Appendix:Chinese palindromes

This appendix lists palindromes in Chinese.

• 人上人 (rénshàngrén, “top person”)
• 大哥大 (dàgēdà, “leader; slang”)
• 文言文 (wényánwén, “Classical Chinese”)
• 多倫多／多伦多 (Duōlúnduō, “Toronto”)
• 亞細亞／亚细亚 (Yàxìyà, “Asia”)
• 麥納麥／麦纳麦 (Màinàmài, “Manama”)

• 我愛媽媽，媽媽愛我 [MSC, trad.]
  我爱妈妈，妈妈爱我 [MSC, simp.]

  wǒ ài māma, māma ài wǒ

  I love Mom, Mom loves me

• 客上天然居，居然天上客 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

  kè shàng tiānrán jū, jūrán tiānshàng kè

  Guest goes to a naturally built house, actually a house above the sky

• 人過大佛寺，寺佛大過人 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  人过大佛寺，寺佛大过人 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  rén guò Dàfó Sì, sìfó dà guò rén

  A man walks past the Big Buddha Temple; the temple's Buddha is bigger than a man

• 人人為我，我為人人 [MSC, trad.]
  人人为我，我为人人 [MSC, simp.]

  rénrén wèi wǒ, wǒ wèi rénrén

  Everybody cares about me, I care about everybody, or more simply, "All for one, one for all"

• 船上女子叫子女上船 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

  From: 回文遊戲(Palindrome Games)

  chuánshàng nǚzǐ jiào zǐnǚ shàngchuán

  The woman on the boat is calling her children to go onboard

• 上水居民居水上  ―  Shàngshuǐ jūmín jū shuǐshàng  ―  Inhabitants in Sheung Shui live on the water

• 中山王族王山中 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

  Zhōngshān wángzú wàng shānzhōng

  The House of Zhongshan ruled as kings in the mountain

• 上海自來水來自海上 [MSC, trad.]
  上海自来水来自海上 [MSC, simp.]

  Shànghǎi zìláishuǐ láizì hǎishàng

  Tap water in Shanghai is from the sea

• 馬上上馬／马上上马  ―  mǎshàng shàngmǎ  ―  Immediately get on a horse
• 法語語法／法语语法  ―  fǎyǔ yǔfǎ  ―  French Grammar