Similarities between Chinese and Japanese

[quiet sunshine]

(Enghish=Japanese=chinese)
monday=月曜日＝星期一
tuesday=火曜日＝星期二
wednesday=水曜日＝星期三
thursday=木曜日＝星期四
friday=金曜日＝星期五
satuday=土曜日＝星期六
sunday=日曜日＝星期天

Chinese had this usage in ancient times.

I am interesting in difference between Japanese from Chinese!

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

 

[quiet sunshine]

I think
電話 (telephone) is the same in both languages

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?

 

[Tamie]

>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

 

[RockLee]

Did Japanese become lazy later so they borrowed those foreign words directly?
I wonder that's why? :?

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

 

[Leroy_Brown]

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.

 

[quiet sunshine]

Thus more words -> more kanji -> troublesome !!

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

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

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? :?

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television=受像機
radio=受信機
camera=写真機
robot= :sorry:

 

[quiet sunshine]

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television=受像機
radio=受信機
camera=写真機

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?

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Compared with those written in katakana, Which way is more often used in your daily life?

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".

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

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"

 

[quiet sunshine]

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".

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.

 

[Tamie]

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