Chineighs Word of the Day

by Super Trampoline

Rating: everyone
Tags: Random, Derpy Hooves, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Maud Pie
Length: 1550

They say the best way to learn a language is to actually use it, so each day I'll post a short story featuring a Chineighs word in place of an Equestrian one. This will be focusing on Pinyin as opposed to characters, because characters are a pain!

They say the best way to learn a language is to actually use it, so each day I'll post a short story featuring a Chineighs word in place of an Equestrian one. This will be focusing on Pinyin as opposed to characters, because characters are a pain!

Why am I doing this? I didn't fail Chineighs class three times for naught! This will make me actually look at the "Chineighs word of the day" emails I've been getting for months now!

Published 2016-06-29 08:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2018-04-08 02:06:44 UTC

Dǎsǎo (打扫): To Clean

"Ugh, Zephyr, this room is a disaster! When was the last time you dǎsǎo it?

"Woah, Flutters. I'm really getting some negative vibes here. I need this... t-t-this constructive creativity to help me thrive."

"No. Rarity's work shop is 'constructively creative'. This is just a mess. You want to get your life together, right? Dǎsǎo it!"

"Hey now, Mom and Dad are fine, just fine with the state of my room. It's not your problem, so relax!"

"Our parents, bless their hearts, are pushovers. They may accept it, but do you think a cool mare like Rainbow Dash would?"

"Oh, I'm way over Rainbow Dash. I've graduated in the coolness department, and I don't date below my coolness class. Besides, I don't think her feathers flap that way anyway."

"Zephyr Breeze! Rainbow Dash is not gay; she just has standards! You don't."

"I'm gonna be honest with you, sister. That really hurt me."

"Good. Dǎsǎo your frolicking room!"

Author's Note

打扫: to clean

Part of speech: verb
Example sentence: 他每天打扫房间。
Sentence meaning: He cleans the room everyday.
Pinyin word: dǎsǎo
Pinyin sentence: Tā měitiān dǎsǎo fángjiān.

Hé (河): River

"So hey, Twilight, whatever happened to that hé serpent?"

"Stephen Magnet? He's still around. He came to the wedding last month, remember?"

"No no no, not him. The one who hypnotized the whole town into almost drowning ourselves by destroying the Ponyville Dam and flooding the town with water from the Ponyville hé , who you quickly forgave for doing so because--and I'm going to quote you on this--'Sure, she made the wrong choice, but she made it for the right reasons. She was trying to help her friends. We've all done something silly for a friend, right?'"

"Oh, heh," Twilight blushed nervously. "Not one of my proudest moments. In my defence, I think there was only like one page of comic left to wrap everything up."

"Wow, referencing the fact that you made an appearance in an alternative artistic medium! I'm so proud of you, Twilight! Your fourth wall-breaking skills are growing ever stronger. But yes, that hé serpent. You remember her?"

"Yeah, her name was Cassie! Cassie the kelpie. And no, I'm not really sure what became of her. It's almost as if she's never existed outside of that issue."

"Woah, that's super spooky! She's like a ghost! A hé ghost!"

Author's Note

河: river

Part of speech: noun
Example sentence: 黄河在中国。
Sentence meaning: The Yellow River is in China.
Pinyin word: hé
Pinyin sentence: Huánghé zài zhōngguó.

Piàoliang (漂亮): Beautiful

This is a list of things that are piàoliang:

•Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, the first time you see her

•The bonzai that Roseluck started after her mother died

•Luna's 37th modern starscape, with a particularly piàoliang use of comets

•The Cloverhoof River in Spring when it is engorged with meltwater and vivacity

•Rainbow Dash when she takes the time to actually style her hair, according to the kitchen sink

•The fact that we live in such a wonderful egalitarian society where ponies of all races and creatures of all species live and work together in harmony

•You

This is a list of things that are piàoliang. The world is full of beauty, if you just know where to look.

Author's Note

漂亮: beautiful

Part of speech: adjective
Example sentence: 花园真漂亮。
Sentence meaning: The garden is really beautiful.
Pinyin word: piàoliang
Pinyin sentence: Huāyuán zhēn piàoliang.

Zǒu (走): To Walk

"Lyra, why are you zǒu like that?! You keep falling!"

"Bon Bon, I've told you, it's how humans zǒu!" I want to learn to zǒu like human people, so when I go through the mirror portal someday, I'll already be an expert!"

"Oh, Lyra, can't you just zǒu like yourself? Is that not enough?"

"Bonny, I told you when we started dating, if you can't accept my oddities..."

"I know, '...don't accept me at all.'. And I do try to accept all your weird little eccentricities. Honestly, this one isn't that weird. But it's eleven thirty at night, and everytime I'm about to fall asleep, I'm awoken by you falling on your flank or your face again! Come to bed, practice zǒu tomorrow. Practice cuddling with me now."

Author's Note

走: to walk

Part of speech: verb
Example sentence: 她走路去上班。
Sentence meaning: She walks to work.
Pinyin word: zǒu
Pinyin sentence: Tā zǒulù qù shàngbān.

Shān (山): Mountain

"Wow, Maud, look at how rounded and worn down those shān are! I bet they're really old!"

"Pinkie, did you just slip into Chineighs?"

"Yeppers, it's the central conceit of this story collection! Learn Chineighs one word at a time. The author already remembers that shān means mountain! A few thousand entries later, and BAM! He'll know Chineighs. Easy peasy don't be a Breezie!"

"I don't know, that sounds like quite a shān of a task."

Author's Note

山: mountain

Part of speech: noun
Example sentence: 中国有很多大山。
Sentence meaning: There are many big mountains in China.
Pinyin word: shān
Pinyin sentence: Zhōngguó yǒu hěnduō dà shān.

Jì (寄): To Mail

Jì (寄): To Mail

"Why, hello, Twilight! What brings you into our fine postal establishment?" Derpy asked, consigned to desk duty for a week after her latest "incident".

Hello, Derpy. I have a package I need to jì."

"You've certainly come to the right place! What is it that you'd like to jì?"

Twilight reached into her mane with her magic and pulled out a long pipe. And pulled, and pulled, and pulled... in a feat of hammerspace that would make Pinkie jealous, Twilight managed to produce ten feet of metal piping from within her hair. Derpy stared, concerned and fascinated. "Uhhhhh..."

"Pretty cool trick, right? Anyways I just need to jì this quantum thermo deoscillator to my human counterpart at Crystal Prep high school on the other end of the mirror. It won't go through for some reason.

"Princess, permission to speak freely?"

"Always, Derpy."

"You couldn't get this, uh, thing through your mirror portal thingie, right?"

"Exactly. It kept spitting the apparatus out."

"So how do you think the Equestrian Postal Service is supposed to jì it?"

"Uh... magic?" Twilight responded hopefully.

"We're letter carriers, not miracle workers. If you want inter-dimensional transit, talk to Pinkie Pie. Apparently she has some connection named Ramona Flowers who she swears by."

Author's Note

寄: to mail

Part of speech: verb
Example sentence: 我给妈妈寄了礼物。
Sentence meaning: I have mailed the gift to mom.
Pinyin word: jì
Pinyin sentence: Wǒ gěi māma jìle lǐwù.

Fùkuǎn (付款): To Pay Bills

Twilight was tired of beating around the bush, and so tried a more direct approach: "So, uh, Fluttershy, I know I've known you a few months, but I guess I've never actually asked: how do you fùkuǎn?"

"Oh, uh, well, the answer is a bit embarrassing. I'd rather keep it to myself, if that's alright."

"While normally I'd respect that, you did ask me for help on your taxes. I need to know what you do for a living. If I don't know how you fùkuǎn, I can't really help you with deductibles." Twilight knew being a good friend sometimes meant helping your friends with things you'd rather not help them with. That didn't make this any less of a hassle though. Fluttershy was 24; this couldn't have been her first time filing taxes.

"Oh, well, I um... uh..."

"It can't be that embarrassing!" Twilight reassured.

"I, uh, melt down bits and sell the raw gold back to the government."

"Ah geez, Fluttershy,, that's like seven types of illegal!"

"Well, yes, but it certainly fùkuǎn. Plus whenever Angel Bunny is being uncooporative, I just threaten to melt him. Works like a charm!"

Twilight was dumbfounded. "Wha-wa-wa?!? This makes no sense! No sense at all!...

Twilight woke up with a start. "Aughhh!" she yelled, a telegraph fee stuck to her cheek. She looked around; it appeared she had fallen asleep at her desk again, up late working on fùkuǎn. Maybe it was time for bed if she was dreaming of weird finances.

Author's Note

付款: to pay bills

Part of speech: verb-object
Example sentence: 我们吃完饭爸爸就付款。
Sentence meaning: Dad will pay the bill after we finish eating.
Pinyin word: fùkuǎn
Pinyin sentence: Wǒmén chīwán fàn bàba jiù fùkuǎn.

Bàn (办) to deal with, to do, to take care of, to manage

Bon Bon had a lot to bàn when it came to running her candy shop. She had to bàn the raw materials. She had to bàn annoying and picky and indecisive and rude customers. She had to bàn the finances, lest the whole place go under. And she had to do all this while bàn her relationship with her weird and often demanding fillyfriend (nǚ péngyǒu) Lyra. But if there was a mare who could bàn all this, it was Bon Bon!

Author's Note

Bàn (办) to deal with, to do, to take care of, to manage

办: to deal with, to do, to take care of, to manage

Part of speech:verb
Example sentence:我有很多事要办。
Sentence meaning:I have a lot to take care of.
Pinyin word:bàn
Pinyin sentence:Wǒ yǒu hěnduō shì yào bàn.