http://imgur.com/rT1cuSZ
I was wondering if anyone can tell me what this says? I've got it as a gift and I am under the impression that it is a Feng Huang Dan Cong tea. The kanji isn't matching up to things I can find online though.
Re: Translation help?
The cannister is from a well known Taiwan tea seller, Wang Dechuan. I have had many teas from them. Usually, their quality is quite good. I cannot read Chinese characters so another poster will have to translate the name of the tea.umijoshi wrote:http://imgur.com/rT1cuSZ
I was wondering if anyone can tell me what this says? I've got it as a gift and I am under the impression that it is a Feng Huang Dan Cong tea. The kanji isn't matching up to things I can find online though.
Translation help?
鳳凰單欉 = fènghuáng dān cóng. I think in Taiwan they use traditional chinese characters, and perhaps online search showed only simplified ones?
Oct 15th, '14, 23:31
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Re: Translation help?
For those that don't speak Mandarin or whom are new learners there is a great app by Pleco that allows typing of Pinyin and/or English, as well as the ability to draw the strokes of the character into the app to identify a character. It lists both simplified (Mainland China usage) characters and traditional (Taiwan/Hong Kong usage) characters. It's a free app and has lots of free add-ons. Even though I speak Mandarin and I have my wife to help me out,whenever I am in Taiwan I travel with it on my Kindle Fire HD. I haven't used the app on other platforms but the app seems really well reviewed.vandaensis wrote:鳳凰單欉 = fènghuáng dān cóng. I think in Taiwan they use traditional chinese characters, and perhaps online search showed only simplified ones?
(https://www.pleco.com)
Blessings!
Re: Translation help?
tried the app, didn't work on two of my teas (a mystery Hong Shui and a mystery aged oolong, both from Taiwan).
Oct 16th, '14, 03:23
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Re: Translation help?
Of course; hope you find the app useful. Off topic I did hit up Mandalay on California street the other weekend and prefer it to B Star. Thanks for the recommendation. The place had a line out the door all night and their tea leaf salad was great!Tead Off wrote:Thanks for the app!
Can you be more specific on how the app didn't work for you? Did you type in Pinyin or "brush" the characters into the reader? Do you mean that the app did not have the characters in any of its dictionaries? Did you load all the dictionaries and adjust the settings, add the brush-stroke add on, etc.? I haven't had the app strike out for me yet and have customized mine a bit. Another dict. app I use is the Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro. But I pretty much also most exclusively use the Pleco app in a pinch.drinking_teas wrote:tried the app, didn't work on two of my teas (a mystery Hong Shui and a mystery aged oolong, both from Taiwan).
For tea related stuff, as you likely may know, Babelcarp is also a useful tool. (http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/)
Blessings!
Re: Translation help?
茶藝-TeaArt08 wrote:
Can you be more specific on how the app didn't work for you? Did you type in Pinyin or "brush" the characters into the reader? Do you mean that the app did not have the characters in any of its dictionaries? Did you load all the dictionaries and adjust the settings, add the brush-stroke add on, etc.? I haven't had the app strike out for me yet and have customized mine a bit. Another dict. app I use is the Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro. But I pretty much also most exclusively use the Pleco app in a pinch.
For tea related stuff, as you likely may know, Babelcarp is also a useful tool. (http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/)
Blessings!
I brushed the characters in, although I fear that the packages had bad writing (one of them is hastily scribbled and another is printed to look like fancy calligraphy aka hard to read).