Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

soap-opera addict

English translation:

劇集迷

Added to glossary by Angus Woo
May 6, 2006 07:29
18 yrs ago
Chinese term

soap-opera addict

Chinese to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama TV
My mother is a soap-opera addict, means my mother loves soap-opera very much. Soap-opera - a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television.

Please give Cantonese translation for soap-opera
Proposed translations (English)
4 劇集迷
4 +2 看肥皂剧上瘾的人
Change log

May 6, 2006 07:49: maxzhy changed "Language pair" from "English to Chinese" to "Chinese to English"

Discussion

Last Hermit May 8, 2006:
There area two Cantonese vesions here. One is as Angus says '劇集迷', used mainly in Hong Kong. Another is '系列短剧', used mainly in Guangdong.

Proposed translations

1 day 18 hrs
Selected

劇集迷

This is how we call these addicts here in HK. There are also other names, 韓劇迷, 日劇迷, 電視迷, etc.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank a lot. That was exactly what I looked for"
+2
19 mins

看肥皂剧上瘾的人

内地称为“肥皂剧”。

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-05-06 07:50:55 GMT)
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不好意思,没看到最后那个“广东话译文”要求。
Peer comment(s):

agree Ray Luo
11 mins
Thanks!
agree Justin Lai
3 hrs
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