inara's hourglass

POSTED BY: mousie
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 3, 2004 07:08
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MOUSIE

Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:59 AM

does anyone know the pinyin for the character on Inara's hour glass? I was watching the commentary (for Serenity), and it's suppose to mean "a short interval of time". Yet, I still have no idea what it's suppose to be.

*..*_~

FFYING2

Monday, February 2, 2004 1:26 AM

臾
It's written yú, or yu2, in hanyu pinyin.

You can see more of the written Chinese from Firefly on this page of my site:

http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/visible1.html

Ying
Firefly Funsite http://fireflyfunsite.home.att.net
Firefly Chinese Pinyinary http://fireflychinese.home.att.net

FLAMETREE

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:02 AM

Hello Ying,

I had a look at your great site listing the characters used in Firefly.

However I was puzzled by the phrase
(hand)dares not increase (price).

Does it actually mean anything? Is
it a punishment for embezzling or something?

Regards and thanks for your effort

FFYING2

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:30 AM

I don't know what it means. That first character especially looks really odd, so I'm just guessing. It could be some old-fashioned crime branding/tatooing--they've got duelling on Persephone after all.

Ying
Firefly Funsite http://fireflyfunsite.home.att.net
Firefly Chinese Pinyinary http://fireflychinese.home.att.net

FLAMETREE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 7:08 AM

thanks for time.

I am delighted that they choose to use Mandarin as they have done. I hope more people become interested in it. :)