Loanwords in Chinese

/kloc-in the middle of the 0/9th century, Britain became the number one power of capitalism. In order to expand overseas colonies, the Opium War of aggression against China was launched, forcing China to open its trading ports. Therefore, China people began to learn English from a practical perspective, and some words in English gradually infiltrated into Chinese. Especially after the new culture movement led by Li Dazhao in modern times, vernacular Chinese was advocated, which provided external soil for loanwords to enter and take root in Chinese. We know beer, coffee, chocolate, sofa, poker, jazz, angels, jeeps, romantic engines, salons and rest.

There are many familiar words in modern Chinese, which can't be found in ancient Chinese dictionaries. We often use these words in real life, but few people know that they are absorbed from other languages (mainly English). Such as: dad, mom, carnations, cards, neon, Simmons, tires, shampoo, polyester, cashmere and so on. Sudden attack, damn, talk show, shock, cool, fee, club, system, hula hoop, bungee jumping, bungee jumping. Shangrila, cartoon, valve, montage, marathon, rally, typhoon, mummy, etc.

With the development of science and technology and the need of international communication, more and more loanwords enter Chinese, mainly English loanwords, such as pudding, pizza, sandwich, hamburger, salad and ice cream. Radar, cloning, laser, computer hacker, Internet); Electronic science and technology; Art ballet (ballet), disco (disco), tango (tango), rumba (rumba), break dance, tittup medicine paracetamol, penicillin, aspirin and vitamins.

However, many words in Chinese are strikingly similar to English in pronunciation and meaning, such as tow, depot, tower, stone, baby and so on. Whether these words are foreign words needs further study. & gt