English words from Mandarin
- KuoA surname.
- qinAny of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
- qigongA Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
- JiaA surname.
- HsiA surname.
- ChongqingA direct-administered municipality and city in western China.
- DalianOf or relating to Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter.
- TienA surname from Mandarin.
- XieA surname from Chinese.
- xingA surname.
- ZhongA surname.
- YangtzeThe chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
- ChengduA subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.
- liaoIndicates action completion, or more generally, perfective aspect.
- WuhanA subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China.
- XueA surname.
- zhenA surname.
- shangA Chinese unit of land area equivalent to 15 mu or about one hectare.
- JieAn ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
- ramenSoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
- HsiehA surname from Mandarin.
- XiangA Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China
- ShenyangA subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
- SuzhouA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River.
- sianBored, weary or fed up; tired (of something).
- XiaAn ancient dynasty in China.
- TengA surname from Hokkien.
- 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.
- HenanA province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
- 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.
- JilinA province of China. Capital: Changchun.
- GuangxiA Zhuang autonomous region of China. Official name: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Capital: Nanning.
- 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.
- gojiA fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
- DazuA district of Chongqing, China.
- HubeiA province in central China. Capital: Wuhan.
- ShanxiA province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
- NanyangSynonym of Peranakan.
- GansuA province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou.
- 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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- SinanA county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
- 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.
- honchoBoss, leader.
- 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.
- ZhanA Chinese surname from Mandarin.
- 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.