mandarin speaking people

[alphatarget1]

Is there a Mandarin equivalent of "bless you" to say when one sneezes?

 

[AnimeKnight]

???? (shen bao you (heavy on the yo part) ni) or ????? (shang di bao you ni)

but we don't usually say that when someone sneezes

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: AnimeKnight
???? (shen bao you (heavy on the yo part) ni) or ????? (shang di bao you ni)

but we don't usually say that when someone sneezes

wrong. we never say that when someone sneezes.

 

[UncleWai]

??!

 

[AnimeKnight]

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: AnimeKnight
???? (shen bao you (heavy on the yo part) ni) or ????? (shang di bao you ni)

but we don't usually say that when someone sneezes

wrong. we never say that when someone sneezes.

unless you got some devoted Chinese Christians.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

yi bai sui!

Literally, "one hundred years old!"

 

[goodoptics]

??
bao3 zhong4

 

[dighn]

not really. we have no such tradition.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: AnimeKnight
???? (shen bao you (heavy on the yo part) ni) or ????? (shang di bao you ni)

but we don't usually say that when someone sneezes

wrong. we never say that when someone sneezes.

They look more like direct translations, lol.

"spirits take care/watch over you"
or
"god take care/watch over you"
where "god" is more like "high(est) emperor"

 

[AnimeKnight]

Originally posted by: eLiu


They look more like direct translations, lol.

"spirits take care/watch over you"
or
"god take care/watch over you"
where "god" is more like "high(est) emperor"

so how would you translate it?

 

[Baked]

You cover your mouth and get the hell away from that person like he has SARS.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
yi bai sui!

Literally, "one hundred years old!"

That doesn't make any sense. I don't recall my parents saying anything when I sneezed so I don't think they say anything.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
yi bai sui!

Literally, "one hundred years old!"

That doesn't make any sense. I don't recall my parents saying anything when I sneezed so I don't think they say anything.

That's what my Chinese language teacher taught us, anyway. Basically wishing the sneezer to live to a hundred years.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
yi bai sui!

Literally, "one hundred years old!"

That doesn't make any sense. I don't recall my parents saying anything when I sneezed so I don't think they say anything.

That's what my Chinese language teacher taught us, anyway. Basically wishing the sneezer to live to a hundred years.

Wouldn't "wan shi ru yi" (????) make more sense?

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: goodoptics
??
bao3 zhong4

if anyone ever said anything, this would probably be the closest i've heard

 

[OS]

original chinese don't say anything when someone sneezes

the "bless you" thing was introduced by the religious white devil

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: OS
original chinese don't say anything when someone sneezes

the "bless you" thing was introduced by the religious white devil

bless me? FU!

 

[Rumpltzer]

No one says anything.

It's easy to pick up the habit of saying nothing when you're around a lot of Chinese or in a predominantly Chinese country... unless you're my crazy Christian sister and get all upset that no one says anything.

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: Baked
You cover your mouth and get the hell away from that person like he has SARS.

:laugh:

 

[alphatarget1]

Reason I asked is that we say "one hundred years old" in Cantonese. We say "bless you" in English, and in German it's "Gesundheit". I had a discussion with my German friend who studies Chinese and the topic came up when she sneezed on the phone.