Friday, 8 August 2014

CN-1300957 A Chinese wish

对你的心意
始终如一

A free translation of this would be :

“May all your intentions be successful”

A literal translation would :


对你的心意
duì nǐ de xīnyì
(Towards your intentions)


始终如一
shǐzhōng rúyī
(From beginning to end, be as one)

Short notes on Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese (普通话Pǔtōnghuà 国语Guóyǔ 华语Huáyú) is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. It is the official language of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as one of four official languages of Singapore. It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. The written form of the standard language (中文; Zhōngwén), based on Chinese characters (漢字 / 汉字; hànzi), is shared by literate speakers of otherwise unintelligible dialects.

This postcard came from Rainie (27 June 2014) Postcrossing.


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