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Similarities between Chinese and Japanese

Chinese had this usage in ancient times.

Tamie said:
I am interesting in difference between Japanese from Chinese!
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Good idea! I think it's better to start a new thread.

More similar words:
世界 shi jie (sekai): world
研究 yan jiu (kenkyuu):research
制度 zhi du (seido):system
交流 jiao liu (kouryuu):communion
時代 shi dai (jidai):era
現在 xian zai (genzai):now
文字 wen zi (mozi):letter
文化 wen hua (bunka):culture
共同 gong tong (kyoudou):together
 
Leroy_Brown said:
I think
電話 (telephone) is the same in both languages
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The word "電話 " is created by Japanese, but why in Japanese:
telephone=電話
television=テレビ
radio=ラジオ
camera=カメラ
robot=ロボット

While in Chinese:
telephone=电话
television=电视机
radio=收音机
camera=照相机
robot=机器人

Did Japanese become lazy later so they borrowed those foreign words directly?
I wonder that's why?
 
>Chinese had this usage in ancient times.
I haven't knew this usage is Old style

My one of favorite Chinese word is 香波.
this is the word pronounced "xiang bo" means shampoo.
"xiang bo" sound like shampoo.
香=perfume
波=wave

At present,Japanese use the word come from oversea directly,and write by KATAKANA, therefore I am interesting in such like word
 
quiet sunshine said:
Did Japanese become lazy later so they borrowed those foreign words directly?
I wonder that's why? :?
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Actually, it's because the Chinese invent a new kanji for every damn new word....the Japanese take a word borrowed and put it in Katakana Thus more words -> more kanji -> troublesome !! So I think the Japanese people handled it rather good
 
All words that are normally written in Katakana in Japan have to be written in Kanji in China because they don't have a separate system for foreign words.

So "Coca Cola" "McDonald's" "San Francisco" or even a roar out of the mouth of a monster in a Manga are all written in Kanji in China, which to a Japanese person might seem funny.
 
RockLee said:
Thus more words -> more kanji -> troublesome !!
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No, no more new kanji, just more combination, see:
汽 车
火 车
电 车
轿 车
卡 车
自行车
摩托车
 
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television=受像機
radio=受信機
camera=写真機
robot= :sorry:
 
Hiroyuki Nagashima said:
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television=受像機
radio=受信機
camera=写真機
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Hm, these are easy to understand and memorize. Thanks!
Compared with those written in katakana, Which way is more often used in your daily life?
 
quiet sunshine said:
Compared with those written in katakana, Which way is more often used in your daily life?
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Most writes in kana.
The foreign word in early stages of Showa had applied the Chinese character.


"Computer" = It was written as the "電子計算機" at first.
Now, it is a "コンピュータ".
 
Chinese "電脳"="cyber"
Recently, it came to use even in Japan.

The title of a Chinese character of "THE GHOST IN THE SHELL" of comics is smarter.
"攻殻機動隊"
However, "攻殻" is a perfect phonetic equivalent.
"KOUKAKU"="甲殻"="攻殻"
 
Hiroyuki Nagashima said:
Most writes in kana.
The foreign word in early stages of Showa had applied the Chinese character.


"Computer" = It was written as the "電子計算機" at first.
Now, it is a "コンピュータ".
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Hm, at least it has one advantage, you can write faster in kana.
I noticed the word 機, in Chinese, 机(simplified)=機(traditional), but in Japanese, they are two different words, right? How did the word 机 come in Japanese? Did you simplify some ancient kanji too? Another example is 国, the word 国 is 國 in traditional Chinese, Japanese also use 国.
 
I noticed the word 機, in Chinese, 机(simplified)=機(traditional), but in Japanese, they are two different words, right? How did the word 机 come in Japanese?

机 means "desk" in Japan.
飛机 means "plane" in China, But Japanese who don't know Chinese words might comprehend "flying desk"

It's interesting for me
 
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