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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
shān

Confucius

kǒng


Dingho(Pretty good)

dǐng
hǎo

Fengshui

fēng
shuǐ

Ginseng

rén
cān

gāo

cān

Gung-ho

rè
qíng
gāo
zhǎng

IChing



jīng


Kowtow

kē
tóu

Kungfu

gōng
fū

Lao-tzu

lǎo


Mah-jong

má
jiāng

Sampan

shān
bǎn

Silk


chóu

Tai-chi (chuan)

tài


tài

quán

Tao

dào
jiāo

TaoTeChing


dào
dé
jīng


Tofu

dòu
fǔ

Tong

táng

Typhoon

tái
fēng

YinandYang

yīn
yáng
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
jǐu
bù
jiàn


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