English words from Chinese
- Tao Te ChingA Chinese classic text fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism.
- TGCFHeaven Official's Blessing, a Chinese manhua novel series.
- tung treeAny of the genus Vernicia, especially Vernicia fordii (syn. Aleurites fordii), of east Asian trees or shrubs cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.
- white waxSynonym of beeswax, when purified or bleached to a white color, particularly for candles or medicine.
- wujiThe primordial, infinite state of emptiness that existed before the emergence of duality.
- wu weiA state of effortless inaction, in Taoism or Chinese statecraft.
- XueshanA mountain in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
- yanyuedaoA type of Chinese pole weapon consisting of a heavy blade with a spike at the back.
- YanziA river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed.
- YelangA former kingdom in what is now southern China.
- yellow wineSynonym of huangjiu.
- yin choyA type of Chinese spinach with a purple center used in cooking, Amaranthus tricolor.
- zanzhiA form of torture, among the ancient Chinese, in which wooden sticks are placed around the victim's fingers and used to crush or break the fingers.
- zhenniaoA poisonous bird from Chinese mythology that is said to have existed in what is now southern China.
- ZhongnanhaiAn area and building in Xicheng district, Beijing, China, which houses the government leaders of the People's Republic of China.
- ZhongqiuSynonym of Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese harvest festival.
- ZhongyuanSynonym of Ghost Festival.