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===Identified Ambiguity===
 
===Identified Ambiguity===
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==吃 → 喝==
 
*<code>wuu</code>: 侬要吃茶还是吃咖啡啊?
 
*<code>wuu</code>: 侬要吃茶还是吃咖啡啊?
 
*<code>zho</code>: 你想喝茶还是喝咖啡?
 
*<code>zho</code>: 你想喝茶还是喝咖啡?
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**Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 吃 → 喝 when there is a drink that comes after 吃. For example, 茶(tea), 水(water), or 咖啡(coffee)
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==只 → 個(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED)==
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*<code>wuu</code>: 我一只也勿要。
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*<code>zho</code>: 我一个也不要。
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**Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 只 → 個(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED) when there is a animal that comes after 只. For example,
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==天 → 天氣(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED)==
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*<code>wuu</code>: 今朝天好。
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*<code>zho</code>: 今天好天气。
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*<code>eng</code>: The weather's nice today.
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**Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 天 → 天氣(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED) when there is an adjective that comes after 天. For example, 好(good) or 不好(not good)
  
 
===Final Evaluation of Ambiguity===
 
===Final Evaluation of Ambiguity===

Revision as of 16:02, 3 April 2025

Initial Evaluation of Ambiguity

Identified Ambiguity

吃 → 喝

  • wuu: 侬要吃茶还是吃咖啡啊?
  • zho: 你想喝茶还是喝咖啡?
    • Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 吃 → 喝 when there is a drink that comes after 吃. For example, 茶(tea), 水(water), or 咖啡(coffee)

只 → 個(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED)

  • wuu: 我一只也勿要。
  • zho: 我一个也不要。
    • Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 只 → 個(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED) when there is a animal that comes after 只. For example,


天 → 天氣(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED)

  • wuu: 今朝天好。
  • zho: 今天好天气。
  • eng: The weather's nice today.
    • Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 天 → 天氣(CHANGE TO SIMPLIFIED) when there is an adjective that comes after 天. For example, 好(good) or 不好(not good)

Final Evaluation of Ambiguity