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.