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chinapage
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 Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject: English words originated from the Chinese language |
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Every language has borrowed words from other languages.
In English, for example, there are words originated from
Latin, French and German languages.
A few Chinese words have entered the English language as well.
http://www.chinapage.com/word/chineseorigin.html |
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nancyxu
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that's quite right. If we learn Chinese, we need a good English-Chinese dictionary.  |
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michiru
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: English words originated from the Chinese language |
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| chinapage wrote: | Every language has borrowed words from other languages.
In English, for example, there are words originated from
Latin, French and German languages.
A few Chinese words have entered the English language as well.
http://www.chinapage.com/word/chineseorigin.html |
There a list of English loanwords from Chinese in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin
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