Talk:電視

Etymology

The wasei eigo etymology was removed by an IP (Wyang) in this diff, but there was a reference to Tatsuo Miyajima, “Terebi” to “denshi”, in 西学東漸と東亜近代新語新概念, 2008. I wonder if any Japanese-reading editors could examine to see if this is indeed unreliable. @Suzukaze-c, Eirikr, Poketalker, Shen233, Cnilep — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 00:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Interesting, but according to the paper "日本側の資料だけで中国側の資料がかけているので，具体的に日本から 中国へ「電視」という表現がつたわった経路がわからない。それがつきとめられないかぎ り，これが和製漢語だという証明は完成しない。", In the end it's not conclusive whether its wasei kango, (I think you meant wasei kango).Shen233 (talk) 00:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Shen233: Thanks! Yes, I meant wasei kango. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 01:39, 13 October 2021 (UTC)