{"id":32,"date":"2008-11-24T03:37:08","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=32"},"modified":"2008-11-24T03:37:08","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T07:37:08","slug":"computer-buyer-primer-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/computer-buyer-primer-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Buyer Primer – The Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

For anyone based in Beijing, locating low-cost electronic equipment is no sweat.\u00a0 A quick trip to one of the many hardware\/software hubs in the northwest part of the city will be met with endless hawkers, touts, and advertisements all competing for your yuan.\u00a0 When you finally do get to a vendor whose prices are what you want, the next step is a little bit of customer-side quality control.\u00a0 You may be startled or confused to hear the vendor asking you if you’d like \u6c34\u8d27<\/strong> (usually items manufactured in Hong Kong which have been smuggled over the border to the mainland- a relatively inexpensive choice) or \u884c\u8d27<\/strong> (the real deal, products manufactured in the mainland).\u00a0 Hearing this question reminds me of my exploratory strolls behind some of the buildings where there is item after item coming out of rows of \u8d27\u8f66<\/strong> (cargo trucks).\u00a0 Some vendors will let you know that they can let the item go at a lower price as long as you don’t mind not getting a \u53d1\u7968<\/strong> (receipt).\u00a0 Even at a store licensed by a certain famous manufacturer in China, I was asked by one of the employees if I wouldn’t mind getting a \u76d7\u7248<\/strong> (pirated) copy of Windows instead of a \u6b63\u7248<\/strong> (authentic\/licensed) copy.\u00a0 A funny note here, asking for Windows XP may not have the same mileage as asking for a copy of “\u53c9P<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

\u6c34\u8d27 shui3huo4 – lit. “water items” items from Hong Kong which have been smuggled into the mainland
\n\u884c\u8d27\u00a0 hang2huo4 – lit. “industry items” products manufactured in the mainland
\n\u8d27\u8f66\u00a0 huo4che1 – cargo trucks
\n\u53d1\u7968\u00a0 fa1piao4 – receipt
\n\u76d7\u7248\u00a0 dao4ban3 – pirated version
\n\u6b63\u7248\u00a0 zheng4ban3 – authentic version
\n\u53c9P\u00a0 cha1 P – lit. cross P (this is the same “cross” as in “cross one’s arms” or “intersection”)\u00a0 You’ll hear this more often than someone saying, “XP.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For anyone based in Beijing, locating low-cost electronic equipment is no sweat.\u00a0 A quick trip to one of the many hardware\/software hubs in the northwest part of the city will be met with endless hawkers, touts, and advertisements all competing for your yuan.\u00a0 When you finally do get to a vendor whose prices are what…<\/p>\n

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