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minus-squareLightfire228@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoI vaguely remember from Japanese class that China’s name means “middle country” But i dunno about that “go” character specifically. It might have a different meaning in this context?
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, it does, and it’s written the same in Chinese. I guess if 中国 is technically considered a loanword, then 中国語 is consistent with ドイツ語 and フランス語.
I vaguely remember from Japanese class that China’s name means “middle country”
But i dunno about that “go” character specifically. It might have a different meaning in this context?
Yeah, it does, and it’s written the same in Chinese. I guess if 中国 is technically considered a loanword, then 中国語 is consistent with ドイツ語 and フランス語.