{"id":8685,"date":"2019-11-04T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/mandarin-jokes-chinese-reading-order\/"},"modified":"2019-11-04T13:45:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T13:45:52","slug":"mandarin-jokes-chinese-reading-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/mandarin-jokes-chinese-reading-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin Jokes — Chinese reading order"},"content":{"rendered":"
This Mandarin Chinese joke will be presented in Chinese characters, followed by Pinyin Romanization, an English translation, and an explanation.<\/p>\n

Pinyin
Y\u01d2u y\u012b wèi xi\u01ceojie qù d\u0101 g\u014dng ch\u0113, t\u0101 bùgu\u01cen dàole n\u01ce y\u012b zhàn t\u0101 d\u014du zhàn q\u01d0lai y\u012bxià, wèi shénme ne?
Y\u012bnwei t\u0101 b\u01ce “Xià y\u012b zhàn tíngch\u0113” kàn chéng “Ch\u0113 tíng zhàn y\u012bxià” la \uff01<\/p>\n

Traditio<\/em>nal Characters
\u6709\u4e00\u4f4d\u5c0f\u59d0\u53bb\u642d\u516c\u8eca\uff0c\u5979\u4e0d\u7ba1\u5230\u4e86\u54ea\u4e00\u7ad9\u5979\u90fd\u7ad9\u8d77\u4f86\u4e00\u4e0b\uff0c\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u5462\uff1f
\u56e0\u70ba\u5979\u628a\u300c\u4e0b\u4e00\u7ad9\u505c\u8eca\u300d\u770b\u6210\u300c\u8eca\u505c\u7ad9\u4e00\u4e0b\u300d\u5566\uff01<\/p>\n

Simplified Characters
\u6709\u4e00\u4f4d\u5c0f\u59d0\u53bb\u642d\u516c\u8f66\uff0c\u4ed6\u4e0d\u7ba1\u5230\u4e86\u54ea\u4e00\u7ad9\u4ed6\u90fd\u7ad9\u8d77\u6765\u4e00\u4e0b\uff0c\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5462\uff1f
\u56e0\u4e3a\u4ed6\u628a\u300c\u4e0b\u4e00\u7ad9\u505c\u8f66\u300d\u770b\u6210\u300c\u8f66\u505c\u7ad9\u4e00\u4e0b\u300d\u5566\uff01<\/p>\n

English Translation
There is a young woman riding on a bus, and everytime the bus comes to a stop, she stands up. Why?
Because instead of reading the sign as “Stopping at the next bus stop”, she reads “When the bus stops, stand up”!<\/p>\n

Explanation
When riding a bus in Taipei (and perhaps also in Chinese cities), you push a button to let the driver know you want off at the next stop. The button causes a sign to light up, which reads “\u4e0b\u4e00\u7ad9\u505c\u8eca”. If these characters are read right to left, they mean “When the bus stops, stand up”.<\/p>\n

Chinese characters can be read left to right, right to left, or top to bottom. This is the basis for the following Mandarin Chinese joke a<\/em>bout a young woman on a bus.
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