Attending this session at Chiba's dojo are stereotypical characterizations of a mime ( Robinson ), a James Bond-like secret agent ( David ), a Gung-ho military enthusiast ( Factor ), a klutz ( Jack Freiberger ), an immature rich college student named Josh ( Egan ), and two bimbos ( Kathleen Stevens and Lisa Montgomery ) who had selected the school because it had been rated number one by a martial arts magazine.

Vash still gets scarred by Legato's actions, as most of The Gung-ho Guns either get killed for failing to put an end to Vash or commit suicide because they were afraid of being punished by Knives.

Carlson utilized egalitarian and team-building methods learned from the Communists during his years in China: he treated officers and enlisted men with minimum regard to rank as leaders and fighters, gave his men " ethical indoctrination ," describing for each man what he was fighting for and why, and used the Chinese phrase " Gung-ho!

The twelve are revealed to be the Gung-ho Guns, Knives's elite killers, and the priest Wolfwood has recently been contracted as one of them under the name Nicholas the Chapel.

In his confrontation with Blade, Vash learns that Legato and the Gung-ho Guns have discovered the location of his home.

Wolfwood betrays the Guns and rescues Vash, revealing his true identity as Nicholas the Punisher of the Eye of Michael and the Gung-ho Guns, and how he betrayed the real Chapel to try to infiltrate the Guns and kill Knives.

Legato later watches the battle between Vash and the first two members of the mercenary group Gung-ho Guns, Monev the Gale and E. G. Mine.

Custody and repatriation ( Chinese: 收容遣送 ; Pinyin: shōuróng qiǎnsòng ) ( C & R ) was an administrative procedure, established in 1982 and ended in 2003, by which the police in the People's Republic of China ( usually cities ) could detain people if they did not have a residence permit ( hukou ) or temporary living permit ( zanzhuzheng ), and return them to the place where they could legally live or work ( usually rural areas ).

Her most famous piece is " Miss Sophia's Diary " ( 莎菲女士的日記 Pinyin: Shāfēi Nǚshì de rìjì ), a seminal work in the development of a voice for women's sexuality and sexual desire.

In fact, does not merely sound wrong, it sounds like a different word — 桃 ( Pinyin táo, ) " peach ", or 套 " cover " ( distinguished by tone ).

For the same reason, Kung-fu ( Pinyin gōngfú 功夫 " ability ", meaning " Chinese martial arts ") is pronounced instead of.

* Unusual fruit or wonder fruit ( 奇異果 Pinyin: qíyì guǒ, Jyutping: kei4 ji6 gwo2 ): the most common name in Taiwan and Hong Kong, a quasi-transliteration of " kiwifruit ", literally " strange fruit "

In Hong Kong, French toast, called 西多士 ( Cantonese ; jyutping: sai1 do1 si2 ; Mandarin Pinyin: xīduōshì ; " western toast ", but actually an abbreviation of " 法蘭西多士 ", " French western toast "), is available all day round but is popular for breakfast and afternoon tea in Hong Kong-style western restaurants and cha chaan tengs.

The Bouyei ( also spelled Puyi, Buyei and Buyi ; self called: Buxqyaix, or " Puzhong ", " Burao ", " Puman "; ; Pinyin: Bùyīzú ; ) are an ethnic group living in southern mainland China.

Tongzhi ( literally, ' comrade '; sometimes along with nü tongzhi, literally " female comrade ", 女同志 Pinyin: nǚ tóngzhì ), which was first adopted by Hong Kong researchers in Gender Studies, is used as slang in Mandarin Chinese to refer to homosexuals.

* UPNY: the older mixed Uyƣur Pinyin Yeziⱪi ( written now Uyghur Pinyin Yëziqi ), also called Yengi Yeziⱪi ( written now Yëngi Yëziqi ) " new script ", deprecated, or

The Eight Principles of Yong ( 永字八法 Pinyin: yǒngzì bā fǎ ; Japanese: eiji happō ; Korean: 영자팔법, yeongjapalbeop, yŏngjap ' albŏp ) uses the single character 永, meaning " eternity ", to teach eight of the most basic strokes in Regular Script.

Namely, the sounds written in Pinyin as " g " or " k ", when immediately preceding an " i ", " y " or " ü " sound, became " j " (, similar to English " j ") or " q " (, similar to English " ch ").

Wǔxiá ( Traditional Chinese: 武俠, Simplified Chinese: 武侠, Mandarin, Cantonese Pinyin: mów hàb ), literally meaning " martial ( arts ) heroes ", is a sub-genre of the quasi-fantasy and martial arts genre in literature, television and cinema.

Chiang Yee (, Pinyin: Jiǎng Yí, Wade-Giles: Chiang Yee ) ( May 19, 1903 – October 26, 1977 ), self-styled as " The Silent Traveller ", was a Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher.

Its current slogan is "" ( Pinyin: shēng wéi mín kāi ), which literally means " voice is opened for the public ", where the word " voice " apparently alludes to broadcasting at large, thus, it means " broadcast for the public "

It is also referred to as the pronoun " I ", as the pronunciations of " I " ( 我, Pinyin: wŏ, and 吾, Pinyin: wú ) and 5 are similar in Mandarin.

The word for " eight " ( 八 Pinyin: bā ) sounds similar to the word which means " prosper " or " wealth " ( 發 – short for " 發財 ", Pinyin: fā ).

In Chinese astronomy, Rasalgethi is called 帝座, Pinyin: Dìzuò, meaning Emperor's Seat, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Emperor's Seat asterism, Heavenly Market enclosure ( see: Chinese constellation ).

In Chinese astronomy, Deneb Kaitos is called 土司空, Pinyin: Tǔsīkōng, meaning Master of Constructions, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Master of Constructions asterism, Legs mansion ( see: Chinese constellation ).

In Chinese astronomy, Nu Scorpii is called 鍵閉, Pinyin: Jiànbì, meaning Door Bolt, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Door Bolt asterism, Room mansion ( see: Chinese constellation ).

In Chinese astronomy, Tejat Prior is called 钺, Pinyin: Yuè, meaning Battle Axe, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Battle Axe asterism, Well mansion ( see: Chinese constellation )

In Chinese astronomy, Suhail is called 天記, Pinyin: Tiānjì, meaning Judge for Estimating the Age of Animals, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Judge for Estimating the Age of Animals asterism, Ghost mansion ( see: Chinese constellation ).

In Chinese astronomy, Mu Serpentis is called 天乳, Pinyin: Tiānrǔ, meaning Celestial Milk, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Celestial Milk asterism, Root mansion ( see: Chinese constellation ).

In Chinese astronomy, Mu < sup > 2 </ sup > Scorpii is called 神宮, Pinyin: Shéngōng, meaning Changing Room, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Changing Room asterism, Tail mansion ( see: Chinese constellation ).

In Chinese astronomy, Zeta Tauri is called 天關, Pinyin: Tiānguān, meaning Celestial Gate, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Celestial Gate asterism, Net ( mansion ) ( see: Chinese constellation ).

The name was possibly derived from the word 太尊, Pinyin: Tàizūn, meaning Royals, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Royals asterism, Purple Forbidden enclosure ( see Chinese constellation ).

The name was possibly derived from the word 太陽守, Pinyin: Tàiyángshǒu, meaning Guard of the Sun, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Guard of the Sun asterism, Purple Forbidden enclosure ( see: Chinese constellation ).

Chai Ling (; Pinyin: Chái Líng ) ( born April 15, 1966 in Rizhao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China ) was one of the student leaders in the Tian ' anmen Square protests of 1989.

After the later establishment of the People's Republic of China and its adoption of Hanyu Pinyin, the use of Zhuyin today is limited, but it's still widely used in Taiwan where the Republic of China still governs.

In mainland China, wubi ( shape-based ) and pinyin methods such as Sogou Pinyin and Google Pinyin are the most popular ; in Taiwan, Boshiamy, Cangjie, and zhuyin predominate ; and in Hong Kong, Cangjie is most often taught in schools.

Sogou Pinyin is a popular Chinese Pinyin input method editor developed by Sogou, a Chinese search engine.

Qi (; spelled qì in Pinyin romanization and ch ' i4 in Wade-Giles ) or ki ( in Japanese romanization ), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese culture.

( Jieshi is the Pinyin romanization of the name, based on Mandarin, but the common romanized rendering is Kai-shek which is in Cantonese romanization.

Often the name is shortened to " Chung-cheng " only (" Zhongzheng " in Pinyin ).

Chinese writing is now usually converted to the Latin alphabet through the Pinyin phonetic transcription systems.

The root Chinese word 道 " way, path " is romanized tao in the older Wade – Giles system and dào in the modern Pinyin system.

* The Pinyin system of romanization of Chinese is now generally recognized as standard.

The text is fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism ( Daojia,, Pinyin: Dàojiā ; Daojiao,, Pinyin: Dàojiào ) and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism, Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use of Daoist words and concepts.

Kōan is a Japanese rendering of the Chinese term ( 公案 ), transliterated kung-an ( Wade-Giles ) or gōng ' àn ( Pinyin ).

Chung Feng Ming Pen ( 中峰明本 1263 – 1323 ) wrote that kung-an is an abbreviation for kung-fu an-tu ( 公府之案牘, Pinyin gōngfǔ zhī àndú, pronounced in Japanese as kōfu no antoku ), which referred to a " public record " or the " case records of a public law court " in Tang-dynasty China.

Kung fu, gongfu, or gung fu (, Pinyin: gōngfu ) is a Chinese term referring to any study, learning, or practice that requires patience, energy, and time to complete, often used in the West to refer to Chinese martial arts, also known as Wushu.

In Chinese television, the 19: 00-to-22: 00 time slot is known as Golden Time ( Simplified Chinese: 黄金时间 ; Pinyin: Huángjīn shíjiān ).

The root Chinese word " way, path " is romanized tao in the older Wade – Giles system and dào in the modern Pinyin system.

The chi in this instance is the Wade-Giles transliteration of the Pinyin jí, and is distinct from qì ( ch ' i, " life energy ").

The ' up-to-date ' Pinyin transliteration, taijiquan, is not subject to such misinterpretation, as the spelling of the hanzi 極, ji is quite distinct from that of 氣, qi.