How is 春 from? Why it has a 日？Grass is beginning to germinate the root in the sun, so spring is coming. 春 is derived from the composed meaning of grass, seed and sun. Check more about 春.
Homophonic Rhetoric in Chinese
In Chinese, homonyms are applied to produce very interesting rhetorical speech. As the Chinese New Year of the Sheep 羊 yáng is drawing near, you will hear one or some of the following greetings with homophonic rhetoric.
Radical bone 骨 gǔ
The radical bone denotes ” bone or human body”, so characters with 骨 express meanings related to bone or human body. Continue reading “Radical bone 骨 gǔ”
English words borrowed from Chinese
There are plenty of English words borrowed from Chinese language. In the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary (second edition in 1989), there are more than 1,300 English words with Chinese as the source. Continue reading “English words borrowed from Chinese”
Chinese words borrowed from English
In Chinese, there are lots of words borrowed from English and other languages. For example: neon 霓虹灯, nylon, 尼龙, tyre 胎, hula, 呼啦圈, cartoon 卡通, etc. Continue reading “Chinese words borrowed from English”