bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Tim Pile

It may boast the largest vocabulary of any language but there are occasions when English just isn’t up to the job. The Germans have the option of describing a lovely sunny day as postkartenwetter (literally “postcard weather”) and the Swedes can use resfeber (“travel fever”) to describe that mixture of apprehension and excitement before setting out on a journey.
In Japanese, yoko meshi sums up the stress of speaking a foreign language and if you find yourself hiking in Iran’s Zagros Mountains in winter, zhaghzhagh is the Persian word for when your teeth chatter uncontrollably in the cold.
Here’s an A-to-Z of beautiful, evocative and quirky words that don’t have an exact English equivalent.
The Arabic word samar means “evening conversation”. It might describe travellers sitting on a beach, chatting, laughing and having such an agreeable time no one notices day has turned into night.

Keliling is a Bahasa Indonesian word that refers to the habit long-distance mini­bus drivers have of circling around town in search of passengers and setting off only when the vehicle is crammed full. As soon as a passenger gets off, the driver will begin keliling again to find a replacement. If you are on a bus in the Czech Republic, you might spot a tycovka. The word is used to describe a woman who stands at the front and chats up the driver.
The Dutch word gezellig overlaps with samar to express that convivial vibe we get when hanging out with friends and losing track of time. But it can also mean the cosy feeling of staring at a log fire while sipping a mug of hot chocolate. The Danish hygge (and the German gemütlichkeit) encompass a similar sense of contentment, connection and well-being.
The people of Easter Island, in the South Pacific, use the word tingo to describe borrowing object after object from a friend until they have no useful possessions left. Perhaps we need an English word for guests who habitually “borrow” items from hotels.
Baggage collected, we step into a world where the language, curren­cy and weather are all different. Dépaysement is a French term for the combination of excitement, trepidation and sense of not quite fitting in that we experience on arriving some­where unfamiliar.
Embodying codes of heartfelt hospitality that date back to ancient Greece, philo­xenia combines the words for “love” and “stranger”. It describes acts of warmth and thoughtfulness, which have largely disappeared from many industrialised countries. As a tourist, you might be offered a jar of olives from your guest house owner’s orchard or be invited into someone’s home for lunch.
The colloquial Hindi word rimjhim roughly translates as the sound of light rain or drizzle but also describes the sense of happiness, relief even, associated with the coming monsoon. Rimjhim has appeared in numerous Bollywood productions, usually in a romantic context.

Eskimos have a number of words for snow. Any Inuit intending to build an igloo will search for a patch of pukajaw, or firmly packed snow that can be easily cut and made into a shelter. And when the project is completed, iktsuarpok is the feeling of anticipation and impatience while waiting for someone to arrive that compels the host to keep venturing outside to see if anyone is approaching.
You’re hiking in a Japanese forest. It’s sunny and scattered light is filtering through the leaves of the trees. That’s komorebi. English speakers can draw on words such as “sunbeam”, “dappled” and “shafts of light” but komorebi is more specific, describing only the play of sunlight as it streams through trees.
In Korea, someone who is tuned in to others’ feelings and moods is said to have nunchi. Armed with this mind (and body language) reading ability, they are able to interpret non-verbal cues and deal sympathetically with delicate social situations. “Perceptive” and “empathetic” are English approximations.
You arrive in a new city at rush hour. The train or bus to your hotel is packed, you’re elbowed in the ribs and becoming irritated. Kaapshljmurslis is a Latvian word that describes being cramped on public transport.

Literally “to eat wind”, makan angin means to walk for pleasure in Malay. But unlike the English word “stroll”, it also translates as “holiday” – there are several Malaysian tour operators, travel agents and blogs with Makan Angin in their names.
You’re exploring the Arctic region of Norway and as it’s summer, the sun never sets. Døgnvill sums up the confusion of not knowing the time, or even whether it’s day or night.
Cumfeorm is an Old English word that translates loosely as “entertaining strangers”. Cuma means a “comer”, a visitor or house guest, while feorm refers to food or supplies for a journey. This ancient but wholehearted form of hospitality, with its “what’s mine is yours” philosophy, is similar to the Greek generosity evident in philoxenia.
In the Philippines, magtampisaw means “to frolic and splash in shallow water” – a monsoon puddle, perhaps, a river or knee-deep in surf at one of the country’s gorgeous beaches.

You’re on a bus high in the Andes suffering from a head-throbbing bout of altitude sickness. The Quechua-speaking passen­ger sitting next to you offers a handful of leaves and says jalpaykusinchis (halpay-koos-in-chis), “Let’s chew some coca together.” The practice is legal is Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, where the indigenous language is spoken, and provides relief from headaches, dizziness, upset stomach and other ailments.
Hanyauku, from the Rukwangali language of Namibia, describes walking on tiptoes across a hot surface, such as sand. It’s no doubt a useful word – almost a fifth of the southern African country is desert, and the rusty red dunes at Sossusvlei are on every visiting photographer’s itinerary.
While hiking beside one of Sweden’s 100,000 lakes, the moonlight is shining on the water. This reflection is known as mångata (måne is “moon” and gata means “road”). The inviting scene tempts your group to plunge in, except for one stick-in-the-mud. A badkruka is the word Swedes use to describe someone who refuses to get into the water, usually because they think it will be too cold.
Grasping the meaning of greng jai is as much a cultural challenge as a linguistic one. The Thai expression encompasses saving face, not imposing or hurting people’s feelings. It also means putting yourself in others’ shoes and being considerate. Greng jai might involve buying a souvenir you don’t really want because the friendly shopkeeper gave you directions to the bus station.
You’re trekking through a jungle and there’s something unpleasant crawling on your skin. You try to brush it off but you can’t because it exists only in your imagination. That sensation is known as yuputka in the Ulwa language, spoken by a few hundred people in Nicaragua.

Nhau is Vietnamese for getting together with friends and enjoying a few cheap beers at a street-side stall with plastic tables and chairs. Snacks are ordered, drinking games begin and players are soon being urged to tram phan tram, or “down it in one!”
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that suggests a sense of yearning and nostalgia for some­where or someone. Happy times, romanti­cised a little maybe, that you would do anything to live through again but are destined never to.
There’s much debate about the Xhosa word umlungu, which many white South Africans claim is offensive. Others say it merely refers to a white person. The expression originally comes from the white foam left on a beach after a wave has retreated into the sea.
According to the Guinness World Records, the most succinct word of all comes from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, in the southern tip of South America. Mamihlapinatapai is a look without words shared by two people who would like to initiate something but which neither is willing to begin for fear of embarrassment or rejection.
Emaweni is a Zulu word meaning “place of many cliffs”. It’s a term that could be applied to the rugged 200km escarpment known as the Drakensberg, one of South Africa’s most spectacular landscapes. The mountain range is called Ukhahlamba, or Barrier of Spears, by Zulu speakers.


26 words that don’t translate into English: foreign vocab to take home from holiday

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Inuit hunter Pitseolak Alainga crawls out of an igloo which was constructed outside the Nunavut Legislature in Iqaluit, Canada, February 6, 2010. Moments later Canada's Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty dislodged a large piece of snow from the entry way as he attempted to exit.  AFP PHOTO/ GEOFF ROBINS (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS / AFP)[26APRIL2020 FIGURED OUT POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT: AFP

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Children play next to a puddle in Manila on May 27, 2014. Optimism is soaring that the Philippines is finally becoming an Asian tiger economy, but critics caution a tiny elite that has long dominated is amassing most of the new wealth while the poor miss out. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS        (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images) [26APRIL2020 FIGURED OUT POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT: AFP

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26 words that don’t translate into English: foreign vocab to take home from holiday

The English language boasts a lot of words, but these expressions from overseas highlight its shortcomings From spreading the philoxenia hospitality in Greece to dancing in the rimjhim rain in India

The English language boasts a lot of words, but these expressions from overseas highlight its shortcomings

From spreading the philoxenia hospitality in Greece to dancing in the rimjhim rain in India