Chinese words borrowed from other languages 汉语常用外来词

There are some words in Chinese borrowed from other languages, we call them "外来词, wailai ci, borrowed words". Take for example the word Sha Fa. This is a Chinese transliteration of the word sofa. However, the characters used to depict this idea have nothing to do with either furniture or relaxing. Instead the characters used represent sand and hair, which have absolutely nothing in common with the idea and associations of the word Sofa beyond the fact that they are simply convenient to use because they most closely mimic the sound. Here teachers at www.raychinese.com collect a number of words like this which are frequently used in everyday life, I hope you can find it easy to remember them in your way.

阿司匹林	ā sī pǐ lín	aspirin
芭蕾	bā lěi	ballet
比基尼	bǐ jī ní	bikini
白兰地	bái lán dì	brandy
巴士	bā shì	bus
拜拜	bài bài	bye-bye
咖啡	kā fēi	coffe (café)
克隆	kè lóng	clone
酷	kù	cool
卡通	kǎ tōng	cartoon
香槟	xiāng bīn	Champagne
巧克力	qiǎo kè lì	chocolate
雪茄	xuě jiā	cigare
柠檬	níng méng	lemon
迪斯科	dī sī kē	disco
法西斯	fǎ xī sī	fascism
高尔夫	gāo ěr fū	golf
吉他	jí tā	guitar
贝司吉他	bèi sī jí tā	bass guitar
汉堡包	hàn bǎo bāo	hamburger
荷尔蒙	hé 'ě méng	hormone
幽默	yōu mò	humour
歇斯底里	xiē sī dǐ lǐ	hysteria (hystérie)
夹克	jiā kè	jacket
卡拉OK	kǎ lā OK	karaoke
考拉	kǎo lā	koala
逻辑	luó ji	logic
马拉松	mǎ lā sōng	marathon
麦克风	mài kè fēng	microphone
模特	mó tè	model
摩登	mó dēng	modern
木乃伊	mù nǎi yī	mummy
摩托	mó tuó	moto
尼古丁	ní gǔ dīng	nicotine
尼龙	ní lóng	nylon
奥林匹克	ào lín pǐ kè	olympic
乒乓	pīng pāng	ping-pong
披萨	pī sà	pizza
扑克	pū kè	poker
布丁	bù dīng	pudding
雷达	léi dá	radar
朗母酒	lǎng mǔ	rhum
伦巴	lún bā	Rumba
沙拉	shā là	salad
沙龙	shā lóng	salon
三明治	sān míng zhì	sandwich
爱滋	ài zī	AIDS
沙发	shā fā	sofa
探戈	tàn gē	Tango
坦克	tǎn kè	tank
托福	tuō fú	TOEFL
伏特加	fú té jiā	vodka
威士忌	wēi shì jì	whisky

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