英语词汇china的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

China; sinologist. China was not the name of the country that ancient Romans in Persia heard about from Chinese trad- ers. The country is so named by mistake, because when asked where they came from, the Chinese would diplomatically give the name of the ruling dynasty at the time, the Ch’in, instead of the name of their country, Chung-kuo, “the Middle Kingdom” or “Central Country.” Ch’in was Latinized by the Romans as Sina, which became the English China, as well as the basis for words like sinologist. The term china (lowercased here) refers to the fine porcelain brought to Europe from the Far East as early as the 16th century.

词汇	china
词源	China; sinologist. China was not the name of the country that ancient Romans in Persia heard about from Chinese trad- ers. The country is so named by mistake, because when asked where they came from, the Chinese would diplomatically give the name of the ruling dynasty at the time, the Ch’in, instead of the name of their country, Chung-kuo, “the Middle Kingdom” or “Central Country.” Ch’in was Latinized by the Romans as Sina, which became the English China, as well as the basis for words like sinologist. The term china (lowercased here) refers to the fine porcelain brought to Europe from the Far East as early as the 16th century.
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