[jasonbvr]

I don't recognize those kanji. What about guai lo? What is the kanji for that? I think that one is outright offensive, isn't it? I can't recall the meaning.

As far as kanji for modern appliances and such, maybe the Chinese started borrowing from the Japanese, but I doubt it. Japanese also stopped assigning Japanese names to things such as computers and tv's since katakana (phonetic spelling of "loan" words) is widespread and heavily used.

What is a mobile phone in Chinese? We use 携帯 in Japan which means carrying device or something. Hope I got the Kanji right.

Also, ni zai nali? Beijing zai wo zhu sange yue le. Sorry, my Chinese is shocking. I've forgotten so much!