Comments on: China by Acronyms

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:41:02 +0000

pk you should ask the Hu’nan satellite TV. i think PK was created in their “super girl singing competition”超级女生 like elimination game, the one who wins the less votes(from the nationwide text messages ) and the one who was evaluated the worst by the professional judges, will stand in the PK platform,then a sepical group of voters will choose which one can be promoted，and continue the competetion, In this case, one PK the other, and the who being PKed will lose the game, I hope you guys can understand me.

Have a good day !

By: Shanghai Roundeye

Shanghai Roundeye — Tue, 29 May 2007 08:40:27 +0000

TIC – This Is China

A term used when encountering something funny, unusual, frustrating, and/or so completely absurd that it can only mean you are in the PRC.

For example, the first time I went to the new Entry/Exit Bureau in Pudong (the east side of Shanghai) and saw a sign on a door of this very new and stylish building proclaiming “Entrance for Disfigured Persons”

By: Heilong

Heilong — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:44:49 +0000

Yes as James Chiang has said I have only heard XP in china being refared too as “Char Pi”. I also never heard of a WC until I came to China and Im from a European country. It took me even longer to find out what the WC actually meant.

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:29:02 +0000

Where CCTV is pronounced “seh seh tee wei”.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:22:35 +0000

the full name of the PICC is ‘PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited’, where PICC stands for the People’s Insurance Company of China.
the picc is actually the largest property insurance company in china.
u know why i know it so well? cuz i work for it.
im a little bit perplexed,u know,is this company really a nuisance 2u,ben?

By: Ken Erickson

Ken Erickson — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:24:20 +0000

Karaoke is not the Asian National Pastime, Ben. Asia is not a nation and so it can’t have its own pass time. How about KTV: “Chinese locution for Pan-Asian mostly drunken singing obsession”?

By: James Chiang

James Chiang — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:48:13 +0000

Ben, I forgot that what you participated in is the “SuperMe”on Fujian Southeast Television, not the Hunan Television’s “Super Girls”(超级女生). If you could participate in the “Super Girls”, you would definitely know what “PK”is.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:24:56 +0000

Am I the only person that it bothers that a chicken sandwich is called a 汉堡. It’s not a hamburger, its a chicken sandwich! I don’t know how this happened, I blame KFC.

And at least in World of Warcraft, PK refers to killing another player, “player kill” as opposed to a computer controlled character.

By: chriswaugh_bj

chriswaugh_bj — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:59:05 +0000

PK I believe means “player kill”. You obviously don’t watch enough TV. Apparently it refers to the sudden death play-offs on those stupid reality/talent(less) quest shows.

p.s. No, I don’t watch TV. My wife does.

By: Isabel Anheier

Isabel Anheier — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:08:55 +0000

About WC- yes, the term is used all over Europe, and it is occasionally slipped into speech as well, at least in Germany. The term means “water closet”.