According to my beloved online dictionary, both four and death are 'sei' in Cantonese. There's another one. :)
I'm not really sure about Mandarin's origins, though. Is it a constructed language? 'Cos I think I remember something about it being a conglomeration of different Chinese languages to make a standard language. Or something. Which would change everything.
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Date: 2004-01-31 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm not really sure about Mandarin's origins, though. Is it a constructed language? 'Cos I think I remember something about it being a conglomeration of different Chinese languages to make a standard language. Or something. Which would change everything.