What is China?

[qll]

Japan is from the word 日本
China has nothing to do with 中
中国 变成了 瓷器国

If you see 日本 has 火山，will you call it 火山国？
If you see USA as the largest porn marker, will you call it United States of Porn?

 

[cucapila]

如果对此有意见
建议联系联合国给中国改名字

如果对结果不满意，在这里您有足够的权利，示威游行、绝食静坐、罢工抗议......
您看着办吧

 

[~景~]

大哥，japan是日本漆的意思，还不如中国的瓷器呢。你矫情什么个劲啊~！！！！

 

[X.1]

和上次那个贴差不多啊，历史问题，就当时激励吧。

http://www.comefromchina.com/newbbs/archive/topic/310287-1.html

 

[steveyh]

究竟china的来历，有很多说法。
其中之一就是秦朝。
也许是那时中国的瓷器开始流入西方，于是有人问，这是什么，答曰china.
这是我想象的，可能不对，谁知道呢？

 

[Rainfulce]

最初由 ~景~ 发布
大哥，japan是日本漆的意思，还不如中国的瓷器呢。你矫情什么个劲啊~！！！！

这个只不过是同形异意，这个名字的出处要去问德川。
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[Rainfulce]

另外告诉楼主，日本这2个汉字发音绝对不是ja pan,怎么说也最多能是ji hon.

 

[泛蓝]

The English word for Japan came to the west from early trade routes. The early Mandarin Chinese word for Japan was recorded by Marco Polo as Cipangu. However, the Cantonese word for Japan, from which the word Japan was probably originally born, is Jatbun. In Malay the Cantonese word became Japang and was thus encountered by Portuguese traders in Malacca in the 16th century. It is thought the Portuguese traders were the first to bring the word to Europe. It was first recorded in English in 1577 spelled Giapan.

In English, the official title of the country is simply "Japan". Previously, the full title had been the "Empire of Japan" but this was changed after the adoption of the post-war constitution. The official Japanese title is Nihonkoku (日本国), literally "State of Japan."

 

[外出购物的小健]

以后有人问咱们
Where are you from?
咱们就回答
the P.R.

 

[泛蓝]

CHINA -- "...The Chinese call their country 'Zhongguo,' which means Middle Country. This name may have come into being because the ancient Chinese thought of their country as both the geographical center of the world and the only cultured civilization. The name 'China' was given to the country by foreigners. It may have come from 'Qin' (pronounced 'chihn'), the name of an early Chinese dynasty (series of rulers from the same family)..." From the World Book Encyclopedia, 1991.
Under "china...china-dishes" another source says "...China (1653); borrowed from Persian 'chini'..." and under another word, Chinese, "...from the name of the country 'China' (1555, of unknown origin, but found in Sanskrit 'Cina-s' the Chinese, possibly in allusion to 'Chin' Shihnangdi, who ruled from 246 to 207 B.C.) + ese; formed in English probably by influence of French 'chinois' Chinese." From "Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology" by Robert K. Barnhart (HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1995).

 

[creative]

象你我这样忧国忧民的人，
不多了。

 

[aaqaaq]

自己家?,自己故囔的事,每?人都能?予

每?人都要嘱政治 必坐

或杂人??迂得政治陪我??晷,其?不然.小至我?小?,大至人走完世殓的一生,政治都陪我?不可分滕.佩例?真,???出生的小孩(孕?肚中)到老_??????伞那路是坑坑洞洞?是平坦是侦??的.政府.小?坐?那老?任用.升喵(有?人情晷真)疹文安排.?查也是教育部→政府.就是到大了见?.?兵.打仗也是政府做的(打仗侦能逃!高官).我?的狒?.徐生.就?.行?.生活.老年……全滕不檫施政.共 党高官常真,商人不?政治.?生不?政治.百姓不?政治….??那政治要?啥!?被?了怎真.你把我人抓了怎揠.?人身安全.到他??要揠居留酌.也不能移?籍.房屋拆喵……….所以每?人都要嘱政治不但要嘱?要做.那是我?的?利也是柳?.



民主陪?制是?立的,只要世界上有不平等存在我?都?碰到,?於生活在?制中的大?同胞 我?要感同身受,大家?忙.

 

[Kurt]

最初由 Rainfulce 发布
另外告诉楼主，日本这2个汉字发音绝对不是ja pan,怎么说也最多能是ji hon.

Is the word "nippon" also referring to Japan too?

 

[X.1]

Nippon就是日本的意思

 

[cucapila]

在日语里，日本的发音就是"nippon"

最初由 Kurt 发布


Is the word "nippon" also referring to Japan too?