Comments on: Word of the day - 月食 (yuèshí) http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / egy nyelv sosem elég Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Lyydie http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-66278 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:56:05 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-66278 Well, that is much easier than saying "lunar eclipse." Well, that is much easier than saying “lunar eclipse.”

]]> by: Kangy http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-61172 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:39:25 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-61172 I love how people from the Far East think, and the way their thinking influences their languages, vocabulary, construction of words and expressions, etc. I love how people from the Far East think, and the way their thinking influences their languages, vocabulary, construction of words and expressions, etc.

]]> by: epingchris http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58877 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:53:12 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58877 Both are equally accepted in Chinese. And interesting that they have the same pronunciation...... 月蝕 and 日蝕 are self-explanatory enough (lunar erosion/solar erosion); 月食 and 日食 came from the ancient Chinese myth that states eclipses are caused by tiangou ("the sky dog") eating the sun or moon, from <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%A4%A9%E7%8B%97_%28%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%29&variant=zh-tw">Wikipedia</a>. Both are equally accepted in Chinese. And interesting that they have the same pronunciation……

月蝕 and 日蝕 are self-explanatory enough (lunar erosion/solar erosion); 月食 and 日食 came from the ancient Chinese myth that states eclipses are caused by tiangou (”the sky dog”) eating the sun or moon, from Wikipedia.

]]> by: BG http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58831 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:24:39 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58831 The English word is difficult to remember because people do not know the meaning of eclipse, "ἐκλειψις" in Greek, which means "loss" and comes from the verb which literally means "to leave out", "ἐκ" - "out" and "λειπω" - "to leave". The moon being eaten does seem like a pretty good description of an eclipse. Did this topic come up because of the recent lunar eclipse? It's funny that we talked about this in my German class as well. The English word is difficult to remember because people do not know the meaning of eclipse, “ἐκλειψις” in Greek, which means “loss” and comes from the verb which literally means “to leave out”, “ἐκ” - “out” and “λειπω” - “to leave”. The moon being eaten does seem like a pretty good description of an eclipse. Did this topic come up because of the recent lunar eclipse? It’s funny that we talked about this in my German class as well.

]]> by: Mike http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58799 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:18:02 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58799 In Japanese, both 蝕 and 食 are acceptable in these compounds (pronounced 'gesshoku' [月食/月蝕] and 'nisshoku' [日食/日蝕]). In Japanese, both 蝕 and 食 are acceptable in these compounds (pronounced ‘gesshoku’ [月食/月蝕] and ‘nisshoku’ [日食/日蝕]).

]]> by: Stella http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58591 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58591 I was taught to use "月蝕", but there are different types of eclipses. For example, there are Annular Eclipses (日環蝕), Lunar Eclipses (月蝕), 月全蝕 (Total Eclipse) , Partial Eclipse (月偏蝕), Penumbra Eclipse (半影月蝕) etc. I personally think that the Chinese word (月蝕/yue-shi) for "eclipse" is much easier to remember than the English word!:P I was taught to use “月蝕”, but there are different types of eclipses. For example, there are Annular Eclipses (日環蝕), Lunar Eclipses (月蝕), 月全蝕 (Total Eclipse) , Partial Eclipse (月偏蝕), Penumbra Eclipse (半影月蝕) etc.

I personally think that the Chinese word (月蝕/yue-shi) for “eclipse” is much easier to remember than the English word!:P

]]> by: Jonathan K http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58506 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:16:46 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58506 Edit: Both are actually correct. Edit: Both are actually correct.

]]> by: Jonathan K http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58505 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:14:24 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58505 Edwin's right. Zhongwen.com says its "月蝕” （the simplified would be 月蚀）and the second character, shí, means "to eat away at". Edwin’s right. Zhongwen.com says its “月蝕” （the simplified would be 月蚀）and the second character, shí, means “to eat away at”.

]]> by: Edwin http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58459 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:26:09 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/08/28/eclispes/#comment-58459 I think the correct words should be 月蝕. Google Translate gets it wrong and Babel-fish gets it right this time. I think the correct words should be 月蝕.

Google Translate gets it wrong and Babel-fish gets it right this time.

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