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Connie Mak - 不要你如何 05:02 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Re: What is look fun (rice roll)? 00:19 by ♭♫ [+-]

I think I have just solved your mystery. The factory in Hawaii that makes the rice rolls from scratch is called Chi Kong Look Funn Factory.
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On the company sign in Chinese Characters it looks like the 亮粉 was mis-transliterated into English as "lok-funn" which instead should be "leung-funn".

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I've noticed that, in Hawai‘i, 肠粉 is typically translated as "look fun" in English. Every single dim sum or noodle shop I went to translated it as such, but the Chinese translation of "look fun" on their menu says 肠粉 or 河粉.

I'm guessing, based on how it sounds, that look fun is originally a Cantonese word (maybe Hokkien or Toisan?). I can't find anything similar sounding in Cantonese dictionaries though. I'd like to know, first, if 肠粉 is called look fun in any parts of China and if so, where?

Also, what are the characters for "look fun"?

Any help is appreciated. Mahalo!

Re: Cantonese vs Mandarin 06/26/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

30K out of the over 100k undocumented migrants from China have already been ordered for deportation thus accelerating the de-Mandarinization of Cantonese-America. Maybe we can ask The Republic of China on Taiwan to accept those deportees who fear persecution if they return to China. Accepting these political asylees would help democratic Taiwan boost it's declining birthrate with an anti-CCP voting block.

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ICE Raid Rock Chinese Communities: Illegal Migrants Arrested, Crime Rings Crushed, Deportations Soar.

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The de-Mandarinization of America by ICE.

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ICE Begins Mass Arrests of Chinese Illegals, Targeting Chinese Markets & Restaurants, Sparking Panic

Re: Brilliant Ideas to Bring Tourists Back to Chinatown 06/26/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Chen reportedly first began raising money for a Chinese queer art museum six years ago while still living in China, where such a space would likely never be allowed. After coming to the US in 2022 as a visiting scholar at Georgetown University, she later connected with San Francisco's Chinese American arts community through an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum and a residency at the Chinese Culture Center, which helped incubate the museum, per the AP.

According to KTVU, among the featured artists is Hong Kong-born Dixon Ngai, whose work includes a hand-painted porcelain wine pot inspired by Cantonese opera. Ngai said the museum gives Chinese LGBTQ artists a rare opportunity to tell their own stories and allows "more people to see our voice."

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The world's first Chinese queer museum

Re: use Li or Ni for You? 06/26/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

The beginning of this video was recently taken in 2026 in a residential district of Chai Wan, Hong Kong, and you can hear the locals converse inside a Cantonese Roast Meat joint pronounce the word "you" as "nei" and the word "this" as "ni"- and the word for "I" as "ngoh" .

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Actually, it's neither. The "proper" pronounciation is "nei", but many people (especially in HK) pronounce it "lei" now.

Re: A Glimpse of how Failed Sanctuary City Policies Backfired and is creating more problems then it solves 06/24/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

NYC could have learned from San Francisco's successful recall of radical socialist Chesa Boudin but they chose not to. RIP NYC.

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Massive retail theft operations are getting bustred by law-enforcement in New York City. However the newly de-criminalized actions of thieves all over the city contribute to these theft rings… and nobody’s able to shut them down

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Democrats are responsible for sanctuary cities that protect and enable criminals therefore democrats are complicit and just as guilty for enabling crime and should go to jail with the fraudsters who should be de-naturalized.

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Re: Soccer Words 06/24/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

The CCP politics of Lionel Messi gets messy.

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The 2026 World Cup has become far more than a football tournament for Beijing. While China remains absent from the field for the 25th consecutive year, reports emerged that state media were quietly reducing coverage of Lionel Messi. At the same time, a humiliating 0-7 loss to Japan, a battle over broadcasting rights, and the collapse of Chinese World Cup sponsorships have exposed deeper problems. From economic weakness to political insecurity and institutional decay, this World Cup is revealing realities that Beijing would rather keep hidden. Tonight, we examine why a simple game of football has become such an uncomfortable mirror for the Chinese Communist Party.

Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 06/23/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

Corporations should be banned from purchasing residential properties.

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SF Chinatown seniors protest pending evictions, form tenants association

Re: Support to RECALL Radical Socialist Governor Gavin Newsom 06/22/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

Reparations is another Communist Democrat scam to rob taxpayers with higher taxes in Sanctuary States that are bleeding budget with wasteful spending from other Democrat Party scams.

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Re: Do Foreigners Speak Cantonese? 06/22/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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