英语词汇chinese language contributions to english的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Chinese language contributions to English. One out of eve- ry four people in the world speaks Chinese, “the world’s first language.” A good number of English words have Chinese an- cestors. Among these are: beezer for a nose (from the Chinese ta-bee-tsu for Westerners, “the great-nosed ones”); brain- washing (originally a Korean conflict term that is a direct translation of the Chinese hsi nao, “to wash the brain”); chop- chop (“hurry,” from pidgin English); chop suey; chow; chow mein; fantan; gung ho; joss; kowtow; long time no see; mah-jongg (although the Cantonese Chinese word really means “house sparrow”); no can do (from pidgin English); tong; and typhoon. The Chinese have a proverb cat gone, old rat comes out that is much older than our centuries-old when the cat’s away the mice will play. Even the insulting, abusive word Chink for a Chinese person is said to be a mispronunciation of the Chinese word Chung-kuo for “China.” See also chinaman’s chance; pidgin english.

词汇	chinese language contributions to english
词源	Chinese language contributions to English. One out of eve- ry four people in the world speaks Chinese, “the world’s first language.” A good number of English words have Chinese an- cestors. Among these are: beezer for a nose (from the Chinese ta-bee-tsu for Westerners, “the great-nosed ones”); brain- washing (originally a Korean conflict term that is a direct translation of the Chinese hsi nao, “to wash the brain”); chop- chop (“hurry,” from pidgin English); chop suey; chow; chow mein; fantan; gung ho; joss; kowtow; long time no see; mah-jongg (although the Cantonese Chinese word really means “house sparrow”); no can do (from pidgin English); tong; and typhoon. The Chinese have a proverb cat gone, old rat comes out that is much older than our centuries-old when the cat’s away the mice will play. Even the insulting, abusive word Chink for a Chinese person is said to be a mispronunciation of the Chinese word Chung-kuo for “China.” See also chinaman’s chance; pidgin english.
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