The difficulty of borrowing in Chinese
Language Log 2025-10-04
Summary:
The Strange Reason Chinese Doesn’t Borrow Words Time for another Julesy: Once again, Julesy hits the nail on the head — squarely and repeatedly. Selected readings "Massive borrowing" (2/18/19 "Of chariots, chess, and Chinese borrowings" (6/7/24) "The origin of 'thing' in Chinese" (5/10/25) "The Englishization of Chinese enters a new phase" (8/8/24) "YouCool" (3/7/08) […]