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Vuk
06-20-2010, 15:20
If so, could you please help me find the meaning of this word: Chao Guo. (I am assuming that it is Chinese...don't kill me if I am wrong. :P) Some local guy has started a martial arts academy teaching a fusion of TKD and Wing Tsun (both styles that I practice), as well as several other styles. He is calling it Chao Guo, and I am curious as to what that means.
Any help would be appreciated.
Fragony
06-20-2010, 15:40
It's a plant, they sell it at the shroom shop here. Supposed to be an aphrodesiac
Vuk
06-20-2010, 18:41
lol, are you serious? :P Why would someone name a martial art that?
Fragony
06-20-2010, 19:07
For when club->cave fails I guess ;)
Whacker
06-21-2010, 10:58
Maybe go in and ask him? Just a thought...
Vuk
06-21-2010, 15:15
Maybe go in and ask him? Just a thought...

lol, I plan too next time that I am in town, but I just wanted to get some kind of idea of what it mean in the mean time. I didn't realize that so few people spoke Chinese. :P
Fragony
06-21-2010, 16:00
Just so you know don't bring up aphoridesia with martial art tigers, not that I know but it sounds daft
TevashSzat
06-21-2010, 20:15
I speak Chinese fluently. The thing is, you really need the proper accent for the pinyin to make proper sense of the word ie (1,2,3, or 4 for each word)

That specific pinyin phrase can actually mean tons of things depending on the accents.....it would be much easier if you could somehow post the actual chinese characters, but that would be pretty hard I spose considering you probably don't know how to type chinese.
Vuk
06-22-2010, 06:45
I speak Chinese fluently. The thing is, you really need the proper accent for the pinyin to make proper sense of the word ie (1,2,3, or 4 for each word)

That specific pinyin phrase can actually mean tons of things depending on the accents.....it would be much easier if you could somehow post the actual chinese characters, but that would be pretty hard I spose considering you probably don't know how to type chinese.

Ahh, sorry. This is how he types it on his business card: Chao Guó. Does that help?
Beefy187
06-22-2010, 14:21
If you have the character, that would be even better.
Closest thing I found out of googling is Cáo Guó Jiù (六路酗八仙拳:曹國舅) from the one of the Shaolin Do stuff.