pidgin
n. (在貿易或交往中形成的不同語種的)混雜語言,事務
Pidgin is a simple form of a language which speakers of a different language use to communicate. Pidgin is not anyone's first language.
He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.
他能輕鬆自如地用洋涇浜話和工廠工人及碼頭工人交談。
If someone is speaking their own language simply or another language badly and is trying to communicate, you can say that they are speaking, for example, pidgin English or pidgin Italian.
The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.
餐館老闆只會講洋涇浜英語。
1. an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.
餐館老闆只會講洋涇浜英語。
I tried to get my message across in my pidgin Italian.
我嘗試用我的洋涇浜義大利語表達出我的意思。
He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.
他能輕鬆自如地用洋涇浜話和工廠工人及碼頭工人交談。
Fang , Bubi , Ibo, and pidgin English are also widely spoken.
芳語 、 布比語、伊博語和皮欽英語也通用.
In pidgin English, he is the namowen ( number one ) on the port.
用句“洋涇 浜 ”英語來說, 他是這個港口的那摩溫.