How the Chinese Named the Elements of Today
发布时间 2020-08-16 04:34:37 来源
摘要
The Chinese language is a language of tones, homonyms, and borrowing. But what happens when you need to convey something in Chinese that is brand new? Something like scientific terms? Chinese language reformers came across this issue when dealing with bringing the elements of the periodic table into Chinese writing.
In today's video I talk about the two principles reformers used to give names to these brand new elements.
Note: Yeah I messed up the pronunciations. I apologize to all Chinese speakers on behalf of my bad speaking.
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