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Profesor profesionalWhy does 老婆 means a wife in Chinese? It means an old woman in Japanese. I'm really interested in differences, but confused😂
19 de jul. de 2021 22:41
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How many centuries have passed since Japanese borrowed that word from Chinese? By the way, in case you're curious, “old lady” can also refer to one’s wife colloquially in English.
19 de julio de 2021
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Yeah could function as call your partner old girl 😂 (the one you have been married to for ages)
20 de julio de 2021
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It must have some interesting history to evolve to mean wife :)
20 de julio de 2021
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well, it has been like this for more than 1000 years back to Tang Dynasty... So it comes for time-honored history and classical Chinese. we just still use it as a daily language.😄
20 de julio de 2021
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There is a another word:媳妇,also wife😊
20 de julio de 2021
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Competencias lingüísticas
Búlgaro, Alemán, Japonés
Idioma de aprendizaje
Búlgaro, Alemán, Japonés
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