Chinese help anyone?

Darth Valdemar · Post by **Darth Valdemar** » 2002-11-29 04:55pm

Today at work we (myself and two others) were unloading a container from China. Nothing out of the ordinary - most of our containers (flatpack furniture) are from Malaysia, China and other far east countries.

However, in this one, we found a couple of small credit-card sized cards. One seemed to be an ID card (the guy's picture was on it), while the other was less obvious.

One of the other guys took the ID card, and I kept the other. My curiosity getting the better of me, I've scanned it to see if any of the Chinese-speakers on the board (IIRC there are several) can tell me what it is.

Front:

Back:

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-11-29 04:58pm

To me, even though I can't read it, it seems that it's a calling card, for in the top right hand corner it's got the Y with the = through it and 30 next to it, like 30 Yen or whatever the Chinese use.

Hammer · Post by **Hammer** » 2002-11-29 05:02pm

Funny I never knew the red X of doom was part of the written Chinese language.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-11-29 05:50pm

I think its a telephone calling card.

I can only read a few characters but I see "telephone" ( dihn wa )

The China Telecom symbol is a give away.

On the front of the card I can read the number 18. ( sahp baat )

RadiO · Post by **RadiO** » 2002-11-29 05:52pm

Guess: a phonecard? The presentation looks similar.
Or a topup card for a pay-as-you-go mobile phone?

(Edit: TrailerParkJawa beat me to it. Sorry.

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Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-11-29 05:58pm

It's a pre-paid phone card.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-11-29 06:17pm

Even though I can't read Chinese, I was right! Boyah!

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2002-11-29 06:26pm

The whole thing is in Chinese, but the top right corner says 30 yen...maybe it's supposed to mean Yuan...I had no idea they've taken over the Japanese yen's symbol.

Anyway...the first image, the left vertical line says "the 18 luohan" (bottom-most word is too convoluted to read), which are mythical Buddhist sages. Bottom right: Guangdong district Telecoms company.

Second image, top line: China Telecoms, serving you sincerely/honestly (one of those hard to translate words). The rest are, as you can guess, instructions on how to make phone calls. Nothing interesting here. If you somehow find yourself in China and want to make a phone call, the PIN is in the lower left.

KG

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2002-11-29 10:37pm

Yeah it is a phone card

*wonders if the account number and password still have money in them*

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2002-11-29 11:36pm

Pity IDMR isn't around at the moment; he can speak Chinese.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-11-30 12:24am

First one is a 30 dollar (Or whatever currency the PROC uses) telephone card. Oh wait, somebody already said that

I would be able to read most of it, if it wasn't in simplified Chinese... But yeah, its a telephone card.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-11-30 12:36am

kheegan wrote: Anyway...the first image, the left vertical line says "the 18 luohan" (bottom-most word is too convoluted to read), which are mythical Buddhist sages. Bottom right: Guangdong district Telecoms company.

My first guess is that that was guo, nation, but then I realized that luohan was in traditional characters.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-30 01:37am

I read CHinese. And BTW CHinese for dollar is "yuan", and its kanji is similar to the japanese for "yen", so I guess they just stole it.

Front:

Upper left corner: Yikadatongtianxia (One card reaches the whole world)
Left side from top to bottom: (Shibaluohan... then I can't make out the last one)
Bottom right: Guangdongshen dianxinggongshi (Guangdong Telecom company)

Back:

Top: Youxiaorishizhi: 2003nian 12yue 31ri (Date of validity: 31 December 2003)

Blue highlighted: Zhongguodianxing: Zhenshiweininfuwu (China Telecom: Serving you honsetly and earnestly)

The diagram below that is basically directions for how to use the thing.

Below diagram: Mi ma kai feng shi qing ji shi geng gai bing tuo shan bao guan(Upon revealing the code, kindly change it and keep it safely)

Shi yong zhe bi xu zun shou xing yong ka shi yong xi ze (Users must follows the rules for the use of this card)

Xun wen dian hua (Information number): [Lots of numbers]

Qi Yong Mi Ma (Activation number): 544381
Shi Yong Zhang Hao (Identification number? (I hate Chinese)): 69698554801

That should do it.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-11-30 01:00pm

This is sorta related, kinda. One of my co-workers went to Bejing to visit relatives and check up on his house there. He says they have internet kiosks with DSL that you can use for 30 minutes for about 25 cents American.

Not bad.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2002-11-30 02:31pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:It's a pre-paid phone card.

I was right in my guess!

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2002-11-30 02:36pm

Do you know what your avatar is, Beowulf? It's Sun-wu-kong, the Chinese monkey god...

KG