This is an open database project aiming to make the etymologies of modern Mandarin Chinese Lexicon publically available. By etymologies of modern Chinese Lexicon, we mean:
- the origins and evolution of words one can find in modern Chinese texts.
- and NOT the structure, analysis, and evolution of chinese characters.
Chinese languages, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, etc., have a ideographic character-based script. Although each character has its own semantics and evolution history, it is not always an idiosyncratic word, which is especially the case for modern Chinese languages. Therefore, to stick to the the defintion of etymology (i.e., history of words), we decided to initiate this project that solely concerns origins and evolution of Chinese words because there had been no freely available collected contents about them online.
We hope this data can be useful for Chinese language learners and sinological enthusiasts, both in China and any part in the world.
Anyone can contribute to this project as long as credited literature and reliable materials are provided. See more about this here
The data can be copied, distributed and displayed under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. There are some restrictions in order to protect the intellectual but tedious work of contributors.
Number of available entries: 2
Increment speed of entries: 5-10 / week
- A - E:
保释 保险 保障 报纸 辩护人 啤酒 冰窖 冰激凌·冰淇淋 博览会 博物馆 博士 博物 博物馆 博物院 不动产 常备军 车票
- F - J:
尴尬
- K - O:
立马（儿） 马上 贸易
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P - T:
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U - Z:
(the detailed contents of this part is coming soon.)
(the detailed contents of this part is coming soon.)
(the detailed contents of this part is coming soon.)
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