Chinese words in American English



Some Chinese words in American English to share with you.You may find similar pronunciation between them.Try to say it in English, and i believe Chinese will understand.

Cheong-sam

cháng
长
shān
衫

Confucius

kǒng
孔
zǐ
子

Dingho(Pretty good)

dǐng
顶
hǎo
好

Fengshui

fēng
风
shuǐ
水

Ginseng

rén
人
cān
参

gāo
高
lì
丽
cān
参

Gung-ho

rè
热
qíng
情
gāo
高
zhǎng
涨

IChing

《
《
yì
易
jīng
经
》
》

Kowtow

kē
磕
tóu
头

Kungfu

gōng
功
fū
夫

Lao-tzu

lǎo
老
zǐ
子

Mah-jong

má
麻
jiāng
将

Sampan

shān
舢
bǎn
板

Silk

sī
丝
chóu
绸

Tai-chi (chuan)

tài
太
jí
极

tài
太
jí
极
quán
拳

Tao

dào
道
jiāo
教

TaoTeChing

《
《
dào
道
dé
德
jīng
经
》
》

Tofu

dòu
豆
fǔ
腐

Tong

táng
堂

Typhoon

tái
台
fēng
风

YinandYang

yīn
阴
yáng
阳
In additional, another common sentence which is used often is: Long time no see.Though there's no Chinese in the sentence, but that's where it comes from.

Long time no see

hěn
很
jǐu
久
bù
不
jiàn
见


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