In ancient China, was there an equivalent of pinyin?
2016年10月28日 · In ancient China, people used Fanqie（反切） to indicate the sound of a character. For example, in Kangxi Dictionary(康熙词典), the character “微” is: 無非切 [無( W u) …
Is Chinese language influenced by sanskrit and vice versa?
2022年5月1日 · 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 …
transliteration - What is the real etymology of "China"? - Chinese ...
2018年7月29日 · There are however other opinions on its etymology (See section on China above). Henry Yule thought that this term may have come to Europe through the Arabs, who …
expressions - Why are intermediate cardinal directions read …
The 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 …
names of planets in the solar system 星球
2021年2月1日 · 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 …
traditional vs simplified - Did the simplification of Chinese ...
2024年2月7日 · 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 …
characters - 砲響: were there cannons in ancient China? - Chinese ...
No idea. Maybe the ancient catapults worked in a way such that the launch is very loud because of the heavy load? Or maybe the stone hit the ground at high momentum immediately? I have …
transliteration - How did Chinese people know in the past the ...
2018年3月6日 · 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 …
translation - What does 民以食为天 mean? - Chinese Language …
2014年7月14日 · As an emperor in ancient China, if you don't let your people have enough food to eat, they will rebel against you. So '民以食为天' means in order to rule people, you must let …
Ancient forms of characters - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
2017年1月21日 · 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 …