How many loanwords do you know?

How many loanwords do you know?
Feb 3, 2008 00:29
BBQQ Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: offline	As any other language, Chinese has bought many words from other languages. Most of loanwords in Chinese are from English and Japan.If you want to learn Chinese, you need to know them. Here are some loan words. Do you know them? If you know more, please share them with us. Let's learn them together. 咖啡 (Ka 1 Fei 1) coffee 沙发 (Sha 1 Fa 1) sofa 可乐 (Ke 3 Le 4) Cola 汉堡包 (Han 4 Bao 3 Bao) Hamburger 土司 (Tu 3 Si 1) toast 色拉 (Sha 1 La 1)（salsd）台风 (Tai 2 Feng 1)（Typhoon）克隆 (Ke 4 Long 2)（clone）雷达 (Lei 2 Da 2) rader 麦当劳 (Mai 4 Dang 1 Lao 2) MacDonald 沙龙 (Sha 1 Long 2) salon 吉他 (Ji 2 Ta ) guitar 人参 (Ren 2 Shen) Ginseng 香波 (Xiang 1 Bo 1) shampoo

Feb 3, 2008 00:29

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As any other language, Chinese has bought many words from other languages. Most of loanwords in Chinese are from English and Japan.If you want to learn Chinese, you need to know them. Here are some loan words. Do you know them? If you know more, please share them with us. Let's learn them together.

咖啡 (Ka 1 Fei 1) coffee
沙发 (Sha 1 Fa 1) sofa
可乐 (Ke 3 Le 4) Cola
汉堡包 (Han 4 Bao 3 Bao) Hamburger
土司 (Tu 3 Si 1) toast
色拉 (Sha 1 La 1)（salsd）
台风 (Tai 2 Feng 1)（Typhoon）
克隆 (Ke 4 Long 2)（clone）
雷达 (Lei 2 Da 2) rader
麦当劳 (Mai 4 Dang 1 Lao 2) MacDonald
沙龙 (Sha 1 Long 2) salon
吉他 (Ji 2 Ta ) guitar
人参 (Ren 2 Shen) Ginseng
香波 (Xiang 1 Bo 1) shampoo

Feb 4, 2008 01:59	#1
BLUESKY001 Points: Join Date: Nov 9, 2007 Status: Offline	卡拉OK. It is brought from Japan.

Feb 17, 2008 07:56	#2
GUEST74229	拖拉机 tractor, 伊妹儿 email, 摩托车 motorcycle James

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