English words from Mandarin
- BeinanA rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.
- BeipiaoA county-level city of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
- BeipuA rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
- BeishanA mountain range in western China.
- BeitouA district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- BeizhanSynonym of Fengquan.
- BeizhiliA former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Beijing, later renamed Zhili by the Qing Dynasty, and reformed into Hebei province in 1928.
- BengbuA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- benshengrenHan Chinese who came to Taiwan from mainland China before 1945, often having experienced Japanese rule, as compared to Han Chinese who came to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945, following the Chinese Civil War (waishengren).
- BianjingSynonym of Kaifeng.
- BianliangSynonym of Kaifeng.
- bianqingA set of qings, or sounding stones, used in Chinese music.
- bianzhongA set of bronze bells played to provide melody, of ancient Chinese origin.
- big-character posterSynonym of dazibao.
- BijiangA district of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
- BijieA prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
- bingtuanIn China, a construction and corporation composed of soldiers, especially working-class ones.
- BinhaiA district and new area in Tianjin, China.
- BinlangAn island of Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
- BinzhouA county-level city of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
- bixieA chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.
- BiyangA county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
- Black Turtlea Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy
- Bo'aiA county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
- Bo'aoA town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.
- Bo BingA dice game of six dice and a bowl traditionally played as a social event during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Southern Fujian, especially in Xiamen and Kinmen, and among the Chinese Filipino community in the Philippines.
- BoketuA town in Yakeshi, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
- bopomofoName for Zhuyin Fuhao used by ISO and Unicode.
- BowangA district of Ma'anshan, Anhui, China.
- BozhouA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- CaidianA district of Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.
- caixinchoy sum
- CangjieAn input method for entering Chinese characters into a computer, developed in 1976 and originally supporting only traditional Chinese. Characters are visually decomposed into parts; these parts are assigned keys on the keyboard.
- CangnanA county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- CangxiA county of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.
- CangzhouA prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
- cee-loA gambling game played with dice.
- CehengA county of Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.
- ChalingA county of Zhuzhou, Hunan, China.
- ChangbaiAn autonomous county of Baishan, Jilin, China.
- ChangchienA surname from Mandarin.
- ChangdeA prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
- changesiteAny of several minerals discovered by the Chang'e series of lunar landers and Yutu series of lunar rovers
- ChangfengA county of Hefei, Anhui, China.
- ChanggeA county-level city of Xuchang, Henan, China.
- ChanghaiA county of Dalian, Liaoning, China.
- ChanghsingianA subdivision of the Permian period.
- ChangjiA Hui autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
- Chang JiangSynonym of Yangtze.
- ChangleA district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; a former county of Fujian, China.
- ChangliA county of Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China.
- ChanglingA county of Songyuan, Jilin, China.
- ChangningA district of Shanghai, China.
- ChangpingA district of Beijing, China.
- ChangshouA district of Chongqing, China.
- ChangwuA county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
- ChangxingA county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- ChangyangA Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
- ChangyiA district of Jilin, Jilin, China.
- ChangyuanA county-level city of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
- ChangzhiA prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
- ChangziSynonym of Zhangzi.
- ChanheA Hui district in Luoyang, Henan, China.
- chanyuA supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu.
- Chao'anA district of Chaozhou, eastern Guangdong, China.
- chao fanChinese fried rice.
- ChaohuA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- ChaoshanA region in eastern Guangdong, China, home of the Swatow, Jieyang and Teochew people. Historically composed of 8 counties belonging to the department of Chaozhou (潮州府), today it is equivalent to the 3 cities of Chaozhou, Shantou, and Jieyang.
- ChaoxianSynonym of Joseon: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- ChaoxianzuEthnic Koreans of Chinese nationality.
- chaquA form of Chinese opera.
- chawanAn East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed.
- ChencangA district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- Cheng'anA county of Handan, Hebei, China.
- ChengbeiA district of Xining, Qinghai, China.
- ChengchengA county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
- ChengdongA district of Xining, Qinghai, China.
- ChengguA county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
- chengguanAn officer of a City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau in China.
- ChengkouA county of Chongqing, China.
- ChengmaiA county of Hainan, China.
- ChengxiA district of Xining, Qinghai, China.
- ChengxiangA district of Putian, Fujian, China.
- ChengziheA district of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.
- ChenjiagangA town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
- ChenzhouA prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
- ch'iQi, an ancient Chinese duchy, viscounty, and kingdom under the Zhou dynasty
- Ch'ieh-shihSynonym of Payzawat.
- ChifengA prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
- Chi-lungSynonym of Keelung.
- ChilungSynonym of Keelung.
- Ch'inA surname from Mandarin.
- ChishanA village in Wanluan, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
- ChizhouA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- ChongchuanA district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
- ChongmingA former town in Jiangsu, China.
- ChongxinA county of Pingliang, Gansu, China.
- ChongyangA county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
- ChongzuoA prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
- chou chouA personal comfort item; a small pillow, bolster, blanket or other huggable item retained from one's childhood.