Chinese words with foreign origin ~ my chinese notebook . . .

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Like other languages, Chinese language has some words with foreign origin as well. Let’s find out what some of them are:

巧克力（Qiǎokèlì）: Chocolate

逻辑（Luójí）: Logic

芭蕾（Bālěi）: Ballet

沙拉（Shālā）: Salad

麦克风（Màikèfēng）: Microphone

沙发（Shāfā）: Sofa

因特网（Yīntèwǎng）: Internet

奥林匹克（Àolínpǐkè）: Olympic

夹克（Jiákè）: Jacket

比基尼（Bǐjīní）: Bikini

吉他（Jítā）: Guitar

巴士（Bāshì）: Bus

马拉松（Mǎlāsōng）: Marathon

卡（Kǎ）: Card

台风（Táifēng）:Typhoon

However, I have heard some people say that Typhoon came from 台风（Táifēng)

扑克（Pūkè）: Poker

费（Fèi）: Fee

咖啡（Kāfēi）: Coffee

比萨（Bǐsà）: Pizza

酷（Kù）: Cool

I think Qiǎokèlì is my favorite. What about you?

AnonymousJune 13, 2011 at 9:50 AM
shala, obviously ;)
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NJune 15, 2011 at 6:13 AM
Of course Qiǎokèlì...and Bǐjīní ;D
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AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 1:10 AM
Typhoon definitely comes from either Chinese or Japanese. In Japanese it has the same characters whereas most western words don't use characters.

You're blog is great. I wish you'd do a little more grammar. Post as much as you want, I'll keep reading! :-D
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Ma Si WenSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:00 PM
That's what i thought too but I have heard some people say that its the other way around.

Thanks for the suggestion on grammar. I definitely plan to write many more posts on grammar. Keep reading and leaving comments like these :)
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