"Up" in Japanese and Chinese

Language Log 2019-03-12

Summary:

Tong Wang told me that she just learned a new word.  It's "up主“, a term borrowed from Japanese into Chinese, and refers to those who upload audio, video, or other resources to share on certain websites. In this expression, zhǔ / nushi 主 means "master; lord; host; owner", etc. (it has many other meanings in […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=42099

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

03/12/2019, 23:53

Date published:

03/12/2019, 17:16