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犬 quăn “canine, dog” in Mandarin Chinese

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犬 quăn “canine, dog” [BF]. 犬, to be differentiated carefully from the character 太, is a formal, written-style Chinese word for colloquial 狗 gŏu “dog”. The street sign 禁止携犬进入 (禁止攜 犬進入) Jìnzhĭ xié quăn jìnrù means lit. “Forbid bring dogs enter”, or in more idiomatic English, “It is not permitted to enter if you are bringing a dog.” Many Chinese street signs begin with the word 禁 止. Like most street signs, this sign is in 书面语 (書面語), or formal, written-style Chinese. The verb 携 (攜) xié is a more formal, written-style equivalent of 带 (帶) . In fact, these two syllables can be used together to create the word 携带 (攜帶), which still means “carry” or “bring.”

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Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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