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JoJo_Jost · (This post was last modified: 11-02-2026, 04:32 PM by JoJo_Jost.)

@stolfi Thank you for the additional information, I understand that too. You know I think very highly of you, so no offense. But of course I also have to defend my theory that it is Bavarian in a certain way Wink

i know u understand that.
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I don't know Chinese, so I have to look it up myself. So the following is just a question; I want to understand it.

I listened to the different "bais" in a German-Chinese dictionary. They sound the same, but have different meanings, and if they have different meanings, they are also different characters.

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Then i ask Gemini, ChatGPT und Perplexit. They all say the same!

For example, “bai” is actually pronounced differently, but it is then also written differently, both in the transcription, with different “macrons” above the “a,” and also as Chinese characters. Then it also has a different meaning, like this:

[*]bāi (1st tone) – 掰
English: to break apart / to snap off (with the hands) // Constant high pitch, like singing a high note.
[*]bái (2nd tone) – 白
English: white; also “in vain / for nothing” (in some phrases) // Sounds like a question: "What?" or "Huh?"
[*]bǎi (3rd tone) – 百
English: hundred // Dip your voice low and bring it back up slightly.
[*]bài (4th tone) – 拜 / 败
拜 (bài) – English: to pay respect; to worship; to visit formally
败 (bài) – English: to lose / to be defeated / failure // Sharp and short, like a firm command: "Stop!"

And now the question: Is it still pronounced differently despite being spelled the same? I can't judge that.

However, if I only go by the Chinese characters, there are still dopplers that clearly do not correspond to Voynich.