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:* 1. It no longer does. Most Chinese loanwords in Japanese now sound nothing like Chinese. The languages evolve. Japanese has evolved greatly since Middle Ages and so did Chinese. While it's true that on-yomi reading of Kanji evolved from Chinese, they really drifted apart from each other by those years. Also, modern Chinese no longer sounds like Middle Chinese (especially Mandarin, which is one of the most peculiarly evolved dialects. Cantonese or Min-Nan are way more conservative). - '''YOU WIN''' | :* 1. It no longer does. Most Chinese loanwords in Japanese now sound nothing like Chinese. The languages evolve. Japanese has evolved greatly since Middle Ages and so did Chinese. While it's true that on-yomi reading of Kanji evolved from Chinese, they really drifted apart from each other by those years. Also, modern Chinese no longer sounds like Middle Chinese (especially Mandarin, which is one of the most peculiarly evolved dialects. Cantonese or Min-Nan are way more conservative). - '''YOU WIN''' | ||
* 2. Jirachi. | * 2. Jirachi. | ||
* 3. I SPRAKKING MANDARIN. LEARN IT. Q = CH. J = J. Ben dan pang zhu. | * 3. I SPRAKKING MANDARIN. LEARN IT. Q = CH. J = J. Ben dan pang zhu. (Plus, I got confirmation by 6 Chinese people.) | ||
* 4. Try... Farfetch'd. Farfetch'd is far-fetched, too. | * 4. Try... Farfetch'd. Farfetch'd is far-fetched, too. | ||
* 5. You do. | * 5. You do. | ||
