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I wonder if the name's etymology has anything specific about it that could only be understood if you're versed in Chinese culture or Mandarin language? After g
by klingonopera 7y ago
I wonder if the name's etymology has anything specific about it that could only be understood if you're versed in Chinese culture or Mandarin language?
After giving it some thought, I finally realized why it sounds so scary: Because of it's open-source nature, if there's anything suspicious in "deepin", it's likely to be ...deep in.
- tannhaeuser 7y agoThat's what I was thinking re scary. But I second your question if there's anything phonetically similar to "deep in" in Mandarin or other language spoken in China.
- carlmr 7y agoDee-pin could be 2 Mandarin Chinese words or syllables, but my dictionary doesn't have a compound word including both. The company behind it is named Wuhan Deepin Technology. On the Chinese website it's 武汉深之度科技有限公司. Which doesn't contain the syllables dee-pin. However the part that is called Deepin in English is 深之度 which literally translated could mean something like passing deep. So it's probably actually English. I'd leave this to someone with better Chinese skills though.