Japan的词源
英文词源
- japan
- japan: [17] The hard laquer varnish called japan received its name, of course, because it came from Japan. But where did the name Japan come from? For the Japanese call their country Nippon. The answer is Chinese, where jih pun means literally ‘sunrise’ (jih is ‘sun’, and the equivalent term in Japanese is ni, so Japanese Nippon too is the ‘land of the rising sun’). The Chinese word came into English via Malay Japang. Another English derivative is the name of the shrub japonica [19], which originated in Japan.
- Japan
- 1570s, via Portuguese Japao, Dutch Japan, acquired in Malacca from Malay Japang, from Chinese jih pun "sunrise" (equivalent of Japanese Nippon), from jih "sun" + pun "origin." Earliest form in Europe was Marco Polo's Chipangu. Cultural contact led to japaning "coat with lacquer or varnish" (1680s), japonaiserie (1896, from French), etc.
中文词源
来自日本汉语“日本”，即太阳升起这地，也称为Nippon.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：Japan 词源，Japan 含义。
Japan（日本）：中国对日本的称呼“日本”
英语中表示日本的单词Japan来源于古时中国人口中的“日本”二字，随着东西方贸易 而流传至欧洲。日本国名首次在西方文学中出现，是在《马可波罗游记》中。马可波罗将日 本记作Chipangu，应该来自当时中古汉语中“日本”的发音。
而马来语中的日本为Japang，也是由中文“日本”而来。16世纪时，葡萄牙人在马六 甲贸易时初次遇到这个名字并将之带回欧洲。从此以后，该名称开始广泛流行于欧洲各国， 进入英语后拼写演变为Japan。
