English words from Mandarin
- QianA surname.
- rongA county of Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China.
- hengThe character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.
- HainanA province off the coast of southern China, primarily made up of Hainan Island. Capital: Haikou.
- XanaduA place full of beauty, happiness and wonder.
- KunmingA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China.
- KaohsiungA city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.
- HebeiA province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang.
- AnhuiA province in eastern China. Capital: Hefei.
- bamaNickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.
- chibiA child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
- ShashiA district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- TaichungA city in central-western Taiwan.
- hsienAn administrative subdivision of Taiwan, commonly translated as county. (Alternative form of xian for mainland China.)
- TsengA surname.
- GuilinA city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
- WenzhouA prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
- ZhongshanA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southern China.
- pipaA pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
- LiaoningA province in northeastern China. Capital: Shenyang.
- QiuAn English surname from Mandarin Chinese.
- FoshanA large prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeast China.
- HannanA surname from Irish.
- MiaoThe Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.), an ethnic group of China and Vietnam speaking the Hmong-Mien language family.
- EminA county of Tacheng prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
- PudongA new area in Shanghai, China.
- DazuA district of Chongqing, China.
- HubeiA province in central China. Capital: Wuhan.
- NanyangSynonym of Peranakan.
- QinghaiA province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining.
- ZhuangA member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.
- FuzhouA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China.
- WuxiA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- ZhuhaiA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
- bayanA type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.
- JiangxiA province in southern China. Capital: Nanchang.
- oolongA partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.
- TsinghuaTsinghua University
- GuizhouA province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
- QiangAn ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
- JinanA prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Shandong, in eastern China.
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- HsinchuA city in northern Taiwan, sixth largest city in Taiwan, southwest of Taipei.
- KashiSynonym of Kashgar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- HeilongjiangA province in northeastern China. Capital: Harbin.
- boleThe trunk or stem of a tree.
- HuanA county of Qingyang, Gansu, China.
- jiaoA currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.
- HumaA county of Dahingganling prefecture, Heilongjiang, China.
- ChangchunA prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jilin, in northeastern China.
- KuangA surname.
- fuguBlowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
- ChangzhouA prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.
- BolingA surname.
- DaanA district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- LanzhouA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Gansu, in northwestern China.
- ChangshaA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hunan, in south-central China.
- NingxiaA Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
- ShipingA county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
- ZhengzhouA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Henan, in central China.
- LijiangA prefecture-level city northwestern Yunnan, China.
- MalanA town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China.
- luanA surname from Mandarin.
- HefeiA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Anhui, in central China.
- ruanA Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute which has, since the mid-20th century, been produced in a family of five sizes (from low to high).
- loongA Chinese dragon.
- TaizhouA prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China.
- HsiungA surname.
- CixiA county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
- Zhongguo3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.
- xunA clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.
- YangzhouA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- BaiduTo search for (something) on the Internet using the Baidu search engine.
- DunhuangA county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
- barenA tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
- RituSynonym of Rutog; a place in Tibet, China: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- AnjiA county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- TaoyuanA city in northwestern Taiwan, formerly a county.
- KuomintangA nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- NantongA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.
- dayeA surname.
- LeshanA prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
- TaiyuanA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Shanxi, in northern China.
- NanchangA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China.
- HantaiA district of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
- DatongA prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
- JiangmenA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
- kiangA large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.
- HuizhouA group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou.
- JiangyinA county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
- GuiyangA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Guizhou, in southwestern China.
- tachiA pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.
- NankaiA district of Tianjin, China.
- GuinanA surname.
- ZhangjiagangA county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- HuangshanA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- HualienA county in eastern Taiwan.
- baguaThe eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
- wuxiaA genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.
- anjuKorean food consumed with alcohol.