English words from Mandarin
- wallA rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- roofThe external covering at the top of a building.
- mooncakeA rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October).
- big-character posterSynonym of dazibao.
- DaliforniaNickname for Dali, a city in Yunnan, China.
- Ju kilnSynonym of Ru kiln.
- Ju wareSynonym of Ru ware.
- Lower Xiajiadian cultureAn archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 2200 to 1600 BCE.
- Mongolian barbecueA stir-fried dish of meat and vegetables cooked on large, round, solid iron griddles at high temperatures.
- new immigrantA person that immigrated to Taiwan after 1987, during and after the end of the martial law era; mainly used for Mainland Chinese and Southeast Asian women who migrate to Taiwan for marriage.
- osmanthus wineA Chinese distilled spirit flavored with osmanthus flowers, specially consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
- play-playTo mess around, to play around; to take things lightly.
- potstickerA kind of pan-fried dumpling in East Asian cuisines.
- realgar wineA Chinese rice liquor mixed with realgar (arsenic sulfide), traditionally consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival.
- Ru kilnA kiln in which Chinese Ru ware was manufactured during the Song dynasty.
- Ru wareA very rare type of Chinese porcelain, often with a blue glaze, dating from the Song dynasty.
- soup dumplingTangbao, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup.
- Upper Xiajiadian cultureAn archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.
- Water BanquetA set banquet of eight cold and 16 hot dishes served in six courses, a hallmark of Luoyang cuisine.
- white lotusThe species Nymphaea lotus.