tvb chinese #2

It's Hard to be a Woman declares the Chinese title of Sheren Tang and Melissa Ng's La Femme Desperado. Literally, though, the title means Woman, Not Easy To Do. Basically, the title wants to say that being a woman is difficult, which is a perfect title for this series as it reflects the struggles that women face as daughters, girlfriends, and unmarried mothers in today's society.

Pronunciation: NUI; This word is used to refer to females. It can mean girl, woman, or daughter.

Pronunciation: YAN; Combined with NUI, the phrase NUI YAN literally is a female person - a woman.

Pronunciation: MM; This word is used to negate things. For example, MM JEE means don't know. However, if you say, LEI JEE MM JEE AH? (literally it's "you know or not know"), this means Do you know?. Basically, if you put MM before a verb, the phrase would become not/don't (something) and if you stick it between two of the same verb, it will form a question. However, in writing, the word is different. Formally, the word that is used when you say something like HAI MM HAI ("Yes or no"), the MM is really the word BAT, but in modern conversations, people just use MM.

Pronunciation: YEE; This is actually short for YUNG YEE, which means easy. The MM before YEE negates it, so MM YEE is not easy or more simply put, difficult or hard.

Pronunciation: JO; This word means to make or do. Asking someone, LEI JO MUT YEAH? means What are you doing?. If you want to say, I can't do it, it's NGOH JO MM DOH.