# Quick written Chinese translation, please?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-written-chinese-translation-please/399732 "2007-04-12T00:35:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-written-chinese-translation-please/399732/1 "2007-04-12T00:35:12Z")

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I was just hoping someone could help me with translating an example of written Chinese—specifically, the writing on the [side of the bomb in the lower-right of this web page](http://www.sinodefence.com/strategic/nuclear/nuclearbomb.asp).

The weapon is supposed to be called a “KuangBiao-1,” but even with my Chinese dictionary, I couldn’t confirm (or disprove—I’m not even going to pretend to be good at transliterating it) that that’s what’s written on the casing. Let alone what the term means in English.

Can…anyone help me out, please?

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-written-chinese-translation-please/399732/2 "2007-04-12T00:53:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Ranchoth]

The weapon is supposed to be called a “KuangBiao-1,” but even with my Chinese dictionary, I couldn’t confirm (or disprove—I’m not even going to pretend to be good at transliterating it) that that’s what’s written on the casing. Let alone what the term means in English.  
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That is indeed what is written:  
狂飆一号  
_kuang biao yi hao_  
(crazy whirlwind one number)

“Crazy whirlwind” means “hurricane”, and or course, “one number” means “number one”.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-written-chinese-translation-please/399732/3 "2007-04-12T01:06:05Z")

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Much obliged—thanks!

(Heh. “Crazy Whirlwind.” I think I like that name better.)