Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 26, 2002 19:16
22 yrs ago
Chinese term
Translation, Graphic Design, Copywriting
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English to Korean, and 12 more.
Proposed translations
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3 hrs
Selected
chewy
"Q", when refering to food, means chewy.
Peer comment(s):
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Perry Svensson
: It's a Taiwanese/Hokkien/Minnan expression often used in mandarin in Taiwan.
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Scott Li
: agree with Perry's explanation, it prounces as Jin Q in Hokkien/Minnan. Keivn's own guess is correct too.
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chooi
4 hrs
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Raymond Chu
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, everyone! In the northern China, I heard the people say 很筋道,or 很筋. In the southern China, I heard 筋拽拽.I thought you might be interested to know."
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42 mins
很可爱 (pretty cute)
I found it used in places other than food, e.g. the following page:
http://www.taiwan123.com.tw/sky/cow/cow010.html
(Just resending, it looks like I hided my previous answer by mistake)
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Note added at 2002-03-26 22:03:02 (GMT)
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在港台，大概可以翻译成 \"很靓\".
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Note added at 2002-03-26 22:13:26 (GMT)
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若一定用在food上，可否译成:\"很馋人\"
http://www.taiwan123.com.tw/sky/cow/cow010.html
(Just resending, it looks like I hided my previous answer by mistake)
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Note added at 2002-03-26 22:03:02 (GMT)
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在港台，大概可以翻译成 \"很靓\".
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Note added at 2002-03-26 22:13:26 (GMT)
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若一定用在food上，可否译成:\"很馋人\"
3 hrs
很靓 （或很馋人）
If used to describe food, may be translated as
很靓 （或"很馋人"）
depending on the context.
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Note added at 2002-03-26 22:32:45 (GMT)
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The English translation can be:
Looks pretty attractive and tasty
很靓 （或"很馋人"）
depending on the context.
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Note added at 2002-03-26 22:32:45 (GMT)
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The English translation can be:
Looks pretty attractive and tasty
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