Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Baidu 3D Maps

I recently discovered that Bǎidù 百度 have 3D maps. I think these maps are very impressive and visually stunning. I much prefer these 3D maps to satellite images and find them easier to navigate.

I assume that they are using a design/3D modelling App where each building is an object. Each building object then being fitted to an underlying street map. One day I will find out exactly how they do construct these 3D maps.

It is still very much a work in progress. Few cities, as yet, have 3D maps. Below I have given links to city 3D maps. As the Bǎidù 3D map coverage encompasses other cities I will add further links.

  1. Běijīng 北京 j.map.baidu.com/Hw5e
  2. Guǎngzhōu 广州 j.map.baidu.com/2aEL
  3. Shànghǎi 上海 j.map.baidu.com/q7YL
  4. Shēnzhèn 深圳 j.map.baidu.com/w8YL

I gather from Offbeat China that these maps are a collaborative venture between Bǎidù and O.cn. It looks to me like the 3D map technology is attributable to O.cn and the joint venture is the integration with the Bǎidù map service.

Below, I list direct links to the O.cn 3D maps. As I compiled the list, much to my surprise and delight, I noticed that some of the maps have traffic in the form of animated vehicles. I have marked these with ✰. Look out also for an Airship, a Flying Saucer and animated Billboards. All very impressive stuff ☺

  1. Běijīng 北京 bj.o.cn
  2. Bèngbù 蚌埠, Ānhuī Province 安徽省 bb.o.cn
  3. Chángzhōu 常州, Jiāngsū Province 江苏省 cz.o.cn
  4. Dōngguǎn 东莞, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 dongguan.o.cn
  5. Dōngyíng 东营, Shāndōng Province 山东省 dy.o.cn
  6. Fúzhōu 福州, Fújiàn Province 福建省 fz.o.cn
  7. Guǎngzhōu 广州, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 gz.o.cn
  8. Guìyáng 贵阳, Guìzhōu Province 贵州省 gy.o.cn
  9. Huángshān 黄山, Ānhuī Province 安徽省 hs.o.cn
  10. Jiāngmén 江门, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 jm.o.cn
  11. Jìnchéng 晋城, Shānxī Province 山西省 www.jc08.com
  12. Kù'ěrlè 库尔勒 kel.o.cn
  13. Kūnmíng 昆明, Yúnnán Province 云南省 km.o.cn
  14. Liáoyáng 辽阳, Liáoníng Province 辽宁省 liaoyang.o.cn
  15. Lóngyán 龙岩, Fújiàn Province 福建省 ly.o.cn
  16. Lóudǐ 娄底, Húnán Province 湖南省 loudi.o.cn
  17. Luòyáng 洛阳, Hénán Province 河南省 www.3dluoyang.com
  18. Macau Àomén 澳门 macau.o.cn
  19. Quánzhōu 泉州, Fújiàn Province 福建省 qz.o.cn
  20. Shànghǎi 上海, #China 中国 sh.o.cn
  21. Shēnzhèn 深圳, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 sz.o.cn
  22. Shíyàn 十堰, Húběi Province 湖北省 www.3dsy.cn
  23. Sūzhōu 苏州, Jiāngsū Province 江苏省 www.meedoo.cn
  24. Tàiyuán 太原, Shānxī Province 山西省 taiyuan.o.cn
  25. Wǔhàn 武汉, Húběi Province 湖北省 wuhan.o.cn
  26. Wúhú 芜湖, Ānhuī Province 安徽省 wuhu.o.cn
  27. Wújiāng 吴江, Jiāngsū Province 江苏省 wujiang.o.cn
  28. Yánchéng 盐城, Jiāngsū Province 江苏省 yancheng.o.cn
  29. Yìwū 义乌, Zhèjiāng Province 浙江省 yiwu.o.cn
  30. Zhūhǎi 珠海, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 zhuhai.o.cn
  31. Zhūzhōu 株洲, Húnán Province 湖南省 zhuzhou.o.cn

edushi.com E都市 also provide a 3D Map service. edushi.com has 3D maps for some of the same cities as provided by O.cn. Below, I have listed only those cities that are not included in the O.cn list above.

  1. Ānkāng 安康, Shǎnxī Province 陕西省 ankang.edushi.com
  2. Chángchūn 长春, Jílín Province 吉林省 changchun.edushi.com
  3. Chéngdū 成都, Sìchuān Province 四川省 chengdu.edushi.com
  4. Dàlián 大连, Liáoníng Province 辽宁省 dalian.edushi.com
  5. Dūjiāngyàn 都江堰, Sìchuān Province 四川省 dujiangyan.edushi.com
  6. Dūnhuà 敦化, Yánbiān Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州, Jílín Province 吉林省 dunhua.edushi.com
  7. Fǔshùn 抚顺, Liáoníng Province 辽宁省 fushun.edushi.com
  8. Hā'ěrbīn 哈尔滨, Hēilóngjiāng Province 黑龙江省 haerbin.edushi.com
  9. Hángzhōu 杭州, Zhèjiāng Province 浙江省 hangzhou.edushi.com
  10. Hànzhōng 汉中, Shǎnxī Province 陕西省 hanzhong.edushi.com
  11. Hong Kong 香港, Simplified Chinese 简体 hongkong.edushi.com
  12. Hong Kong 香港, Traditional Chinese 繁体 hongkong.edushi.com/?l=zh-cht
  13. Húnchūn 珲春, Yánbiān Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州, Jílín Province 吉林省 hunchun.edushi.com
  14. Jǐnzhōu 锦州, Liáoníng Province 辽宁省 jinzhou.edushi.com
  15. Lángfāng 廊坊, Héběi Province 河北省 langfang.edushi.com
  16. Lúzhōu 泸州, Sìchuān Province 四川省 luzhou.edushi.com
  17. Nánchōng 南充, Sìchuān Province 四川省 nanchong.edushi.com
  18. Níngbō 宁波, Zhèjiāng Province 浙江省 ningbo.edushi.com
  19. Qínhuángdǎo 秦皇岛, Héběi Province 河北省 qinhuangdao.edushi.com
  20. Sháoguān 韶关, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 shaoguan.edushi.com
  21. Shíjiāzhuāng 石家庄, Héběi Province 河北省 shijiazhuang.edushi.com
  22. Suìníng 遂宁, Sìchuān Province 四川省 suining.edushi.com
  23. Tiānjīn 天津 tianjin.edushi.com
  24. Wēnjiāng 温江, Sìchuān Province 四川省 wenjiang.edushi.com
  25. Wūlǔmùqí/Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐, Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区 wulumuqi.edushi.com
  26. Xi'an 西安, Shǎnxī Province 陕西省 xian.edushi.com
  27. Yánjí 延吉, Yánbiān Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州, Jílín Province 吉林省 yanji.edushi.com
  28. Yíngkǒu 营口, Liáoníng Province 辽宁省 yingkou.edushi.com
  29. Yúnfú 云浮, Guǎngdōng Province 广东省 yunfu.edushi.com

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

HK

Hong Kong's idn ccTLD 香港 is now live!
  1. Activities HK 香港情報網 情報.香港 & 刊物.香港
  2. Allan Dyer's Blog 狂放.戴.公司.香港
  3. Brand Hong Kong 亞洲國際都會.香港 & 亚洲国际都会.香港
  4. Brand Marketing 长沙米拓信息技术有限公司 品牌營銷.香港
  5. Charles Design Studio 確定.香港
  6. Cilla Kung Fansite 樂瞳.香港 & 乐瞳.香港
  7. Day Dream TV 幻想電視 幻想電視.屈機.香港
  8. Diving Adventure 潜水历险会.香港
  9. Easybuy 購物易.公司.香港
  10. Find Home 搵屋.香港 & 揾屋.香港
  11. FlexSystem 人力資源管理系統.香港
  12. Foresoon Computer Accessories Forum 廣場 - 科訊電腦配件小而科討論區 電腦節.香港
  13. Hong Kong Art School 香港藝術學院.教育.香港 & 香港藝術學院.香港 & 藝術學院.香港 & 香港艺术学院.教育.香港 & 香港艺术学院.香港 & 艺术学院.香港
  14. Hong Kong Companies Registry Services 注册.公司.香港
  15. Hong Kong Post 香港郵政.香港
  16. iGen6 New Media Company 越世代創新媒體有限公司 新媒體.公司.香港
  17. Joel Li 祺.香港
  18. Joey Yung 容祖兒.香港
  19. Just Climb 香港攀石訓練學會 攀石場.香港
  20. MaD - Make a Difference 創不同.香港
  21. Miru 組播數據傳輸 見.香港
  22. My Hosting 网存.公司.香港 & 網存.公司.香港
  23. OK Forum 討論區 確定.香港
  24. Online Shopping 网购.香港
  25. Soweb Hosting 禾盈數位網絡有限公司 中文域名.香港
  26. Tong Li Publishing Group 東立出版集團有限公司 東立.香港
  27. UNICEF 相信零可以成真.組織.香港
  28. United-Trans 聯營貨運.公司.香港
  29. University of Hong Kong 香港大學.教育.香港 & 香港大學.香港 & 港大.香港 & 港大.教育.香港
  30. Vampires (Hong Kong) 網.僵屍.公司.香港
  31. xenForo 火火.香港

Monday, 14 March 2011

iFruit

Danny 大霓 and Elaine 爱兰 Round have adopted the name iFruit for their Loughborough 拉夫堡 Market Fruit and Veg stall. I have produced a poster for them that reflects their name. There is much more to the poster than first meets the eye. But first a visual of my poster:-


A second version of the poster with business contact details.

The name transforms in steps from the English iFruit to the Chinese 爱水果. The Chinese character 爱, in this context, means Loves or Likes. 爱 is pronounced the same as the English letter i. Thus 爱Fruit is pronounced the same as iFruit. 水果 is the Chinese for Fruit. The three forms of the name now take on the meanings Love Fruit or Like Fruit.

The Emoticons and the Fruits on the poster are characters in new Unicode blocks introduced in Unicode version 6.0.0. The Unicode blocks they belong to are:

  • Miscellaneous Symbols & Pictographs U+1F300⇒1F5FF
  • Emoticons U+1F600⇒1F64F

The specific characters I used are:

  • U+1F347 GRAPES
  • U+1F349 WATERMELON
  • U+1F352 CHERRIES
  • U+1F353 STRAWBERRY
  • U+1F603 SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH
  • U+1F604 SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND SMILING EYES
  • U+1F60B FACE SAVOURING DELICIOUS FOOD
  • U+1F60C RELIEVED FACE

If you want to use characters in these new Unicode blocks then you will need a font with the glyphs. I highly recommend the excellent and free Symbola font.

I produced these posters on a Mac using Pages which is one of the Apps in Apple's 爱Work bundle.

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Chinese Tones


Recently, in one of my International Computing lectures, I was demonstrating the use of the Unicode Combining Diacritical Marks. I was using Latin letters as my base character and combining various combinations of diacritcs. As was expected they worked fine.

Then an idea occurred to me. I wondered if the diacritics would combine appropriately with Chinese characters. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that with TextEdit on Mac OSX they combined rather well. Later I tried with various Word Processors and the results of combining were either poor or non-existant.

The next step was to try it with web pages. Combining did not work at all with the browsers I tried. I then used html5 Ruby Annotation and that works quite well, as below.

̬ ̱ ̱ ̗ ̬

The Combining Diacritical Marks I have used for the annotation are:-

  • U+0316 COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT BELOW
  • U+0317 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT BELOW
  • U+032C COMBINING CARON BELOW
  • U+0331 COMBINING MACRON BELOW

Friday, 4 March 2011

jShortener

There is an excellent Japanese URL shortening service at 縮.jp This service uses Japanese Kanji characters instead of ASCII characters to form the shortened address. There are far more Kanji characters than ASCII characters and so one can produce shorter addresses.

The site refers to the 1981 Jouyou Kanji 常用漢字 which contains 1945 characters. Thus with just two Kanji characters there are 3783025 unique combinations. With three Kanji characters there are 7357983625 unique combinations.

The 2010 Jouyou Kanji has 2136 characters and so would generate many more shortened addresses for a given number of characters used in the shortened form. I am, though, assuming that this service is using the 1981 Jouyou Kanji character set.

The shortened addresses are ideal for use with Twitter because of current Twitter system deficiencies. ㊀ 地図.縮.jp and ㊁ ta.gd/ラフバラー both resolve to a Google Japanese map of Loughborough. ㊀ works with Twitter but ㊁ does not because the pathname part of the address contains non ASCII characters.

Here are some of my shortened URLs where I have let this service choose the Kanji characters. My observations lead me to deduce that the Kanji are being allocated in Dictionary order ie by radical and then by number of strokes.

  1. 丁迅.縮.jp
  2. 丁郭.縮.jp
  3. 丁酌.縮.jp

Here are some customised shortened URLs where I chose the Kanji characters.

  1. 小山.縮.jp
  2. 地図.縮.jp

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Loughborough T-shirts

Yesterday I took delivery of 50 new T-shirts. These T-shirts have been procured as part of an initiative to promote and internationalise Loughborough Market. The internationalised part is that the T-shirts have Loughborough Market printed on them in Chinese and Japanese. Specifically, 25 Chinese T-shirts and 25 Japanese T-shirts.

Chinese T-shirt: One of the transliterations for Loughborough in Chinese is 拉夫堡. Market in Chinese is 市场 which is a translation. So together that gives us 拉夫堡市场 for Loughborough Market.



Japanese T-shirt: One of the transliterations for Loughborough in Japanese is ラフバラ. Market in Japanese is 市場 which is a translation. So together that gives us ラフバラ市場 for Loughborough Market.


Thank you to Roger Stone for the T-shirt suggestion and thank you to One Stop Promotions for printing the T-shirts.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Thailand is Live

Earlier this week Thailand's idn ccTLD ไทย went live. Below are some web addresses using the ไทย ccTLD. My knowledge of Thai is non existent so I will only give the English name when it is shown on the site.

Those of you that are using Safari will see the list below numbered in Thai.

  1. DotArai [Domain Name Registrar] ดอทอะไร.ไทย
  2. Franchise Business แฟรนไชส์.ไทย
  3. iRPG Update ไออาร์พีจี.ไทย
  4. KhaoJai - Thai Language Translation Services เข้าใจ.ไทย
  5. Motorcycle Thailand มอเตอร์ไซค์เคิล.ไทย
  6. Smile Pro Video รับถ่ายวีดีโอ.ไทย
  7. Thai Decoration & Construction Materials Mart ไทยเดคคอนมาร์ท.ไทย
  8. Thai Network Information Center Foundation มูลนิธิทีเอชนิค.องค์กร.ไทย
  9. Web Games เว็บเกมส์.ไทย
  10. เครื่องจักร.ไทย
  11. ผ้าม่าน.ไทย
  12. บิน.ไทย
  13. ลูกทุ่ง.ไทย
  14. เรื่องย่อละคร.ไทย

Friday, 31 December 2010

Cork

I stumbled upon an impressive family of Chinese IDNs. All these IDNs belong to Gērùn 歌润, a Company that specialises in Cork products such as flooring and wall panels. The difference between these IDNs is in the initial two characters which are the names of the cities in which this Company has stores.

The website adapts content according to the IDN used to access the site. On the contact (联系方法) page there is a store location map according to the city specified in the IDN. Apart from Yìwū the maps used are Google maps.

  1. Běijīng 歌润北京店 北京软木地板墙板.中国
  2. Chéngdū 歌润成都店 成都软木地板墙板.中国
  3. Dōngyíng 歌润东营店 东营软木地板墙板.中国
  4. Jìnchéng 歌润晋城店 晋城软木地板墙板.中国
  5. Níngbō 歌润宁波店 宁波软木地板墙板.中国
  6. Shēnzhēn 歌润深圳店 深圳软木地板墙板.中国
  7. Tàiyuán 歌润太原店 太原软木地板墙板.中国
  8. Xī'ān 歌润西安店 西安软木地板墙板.中国
  9. Yìwū 歌润义乌店 义乌软木地板墙板.中国
  10. Zhèngzhōu 歌润郑州店 郑州软木地板墙板.中国

Update: I found nine of the above addresses using the search engines site operator. I noticed the pattern and was thus able to group them into a family. Recently I discovered the Company's Sina (新浪) blog.

One of the articles in this blog announces and lists their Chinese IDN addresses. Ten of them!
The address I had not found with the search engines was ㊉ Zhèngzhōu.

Saturday, 18 December 2010

Chinese Companies 2

In my previous article Chinese Companies I listed 100 IDN web addresses. I compiled that list of idn addresses from 1st August 2009 to 18th December 2010. Considering that China went live with IDNs on 9th July 2009 I think it impressive that in a relatively short period of time so many Chinese Companies have registered and implemented IDN web addresses. I note that mostly they implement only the Simplified Chinese form of the address even though they do also automatically receive the Traditional Chinese form when an address is registered.
Considering the last list reached the 100 milestone I will now start a fresh list of Chinese Companies IDN web addresses.
  1. Ahoo Film & Television 阿虎(北京)国际影视传媒文化发展有限公司 影视广告制作.中国
  2. Ānhuī Bentonite Mining Technology 安徽膨润矿业科技有限公司 膨润土矿.中国
  3. Ānhuī Innovative Electronic Technology 安徽创新电子科技有限公司 创新未来.中国
  4. Běijīng Hángyuǎnhóng Technology 北京航远鸿高科技有限公司 角度传感器.中国
  5. Běijīng Jiǔxiān E-Commerce 北京酒仙电子商务有限公司 酒仙网.中国 & 酒仙網.中國
  6. Běijīng Mozilla Network Technology 北京谋智网络技术有限公司 火狐.中国
  7. Běijīng Róngkē Huáchuāng Technology Development 北京融科华创科技发展有限公司 融科华创.中国
  8. Běijīng-Shànghǎi Express Rail Link 京沪高铁商务网 京沪高铁.中国
  9. BJSXSoft 北京万国思迅软件有限公司 思迅.中国 & 思迅.com
  10. CatchBEST Vision Technologies 凯视佳科技(北京)有限公司 工业相机.中国
  11. CCBC Credit-China Business Clinic 石家庄中鼎营销咨询有限公司 企业门诊.中国
  12. Chángzhōu Qīnghóng Chemicals 常州清红化工有限公司 苯酐.中国 & 呔哔克.中国 & 清红化工.中国
  13. Chéngdū Jīnquán Water Treatment 成都金泉净化水处理有限公司 成都金泉.中国
  14. Chéngdū Línyùn Furniture 成都林韵家具有限公司 林海东方韵.中国
  15. Chéngdū Sānlǐ Fisheries Seafood 成都市三礼水产海鲜行 有机食品代理.中国
  16. Chinese Style Classical Decoration 中国古典印象中式装饰有限公司 中式装修.中国 & 古典印象.中国 & 中式设计.中国
  17. Chinese Suit 中山市华人礼服有限公司 华人礼服中山装.中国
  18. Chóngqìng Lèěrjiā Machinery 重庆市乐尔佳机械有限公司 乐尔佳.中国
  19. Dé-Yù Lighting 广州市德钰照明有限公司 德钰照明.中国
  20. Dézhōu Yín'ān Asset Management 德州银安资产管理有限公司 银安资产.中国
  21. Dōngguǎn rongxingfeiersheng Air Compressor Equipment 东莞市嵘兴菲尔盛空压机设备行 空压机保养.中国
  22. Doublebridge Surveying Instruments 新乡市双桥测绘仪器有限公司 新乡测绘仪器.中国
  23. ESD Supermarket 青岛世科电子产业有限公司 防静电产品超市.中国
  24. Eximious 常州云杰仕(傑牌)机械有限公司 杰牌.中国
  25. Fènghuáng Tea 潮州市天羽茶业有限公司 潮州工夫茶网.中国 & 凤凰单丛茶.中国
  26. Fóshān Nánhǎi Xīnyuán Electronics 佛山市南海區欣源电子有限公司 欣源电子.中国
  27. Fújiàn Sīchén Fabric Structures 福建思晨膜结构技术有限公司 膜结构设计.中国
  28. Fùměijiā Decoration 扬州富美佳装饰装潢公司 扬州装潢.中国
  29. Golden Abacus 金算盘通信信息科技有限公司 金算盘通信.中国
  30. Good Sight (Xiàmén) Autoparts 美赛特(厦门)汽车零部件有限公司 美赛特.中国
  31. Guǎngdōng Zhàoqìng Détōng 广东肇庆德通有限公司 不锈钢通风机.中国
  32. Guǎngxī Píngxiáng Red Wood Furniture 广西凭祥市好家思红木家具行 好家思.中国
  33. Guǎngzhōu Sàiyà Design 广州市赛亚广告设计有限公司 广州喷画.中国
  34. Guǎnli Environment Technology 管丽环境技术(上海)有限公司 市政非开挖.中国
  35. Guómào Agriculture 哈尔滨市国茂农业科技有限公司 国茂农业.中国
  36. Hángzhōu HR Management 杭州华顺人力资源管理有限公司 杭州华顺.中国
  37. Hángzhōu Xiǎowánzi Foods 杭州小丸子食品有限公司 小丸子.中国
  38. Háotíngjū Furnishings 深圳市豪庭居投资有限公司 豪庭居.中国
  39. Héběi Huaqiang Technology Development 河北华强科技开发有限公司 玻璃钢供水管道.中国 & 高压管道.中国 & 玻璃钢排水管道.中国
  40. Hénán Chéngdá Cotton Yarn 河南诚达棉纺织有限公司 棉纱线.中国
  41. Hénán Xīnzhèng Resin 河南省新郑市树脂厂 新郑树脂.中国
  42. Hēngkāi Trading 亨开贸易(上海)有限公司 奥安.中国
  43. Héngshuǐ Shuàiyìn Rubber & Plastic Products 衡水帅印橡塑制品有限公司 衡水橡塑制品.中国
  44. Huángshān Xīnlín Bamboo Industry 黄山市鑫琳竹业有限公司 竹搏金.中国
  45. Huáshùn Technology 广州华顺科技有限公司 华顺科技.中国 & 大型模拟机.中国 & 篮球机.中国 & 娱乐机.中国
  46. Inner Mongolia Chìfēng Restaurant Food 内蒙古赤峰家餐馆食品有限公司 宅火锅.中国 & 羔羊肉.中国 & 宅烧烤.中国 & 鸟鸡肉.中国 & 酷牛肉.中国 & 野猪肉.中国 & 家餐馆.中国 & 藏酷双宝.中国 & 藏酷三宝.中国 & 稻鸟米.中国 & 稻鸭米.中国 & 黑猪肉.中国 & 藏牛肉.中国 & 蒙牛肉.中国 & 笨猪肉.中国 & 宅面坊.中国 & 杂粮面.中国 & 宅茶吧.中国 & 宅酒吧.中国 & 宅米饭.中国 & 宅咖啡.中国
  47. International Hàotiān Technology 厦门浩添冷链科技有限公司 包式冰箱.中国
  48. Jiade Sanitary 中山市嘉德卫浴有限公司 中山淋浴房.中国
  49. Jílín Chāngyì Toad Breeding Cooperative 吉林市昌邑区永发蟾蜍养殖专业合作社 蟾衣.中国
  50. Jǐnán Jīngāng Machinery Manufacturing 济南金罡机械制造有限公司 磨样机.中国
  51. Lánzhōu Education Technology 兰州学乐教育科技有限公司 学乐教育.中国
  52. Liáoníng Tóngzé Shock Absorbers 辽宁同泽减震器有限公司 同泽.中国 & 同泽减震器.中国
  53. Línyí Guótài Fasteners 临沂国泰紧固件科技有限公司 国泰紧固件.中国
  54. Liquid Wallpaper 摩尔贝蒂液体壁纸有限公司 摩尔贝蒂.中国
  55. MainTone 深圳市美安通科技有限公司 平安节能.中国
  56. Masterstyle 河北征帆贸易有限公司 格调大师.中国 & 格調大師.中國
  57. Níngbō Bóxǐ Import Export 宁波市博玺进出口有限公司 博玺百货.中国
  58. Packaging World 包装世界.中国
  59. Qīngdǎo Huáxīn Casting Machinery 青岛华鑫克斯顿机械有限公司 射芯机.中国 & 砂处理.中国 & 造型机.中国
  60. Qīngdǎo Jīnjīng 青岛金晶股份有限公司 超白玻璃.中国 & 超白玻璃.中國
  61. Senparc Network Technology 苏州盛派网络科技有限公司 苏州建站.中国
  62. Shāndōng Xìnchéng Biochemical Technology 山东信诚生物化工技术有限公司 西地那非.中国
  63. Shāndōng Zībó Kūnshí Abrasives 山东淄博昆石金属制品有限公司 昆石磨料.中国
  64. Shànghǎi Biese Mechanical & Electrical Equipment 上海比泽机电设备科技有限公司 上海比泽.中国
  65. Shànghǎi Dōngtān Wetland Park 上海东滩国际湿地有限公司 东滩湿地.中国 & 東灘濕地.中國
  66. Shànghǎi Lawns 上海秀谷绿化工程有限公司 上海草坪.中国
  67. Shànghǎi Sanme Mining Machinery 上海山美重型矿山机械有限公司 山美.中国
  68. Shànghǎi Wéikěxīn Information Technology 上海潍可昕信息技术有限公司 建站公司.中国 & 网站改版.中国
  69. Shànghǎi Xiānguān Foods 上海仙冠食品有限公司 一年茶叶.中国 & 一年.中国 & 一年茶.中国 & 一年茶业.中国
  70. Shǎnxī Logistics 陕西省商业储运总公司 商储物流.中国
  71. Shèngtài Machinery & Tools 泰州市盛泰机电工具有限公司 盛泰工具.中国 & 顺泰.中国
  72. Shēnzhèn Aosion Photoelectricity 深圳市奥讯光电有限公司 驱鼠器.中国
  73. Shēnzhèn Jīnlìtài Plumbing 深圳金立泰水暖有限公司 金立泰.中国
  74. Shēnzhèn Marriage Agency 深圳市婚姻介绍所 深圳婚介.中国 & 深圳婚介.中國
  75. Shēnzhèn Shénzhōu Tōngdá Network Technology 深圳神州通达网络技术有限公司 神州通达.中国
  76. Shēnzhèn Tángyì Metal Industry 深圳市唐亿金属实业有限公司 玩美空间.中国
  77. Shēnzhèn Zhìzào LED 深圳深藉智造商业有限公司 深圳智造.中国
  78. Shíjiāzhuāng Xīnyuè Network Technology 石家庄新悦网络科技有限公司 新悦网络.中国
  79. Shùndé Dōngyà Termite Control 佛山市顺德区东亚白蚁防治有限公司 顺德白蚁防治.中国
  80. Shùnlì Steel 江苏顺力钢业集团 顺力集团.中国
  81. Sibrary Mobile E-Books 深圳市欣博阅科技有限公司 欣博阅.中国
  82. Sìfāng Livestock 四方祥隆畜牧科技股份有限公司 四方畜牧.中国
  83. Tea Center Online 茶城在线.中国 & 茶城在線.中國
  84. Tiānjīn Xìntàigōng Science & Technology 天津信泰恭科技发展有限公司 信泰恭.中国
  85. Todaynic.com 广东时代互联科技有限公司 时代互联.中国
  86. TradeSNS 易家科技(大连)有限公司 易之家.中国
  87. Wéifāng Fúlái Boiler Equipment 潍坊福来锅炉节能设备科技有限公司 福来锅炉.中国
  88. Wúxī Xīnán Steel Pipes 无锡锡南钢管有限公司 无锡无缝钢管.中国
  89. Xiàmén Guóqiáo Mechanical 厦门国桥机械有限公司 椰网.中国
  90. Xiàmén Loowi Toys 厦门乐为坊玩具有限公司 乐为坊.中国 & 乐为玩具.中国
  91. Xingyitong Translation 新译通翻译公司.中国
  92. Yāntái Yuǎnhóng Energy Technology 烟台远弘能源科技有限公司 甲醇燃料.中国 & 醇醚燃料.中国
  93. Yīdū Xīnpíng Machinery 宜都市鑫坪机械有限公司 普通铸造.中国
  94. Yocomodo Shànghǎi Shànměi Information Technology 上海善美信息科技有限公司 囧豆.中国
  95. Yǔlì Socks 宇力袜业有限公司 袜子商城.中国
  96. YUM! Restaurants (China) 百胜(中国)投资有限公司 必胜宅急送.中国
  97. Zībó Chem Trade 淄博凯姆经贸有限公司 氯化聚乙烯.中国
  98. Zībó Chénglìxìn Packaging Products 淄博诚立信包装制品有限公司 纸阀口袋.中国
  99. Zībó Shèngpǔsī Petrochemicals 淄博圣普斯石油化工有限公司 圣普斯.中国
  100. Zhūhǎi Gree Air Conditioning Appliances 珠海格力空调电器股份有限公司 耐克森.中国 & 北京中央空调.中国

Sunday, 12 December 2010

Meet All

There is a Chinese Restaurant in Loughborough with the English name Meet All. It also has a Chinese name 金玉满堂 [jīn yù mǎn táng]. Bǎidù/百度 translates this into English as Treasures fill the home. I have found several references to and applications of 金玉满堂.

  1. The Chinese name of a Hong Kong comedy-drama television series. 金玉滿堂
  2. The Chinese name of a Hong Kong Film 金玉滿堂
  3. An inscription on a Chinese numismatic charm. 金玉滿堂
  4. It appears in chapter 9 of the Book of Dao [道德经] by Lǎozǐ [老子] 金玉滿堂 & 金玉滿堂
  5. Classified as an idiom [成语] by 金玉满堂
  6. There are several registrations of 金玉满堂 and 金玉滿堂 as IDN web addresses. So far I have only found one that resolves to a website 金玉滿堂.com
  7. M-Girls have a song entitled 金玉滿堂
  8. A Chinese Traditional/Classical instrumental 金玉滿堂

金玉满堂 is the Simplified Chinese form and 金玉滿堂 is the Traditional Chinese form. There are differences in the third character only. For the links in the list I have used the same form as the source reference.

Meet All [金玉满堂 [jīn yù mǎn táng]] can be found at:

5 The Rushes, Loughborough, LE11 5BE, England
tel: +44 1509 261717

Saturday, 13 November 2010

iSudoku

Today I stumbled upon a Sudoku website that has interesting and clever Chinese IDNs.
Both 爱数独 and 愛數獨 mean Love(s) Sudoku. The website concerns an App called iSudoku. Now to the clever part. 数独 and 數獨 mean Sudoku. 爱 and 愛 mean love. The romanization of 爱 and 愛 in both Chinese and Japanese is ai. The pronunciation of ai in both Chinese and Japanese is i. Thus iSudoku becomes 爱数独 or 愛數獨.

But what of the Japanese form of Love(s) Sudoku? In Japanese Kanji this would 愛数独. Well Huáng Jīng (黄晶) has already thought of this. 愛数独.中国 redirects to the Simplified Chinese address 爱数独.中国. I am totally impressed.

This adds a whole new dimension to the i prefix used by Apple. iPhone becomes Love Phone, iPad becomes Love Pad, iPod becomes Love Pod and iWork becomes Love Work ...etc...

Sunday, 7 November 2010

China Provinces

The major administrative division of China is the province (shěng/省). Below, I list official provincial government websites with IDNs. Where applicable, I list both the Simplified and Traditional Chinese forms of the IDN.
  1. Ānhuī (安徽) 安徽省人民政府.中国
  2. Héběi (河北) 河北省人民政府.中国 & 河北省人民政府.中國
  3. Húnán (湖南) 湖南省政府.中国 & 湖南省政府.中國
  4. Jílín (吉林) 吉林省人民政府.中国 & 吉林省人民政府.中國
  5. Líaoníng (辽宁) 辽宁省人民政府.中国
  6. Shǎnxī (陕西) 陕西省人民政府.中国 & 陝西省人民政府.中國