tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311633122011-07-08T02:19:56.120+02:00Foreign words in Chinese. I believe all languages uses foreign words when their own vocabulary is insufficient. For instance French. They have adopted a Danish combined expression meaning something like "mess in a kitchen", which is what cooking always results in. In this blog I will post the foreign words used in Mandarin Chinese. You are most welcome to add some, just make a comment to any post you like.Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-7890780785544548462007-04-28T23:58:00.000+02:002007-04-29T00:00:50.945+02:00English word : Model (a person)<br />Chinese pronunciation : mo2te4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-789078078554454846?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1168172158509021612007-01-07T13:14:00.000+01:002007-01-07T13:15:59.030+01:00Yet another product from the west. A marker pen. Pen is pronounced bi3 in Chinese.<br /><br />English word : Marker<br />Chinese pronunciation : ma3ke4bi3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-116817215850902161?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1168118633933683052007-01-06T22:23:00.000+01:002007-01-06T22:23:54.903+01:00English word : Ballet<br />Chinese pronunciation : Ba1lei3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-116811863393368305?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1163867064078844272006-11-18T17:24:00.000+01:002006-12-21T21:56:44.720+01:00English word : Cartoon<br />Chinese pronunciation : Ka3tong1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-116386706407884427?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154984079852834282006-08-14T22:54:00.000+02:002006-08-14T13:22:03.526+02:00English word : Guitar<br />Chinese pronunciation : Ji2ta1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115498407985283428?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154984041289733452006-08-11T22:53:00.000+02:002006-08-11T11:35:49.633+02:00English word : Ton<br />Chinese pronunciation : Dun4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115498404128973345?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154984020127033962006-08-10T22:53:00.000+02:002006-08-10T08:43:25.466+02:00English word : Meter<br />Chinese pronunciation : mi3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115498402012703396?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154983755656547762006-08-09T22:48:00.000+02:002006-08-21T22:38:56.483+02:00English word : Cool<br />Chinese pronunciation : ku4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115498375565654776?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154983934325238052006-08-08T22:50:00.000+02:002006-08-08T08:50:46.383+02:00English word : AIDS<br />Chinese pronunciation : ai4zi1 (bing4)<br /><br />bing4 is sickness, illness or disease.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115498393432523805?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154983693481012142006-08-07T22:47:00.000+02:002006-08-07T22:48:25.273+02:00English word : Aspirin<br />Chinese pronunciation : a1si1pi3lin2<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115498369348101214?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1154686043474341312006-08-04T12:05:00.000+02:002006-08-04T12:07:23.513+02:00English word : Fee<br />Chinese pronunciation : Fei4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115468604347434131?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152963693404365022006-08-03T13:38:00.000+02:002006-08-03T08:24:18.516+02:00The Chinese are much known for their fabulous green tea! When they learned about coffee, what did they call it? Ka1fei1<br /><br />English word : Coffee<br />Chinese pronunciation : Ka1fei1<br /><br />What would a café be? Or rather; a Coffee bar? Ka1fei1ba1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115296369340436502?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152996148122809402006-08-02T22:40:00.000+02:002006-08-02T09:46:44.556+02:00English word : Hysterics<br />Chinese pronunciation : xie1si1di3li3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299614812280940?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152995071116853492006-08-01T22:23:00.000+02:002006-08-01T08:09:46.926+02:00English word : Internet<br />Chinese pronunciation : yin1te4wang3 (wang3 means <span style="font-style: italic;">net</span>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299507111685349?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152994740683794452006-07-31T22:17:00.000+02:002006-07-31T09:17:05.526+02:00English word : Chocolate<br />Chinese pronunciation : Qiao3ke4li4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299474068379445?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152995434463713862006-07-28T22:30:00.000+02:002006-07-28T12:26:46.716+02:00English word : Sofa<br />Chinese pronunciation : sha1fa1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299543446371386?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152995978852825162006-07-27T22:39:00.000+02:002006-07-27T09:29:48.350+02:00English word : Microphone<br />Chinese pronunciation : Mai4ke4feng1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299597885282516?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152996276205183862006-07-26T22:44:00.000+02:002006-07-26T14:33:33.226+02:00English word : Salat<br />Chinese pronunciation : sa1la1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299627620518386?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152994913903881152006-07-25T22:19:00.000+02:002006-07-25T13:51:06.140+02:00English word : Ice Cream<br />Chinese pronunciation : bing1(means ice) qi2lin2 (should sound like <span style="font-style: italic;">cream</span>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115299491390388115?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152963834187830312006-07-19T13:42:00.000+02:002006-07-19T10:32:00.450+02:00English word : Pizza<br />Chinese pronunciation : Bi3sa1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115296383418783031?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152963958864971632006-07-18T13:43:00.000+02:002006-07-18T11:41:40.760+02:00For some reason there was a need to adopt a certain word when the lao3wai4 (old outsider or foreigner) came to China.<br /><br />English word : Humor<br />Chinese pronunciation : you1mo4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115296395886497163?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152963264106968992006-07-15T13:32:00.000+02:002006-07-15T13:34:24.106+02:00The first Chinese foreign word I would add to this blog, would be <span style="font-style: italic;">logic.<br /><br /></span>English word : Logic<br />Chinese pronunciation : luo2ji4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115296326410696899?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163312.post-1152963464613949092006-07-14T13:34:00.000+02:002006-11-25T07:29:56.546+01:00Hello any reader I may have!<br /><br />As an opening comment, I would have to say that I will not trouble myself writing the chinese characters for these Chinese foreign words. But I will of course add the correct pinyin - in its simplest form though. Which is with traditional letters and each syllable followed by a number indicating the tone.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31163312-115296346461394909?l=chinese-foreign-words.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217071767317364637noreply@blogger.com0