Talk:guanxi

Note on history of contents
Edit history: Some of this content has been borrowed from Guanxi. Kappa 23:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

RFV discussion: July-August 2006
Seems to be a Chinese romanization, not English? --Connel MacKenzie 21:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Something of a crossover word - very important in doing business in China, so it has become a buzzword in the boardrooms of U.S. businesses that deal in China (much as feng shui has crossed over into pop culture). bd2412 T 21:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, googling "need guanxi" gives reasonable candidates for citations. Kappa 23:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, then perhaps a more descriptive usage note/etymology would suffice. (Citations certainly welcome.)  --Connel MacKenzie 05:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I cleaned up the existing cites and added a couple. Jeffqyzt 01:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I've enhanced the etymology to reflect its use in the West. bd2412 T 01:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Right then, I will remove the RfV tag if no one objects. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:41, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Unidentified object
Maybe I've missed it, but I cannot find that penultimate character (ɕ) in the IPA/English chart or in the respelling list. If I simply missed it then please just delete this entry.

Thank you for all the good work that it takes to provide this resource but you might wish to be aware that you may be limiting your audience: the tone and language of these pages seems alien. Some of us, even though reasonably well educated, do not instantly recognize "IPA" as a link to pronunciation and having links leading to other links, well.... If you wish to cater only to a closed community of specialists then I suppose this works, but a broader community may be kept at bay by this.

--75.157.234.107 18:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, the pronunciation for halfway-borrowed words like this is a bit tricky. I've tried to fix it up a bit. Your broader concerns are valid, although there is little we can do to address them short of providing audio (which we do not yet have for most entries). -- Visviva 00:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)