In ancient China, was there an equivalent of pinyin?
WEBOct 28, 2016 · 164 4. There was no equivalent of pinyin in ancient Chinese, because Chinese writing developed as a way of representing the spoken language—at first for special purposes (e.g., recording divination), and then later more generally. If there had been pinyin in, say, the 商 Shang dynasty, they might well have used that instead of …
Is there an ancient chinese name for Asia?
WEBAncient Chinese has no concept of the modern-called continents. Instead, they describe the world as a "China-Foreign" system, while China is the centre of the world, and other countries are scattered around China. The name of Asia firstly appeared in China in 1582, on the map Kunyu Wanguo Quantu. The name was translated by Matteo Ricci ...
transliteration - What is the real etymology of "China"? - Chinese ...
WEBJul 29, 2018 · The English name for "China" itself is derived from Middle Persian (Chīnī چین). This modern word "China" was first used by Europeans starting with Portuguese explorers of the 16th century – it was first recorded in 1516 in the journal of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa. [47] [48] The journal was translated and published in England ...
Is Chinese language influenced by sanskrit and vice versa?
WEBMay 1, 2022 · India and China are neighboring countries, in ancient India sanskrit was spoken and in ancient China Chinese was spoken. So could these two languages have influenced each other in any way.
names of planets in the solar system 星球
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · Astrology became popular between the Qin and Han Dynasties in ancient China, and the five planets were connected with gods. The silk book "Five-Star Zodiac" unearthed at Mawangdui in Changsha can be regarded as the earliest known astrological work, in which the five stars correspond to the five directions, the five elements, and the …
expressions - Why are intermediate cardinal directions read …
WEBThe compass's influence cannot be understated - it isn't one of the four great inventions of ancient China for no reason - as it was immensely useful for navigation and seafaring. North/South became more important in China too, at least for navigation and cartography, as evidenced in this map dating from the Ming dynasty:
traditional vs simplified - Did the simplification of Chinese ...
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · Simplified characters were introduced in Mainland China with the intention that this would improve literacy by making reading and writing easier - I see this repeated everywhere, but it feels like an urban legend. The actual stated goal is to get rid of characters and transition to Romanisation.
Ancient forms of characters - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
WEBJan 21, 2017 · archaic/ancient/old form 古字 is a form that was used in the past, but is not anymore, simplified form 簡體字 (in the narrow sense) is a form that has undergone simplification in mainland China, inherited form 傳承字 is a form that hasn't undergone simplification, but is regarded as standard in mainland China,
characters - 砲響: were there cannons in ancient China? - Chinese ...
WEB三國演義 第十八回. Obviously there was no gunpowder or cannons back then (the story was set in the 3rd century AD, and gunpowder was thought to have been invented in the 9th century AD ), and the character 砲 suggests that it's a catapult instead. But the passages and wording (一聲砲響) suggests that it makes a single loud sound ...
transliteration - How did Chinese people know in the past the ...
WEBMar 6, 2018 · Nowadays a Chinese person seeing a character for the first time can look it up in a dictionary (it doesn't matter how) and get the phonetic or Pinyin transliteration, so that the pronunciation is o...