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Chinese loanwords in English
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There are about thirty English words from Chinese (the oldest English words in the Great English Dictionary), less than ten of which are commonly used. Most come from Chinese after the 18th century, usually non-modern systematic Romanized Chinese or Pinyin.
Mandarin loanword
kung
fu
—(from "Kung Fu" in 1966)
yin
yang
—(from "Yin Yang" in 1671)
kowtow
—(from "Kowtou" in 1804)
tofu
—(from “tofu” in 1880)
lychee or litche
—(from “lychee” in 1588)
en|gung
ho or gung-ho
—(from "Gonghe" or "***好" in 1939)
mahjong or mah-jong
—(from "Mahjong" in 1920)
feng
shui
—(from "Feng Shui" in 1797 ")
tai
chi
—(from "Tai Chi" in 1736)
yamen
— (from "Yamen" in 1747)
kaolin
— (from "Gaoling" in 1727)
kylin
—( From "Kilin" in 1857)
longan
— (from "Longyan" in 1732)
pe-tsai
—( From "Baicai" in 1795)
petuntse
—(from "Baidunzi" in 1727)
sampan
—(1620 Year comes from "sampan")
suan-pan
— (1736 comes from "abacus")
Tao
—( 1736 from "Tao")
taipan (general manager of a large merchant house)
— (1834 from "Taipan")
toumingdu (transparency)
—(from the term "transparency" used during Sino-British negotiations in the 1980s)
typhoon
—(from "typhoon")
tuchun
—(from "Tung" in 1917)
tung (Tung genus)
—(from "Tung" in 1788)
Ho-ho
bird
—(from "Phoenix" in 1901)
wampee (a kind of fruit)
— (from "Huangpi" in 1830)
whangee (a kind of bamboo)
— (from "Huangpi" in 1790)
mandarin (Mandarin)
—(from "Mandarins (officials of the Qing Dynasty in China)")
qi
bo
—(from "Intelligence" )
Cantonese loan word
typhoon
—(from "typhoon" in 1771)
dim
sum
—(from “Dim Sum” in 1948)
yum
cha
—(from “Yumcha” about 15 years ago )
wok
—(from "wok (wok)" in 1952)
bok
choy
—(from "caipage" in 1938, more commonly used than Pe-tsai)
chop-suey
—(from "chop suey" in 1888)
won
ton
—(from "wonton" in 1948)
chow
mein
—(from "Chow Mein" in 1903)
lo
mein
—(from "Lo Mein" )
paktong (a kind of coin)
—(from "white copper" in 1775)
sycee (a kind of coin)
— (from "Si" in 1711)
souchong (a kind of tea)
— (from "Xiaozhong" in 1760)
Xiamen dialect loanword
cumshaw (money reward)
—(from "thank you" in 1839)