Word origins

• binA box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
• diA meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
• danA title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
• ahAn expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
• aiA pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.
• chiThe twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
• niA surname from Chinese.
• BeijingA direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.
• yuAn ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
• aogrue ("blue or green", considered as one color)
• taiA fish, the Japanese bream.
• chinThe bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
• JenA female given name.
• JIAn ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.
• mingTo mix, blend, mingle.
• leiA garland of flowers in Hawaii.
• juSomeone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.
• BowenA surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
• kinRace; family; breed; kind.
• jinA portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
• renA kidney.
• chowFood, especially snacks.
• HOUA surname from Mandarin.
• mouSentence-final particle, forming a tag question.
• kangA traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
• shenA deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
• SHUA god personifying the air and atmosphere.
• fenA type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
• daoAny of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.
• pengA legendary enormous bird.
• baiA marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
• paudone; over; finished
• KwonA surname from Chinese.
• mahjongA game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
• simaThe upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
• fumTo play upon a fiddle.
• xiongA surname.
• cunTo know.
• pelaSynonym of Chinese wax.
• ZongA surname from Chinese.
• ZedongA male given name from Chinese.
• NianA surname from Chinese
• KTVKaraoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
• LABAA surname from Polish.
• MayuSynonym of Double Island
• hysonA Chinese green tea.
• PiaoA surname from Chinese.
• YangtseA gewog of Trashi Yangtse District, Bhutan.
• BaziA Chinese form of astrology that interprets a person's destiny based on their time of birth and other details.
• YanjiA county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China.
• 9-9-6A schedule with 9am to 9pm workdays and a six-day workweek (usually from Monday to Saturday).
• Ah CheeA surname from Chinese.
• AshinaThe Turkic tribe who served as the ruling dynasty of the Göktürks during the First and Second Turkic Khaganates (552–603 and 682–744, respectively).
• BoluonuoA town in Fengning, Chengde, Hebei, China.
• Chinkiang vinegarAn aromatic rice-based black vinegar produced in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
• ChunjieSynonym of Chinese New Year.
• cong you bingSynonym of scallion pancake.
• dabaiAn official of the Chinese government wearing a white biosafety suit.
• DaozangAn extensive canon of Taoist writings, consisting of around 1,500 texts covering various topics.
• Double Ninth FestivalA traditional Chinese holiday falling on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.
• DouyinThe version of TikTok, a video-sharing social media platform, that is exclusively used in mainland China.
• duanjuA Chinese microdrama.
• duokangjiasuFormer name of mannatide, a biological response modifier extracted from α-hemolytic group of hemolytic streptococcus. Primarily used as an antitumor adjuvant drug.
• feitsuijadeite
• Fusanga legendary country in old Chinese books, assumed to be Japan; in old European maps of North America may sometimes be found north of California
• Futsing wolf snakeLycodon futsingensis
• gachaA small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
• Gougu theoremPythagorean theorem
• HaojingSynonym of Hao, an ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi, a former capital of China under the Zhou dynasty.
• heavenly bambooAn Asian ornamental shrub in the family Berberidaceae, with foliage and unbranched stems that somewhat resembles one of the smaller bamboos, Nandina domestica.
• huangjiuA class of Chinese alcoholic beverages made from fermented grains including rice, millet, and wheat, typically 10–20% alcohol by volume.
• insect waxSynonym of Chinese wax.
• JiananA plain in Taiwan.
• jianbing guoziA popular Chinese street food originating in Tianjin; a subcategory of jianbing that consists of pancakes made from mung bean flour, eggs, and youtiao, served with sweet bean sauce, diced green onion, and optionally chili sauce.
• JianduFormer name of Xichang.
• jinghuA two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.
• Juewathe asteroid (139) Juewa.
• KayingA former prefecture of Guangdong, China; now Meizhou.
• kia quenA form of torture, among the ancient Chinese, in which planks of wood squeeze or hit the victim's feet.
• KN95An air particulate filtration standard originating in the People's Republic of China, which requires filtration of 95% of air particulates that are 0.3 microns and larger.
• Laba congeeSynonym of Laba porridge.
• Laba FestivalA moveable Chinese festival day occurring between December 30th and January 28th on the Gregorian calendar, historically variously associated with propitiatory end-of-year sacrifices, ancestral veneration, and the Enlightenment of the Buddha, now chiefly observed by the consumption of Laba porridge.
• Laba porridgeA kind of congee traditionally made with 8 variable vegetarian flavorings and consumed during the Laba Festival.
• lakaoThe pigment sap green.
• lianhuanhuaA type of small picture book popular in China during the 20th century
• lushengA type of mouth organ with multiple pipes with a free reed used by the Hmong people.
• MDZSGrandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, a Chinese xianxia fantasy novel series.
• Mid-Autumn FestivalA harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (between early September and early October).
• NantahNanyang University
• PootooSynonym of Mount Putuo (An island and mountain in Putuo district, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China).
• pure landThe celestial realm or pure abode of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism.
• PuxianPutian and Xianyou (a collective term for the urban districts of Putian City and Xianyou County in Fujian Province, China)
• QingmingThe first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 15th day after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5).
• Qingming FestivalSynonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
• qinqinA plucked Chinese lute.
• QixiA Chinese festival celebrating the mythological annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang, held on the seventh day of the seventh Chinese lunisolar month.
• sancaiA kind of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white, and particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures.
• Sang cultureA pessimistic subculture among Chinese millennials
• Sun WukongAn anthropomorphic monkey with various abilities and magical powers best known for being one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, and is revered as a deity by some Buddhists and most Taoists.
• tangzhongA paste (a type of scald) made of flour cooked in water or milk used in breadmaking to improve the texture of bread.