<p>異 here short for '靈異' (supernatural) or 異形 (alien)</p>

<p>《我們·異》 means "Us - Supernatural" or "Us -Alien" ('alien' here might refer to alien from outer space, but it can also refer to the concept of 'non-native'. In the context of this movies, it implies "unearthly or supernatural being")</p>

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<p>I asked a similar question here:</p>
<p><a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/33409/4136">What is 剋 doing in the Cantonese translation of the movie title “Widows”?</a></p>
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<p>The Cantonese title of the film <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-mo/%E6%88%91%E5%80%91_(2019%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Us</a> has been translated as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>香港譯《我們·異》</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-mo/%E6%88%91%E5%80%91_(2019%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> also mentions that:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>中國大陸、台灣譯《我們》</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So, it seems that the Cantonese title is quite different here.</p>
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<p>Guangzhouhua-Putonghua only mentions Mandarin definitions.</p>
<p>While Words.HK only gives the following:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>語素<br />
1<br />
有分別；同其他嘢唔一樣<br />
different</p>
<p>異口同聲<br />
ji6 hau2 tung4 sing1<br />
saying something together; literally, different mouths but same voice</p>
<p>差異<br />
caa1 ji6<br />
difference</p>
<p>2<br />
唔正常嘅<br />
unusual; extraordinary</p>
<p>異味<br />
ji6 mei6<br />
peculiar smell</p>
<p>異常<br />
ji6 soeng4<br />
abnormal</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm still not getting the pun, though.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>

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What is 異 doing in the Cantonese translation of the movie title “Us”?
# What is 異 doing in the Cantonese translation of the movie title “Us”?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-27)

I asked a similar question here:

[What is 剋 doing in the Cantonese translation of the movie title “Widows”?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/33409/4136)

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The Cantonese title of the film [Us](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-mo/%E6%88%91%E5%80%91_(2019%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1)) has been translated as:

> 香港譯《我們·異》

[Wikipedia](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-mo/%E6%88%91%E5%80%91_(2019%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1)) also mentions that:

> 中國大陸、台灣譯《我們》

So, it seems that the Cantonese title is quite different here.

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Guangzhouhua-Putonghua only mentions Mandarin definitions.

While Words.HK only gives the following:

> 語素  
> 1  
> 有分別；同其他嘢唔一樣  
> different
>
> 異口同聲  
> ji6 hau2 tung4 sing1  
> saying something together; literally, different mouths but same voice
>
> 差異  
> caa1 ji6  
> difference
>
> 2  
> 唔正常嘅  
> unusual; extraordinary
>
> 異味  
> ji6 mei6  
> peculiar smell
>
> 異常  
> ji6 soeng4  
> abnormal

I'm still not getting the pun, though.

Any ideas?

**Tags:** cantonese


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-03-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

異 here short for '靈異' (supernatural) or 異形 (alien)

《我們·異》 means "Us - Supernatural" or "Us -Alien" ('alien' here might refer to alien from outer space, but it can also refer to the concept of 'non-native'. In the context of this movies, it implies "unearthly or supernatural being")


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