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Chinese translations with standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization and Chinese characters for Firefly the TV series and Serenity the movie and comic books
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Xi3
- Simplified/Traditional characters:
喜
- Back-translation of Mandarin: Happiness
- Context: Firefly DVD Official Site, Visible Chinese, Downloads page, Desktops - wallpaper of cast in front of ship, on Kaylee’s jumpsuit right pant-leg (Kaylee jumpsuit-writing list)
xi3
[used only in compound words]: happiness, joy
See also:
- Xi3 (Firefly: The Official Companion, Volume Two)
Jiu3ba1
- Simplified/Traditional characters:
酒吧
- Back-translation of Mandarin: Bar
- Translated from the English:
Bar
- Context: Firefly DVD Official Site, Visible Chinese, Media page, the train job - “train montage” (video #01), on bar’s ionized-field window for “The Train Job” under the word
BAR
jiu3ba1
a bar (barroom)
- jiu3: liquor, spirits
- ba1: a bar (barroom) [loanword; transliteration for bar: [English]]; [literally: [onomatopoeia for “Snap!” sound]]
See also:
- Jiu3ba1 (“The Train Job”)
- Jiu3ba1 he2 Shao1kao3dian4 (“Shindig”)
- You3 Ying2yang3 de5 Shi2pin3; -de5 Xiao3jing1ling2, Jiu3ba1; -shan4 Fu2wu4 Tuan2- (Firefly Props and Merchandise, Serenity Props and Merchandise)