Chinese
Loan Word
Characters
Pak-choi
白菜
*Pak pai
白牌
Pekingese 北京(狗)
Pekoe
白
*Pinyin
拼音
Petuntse, 白墩子 Petuntze
Pipa
EE
*Putonghua 普通話
*Renminbi 人民幣
Samfoo
衫褲
Sampan
舢舨
Samshu
三燒
*Sharpei,
沙皮
sharpi
Shanghai 上海
Shantung
山東
Shih tzu
獅子
Souchong
小槌
Meaning
Another name for Chinese cabbage,
Literally 'white label', meaning hire cars which are in fact operating illegally because they are not licenced to carry passengers for a fee.
A small long-haired dog, of the pug type, orig. brought from the Imperial Palace at Pekin.
A superior kind of black tea, so called from the leaves being picked young with the down still on them.
Literally 'to write according to sound'
referring to the romanization system used to write Chinese rather than the traditional Chinese characters.
A white earth, consisting of pulverized granite; used in combination with kaolin in the manufacture of Chinese porcelain, A 4-stringed Chinese musical instrument plucked like a guitar and having a large body resembling a lule and a neck with 12 or more frets that leads into the body. Literally ordinary specch', the standard dialect of China.
Literally 'the people's currency', referring to the currency of the People's Republic of China.
A style of casual dress worn by Chinese women, consisting of waisted blouse and trousers,
Applied by Europeans in the China seas to any small boat of Chinese pattern.
An alcoholic liquor distilled in China from boiled and fermented rice.
Literally 'sand-skinned', referring to the rough and loose skin of this breed of dog, formerly known as the Chinese Fighting Dog'.
To drug or otherwise render insensible,
and ship on board a vessel wanting hands.
A soft undressed Chinese silk.
A Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese.
One of the finer varieties of black tea.
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Chinese
Loan Word
Characters
Pak-choi
白菜
*Pak pai
白牌
Pekingese 北京(狗)
Pekoe
白
*Pinyin
拼音
Petuntse, 白墩子 Petuntze
Pipa
EE
*Putonghua 普通話
*Renminbi 人民幣
Samfoo
衫褲
Sampan
舢舨
Samshu
三燒
*Sharpei,
沙皮
sharpi
Shanghai 上海
Shantung
山東
Shih tzu
獅子
Souchong
小槌
Meaning
Another name for Chinese cabbage,
Literally 'white label', meaning hire cars which are in fact operating illegally because they are not licenced to carry passengers for a fee.
A small long-haired dog, of the pug type, orig. brought from the Imperial Palace at Pekin.
A superior kind of black tea, so called from the leaves being picked young with the down still on them.
Literally 'to write according to sound'
referring to the romanization system used to write Chinese rather than the traditional Chinese characters.
A white earth, consisting of pulverized granite; used in combination with kaolin in the manufacture of Chinese porcelain, A 4-stringed Chinese musical instrument plucked like a guitar and having a large body resembling a lule and a neck with 12 or more frets that leads into the body. Literally ordinary specch', the standard dialect of China.
Literally 'the people's currency', referring to the currency of the People's Republic of China.
A style of casual dress worn by Chinese women, consisting of waisted blouse and trousers,
Applied by Europeans in the China seas to any small boat of Chinese pattern.
An alcoholic liquor distilled in China from boiled and fermented rice.
Literally 'sand-skinned', referring to the rough and loose skin of this breed of dog, formerly known as the Chinese Fighting Dog'.
To drug or otherwise render insensible,
and ship on board a vessel wanting hands.
A soft undressed Chinese silk.
A Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese.
One of the finer varieties of black tea.
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