http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/ Learn languages Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:08:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/#comment-1886 admin Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:49:36 +0000 http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/#comment-1886 That is true, midori is a kind of green, but 'ao' can mean either, in the spectrum of green to blue. That is true, midori is a kind of green, but ‘ao’ can mean either, in the spectrum of green to blue.

]]> http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/#comment-1883 Alexander Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:00:13 +0000 http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/#comment-1883 There are separate words for "green" and "blue" in Japanese: "midori" and "ao", respectively. There are separate words for “green” and “blue” in Japanese: “midori” and “ao”, respectively.

]]> http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/#comment-1428 Junjie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:57:51 +0000 http://www.languagehack.com/2008/09/11/similarities-between-japanese-vietnamese-chinese-and-korean/#comment-1428 I'm also quite confused about qing meaning blue and green at the same time, but what about lan and lü? Are these two new words? Or is qing more something like "color of natural things"? I’m also quite confused about qing meaning blue and green at the same time, but what about lan and lü? Are these two new words? Or is qing more something like “color of natural things”?

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