.Jiayi, look, there are many chads here.
- 佳怡 Jiayi我这就用吸尘器把它们吸干净。Wǒ zhè jiù yòng xī chén qì bǎ tā men xī gānjìng.I will vacuum them up right now.
- 志强 Zhiqiang谢谢，这些乍得太难清理了。Xièxiè, zhè xiē zhà dé tài nán qīnglǐ le.Thanks, these chads are too hard to clean up.
- 佳怡 Jiayi没关系，很快就干净了。Méi guānxì, hěn kuài jiù gānjìng le.It's okay, it will be clean soon.
