Chinese
89
Loan Word
Characters
Soy
豉油
Tai chi
太極
*Tai tai
太太
Taipan
大班
Taiping
太平
Tanka
疍家
Tao(ism)
道(教)
(ist)
Tea
茶
*Tin Hau
天后
Tofu
豆腐
Tong
堂
Tung (oil)
桐(油)
Tycoon
大亨
Meaning
A salty, fermented sauce much used on fish and other dishes in the Orient, prepared from soybeans.
A series of postures and exercises developed in China as a system of self-defence and as an aid to meditation, characterized by slow, relaxed, circular movements.
Meaning 'Mrs', a title for a married lady, placed after the surname as in 張太太 or 'Mrs. Cheung'. In the Hong Kong media it has acquired specific connotations and refers to wealthy married ladies who are usually prominent in society and are arbiters of style and fashion.
The head of a foreign house of business in China: a great merchant.
The name given to the adherents of a great rebellion which arose in Southern China in 1850, under the leadership of Hung Siu-tsuen.
The boat-population of Canton, who live entirely on the boats by which they earn their living; they are descendants of some aboriginal tribe of which Tan was app. the name.
A system of religion, founded on the doctrine set forth in the work Tao te king 'Book of reason and virtue'.
The leaves of the tea-plant; first imported into Europe in the 17th C. A drink made by infusing these leaves in boiling water, having a somewhat bitter and aromatic flavour, and acting as a moderate stimulant; largely used as a beverage.
Literally 'Queen of Heaven', goddess who is patroness of fishermen and sailors.
The bean-curd or bean-cheese of China and Japan, made from soya beans.
A Chinese secret society.
A yellow drying oil derived from the seed of a tung tree, Aleurites Fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
A businessman having great wealth and power.