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Loan Word
Chinese Characters
Typhoon
Wok
大風/颱風
Wonton
吞/餛飩
Yin, Yang
陰陽
Meaning
A violent cyclonic storm or hurricane occurring in the China seas and adjacent regions, chiefly during the period from July to October.
A large metal Chinese cooking pot having a curved base like a bowl and traditionally with a wooden handle.
Filled pockets of noodle dough boiled in and eaten with soup.
Two complementary principles of Chinese philosophy: Yin is negative, dark, and feminine, Yang positive, bright, and masculine. Their interaction is thought to maintain the harmony of the universe and to influence everything within it.
Yuan
院/元
*Yum cha 飲茶
*Yum sing
# B
Zen
禪
The basic monetary unit of China established in 1914; a department of government in the Nationalist government of China.
Literally 'drink tea'. A Cantonese repast taken in the early morning or at lunch time at which dimsum or small tidbits are consumed along with Chinese tea.
Equivalent to 'bottoms up,' to drink the whole glass. Often used in mixed social gatherings of expatriates and local people.
Buddhism. A Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 16th C. A.D., and into Japan in the 12th C., the emphasis of which was upon enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they formed part of such means.