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  2. List of English words of Chinese origin - Wikipedia

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    Words of Chinese origin have entered European languages, including English. Most of these were direct loanwords from various varieties of Chinese.However, Chinese words have also entered indirectly via other languages, particularly Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese, that have all used Chinese characters at some point and contain a large number of Chinese loanwords.

  3. List of loanwords in Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Loanwords have entered written and spoken Chinese from many sources, including ancient peoples whose descendants now speak Chinese. In addition to phonetic differences, varieties of Chinese such as Cantonese and Shanghainese often have distinct words and phrases left from their original languages which they continue to use in daily life and sometimes even in Mandarin.

  4. Code-switching in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The definition of Hong Kong English is controversial, as to whether it is a type of learner language or a new variety of English. Nevertheless, it belongs to the domain of English. [3] "Borrowing" or "loanwords" refers to words taken from another languages after the process of phonological and morphological assimilation.

  5. Loanword - Wikipedia

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    The English language has borrowed many words from other cultures or languages. For examples, see Lists of English words by country or language of origin and Anglicisation. Some English loanwords remain relatively faithful to the original phonology even though a particular phoneme might not exist or

  6. Category:Cantonese words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    See as example Category:English words. ... Pages in category "Cantonese words and phrases" ... List of loanwords in Chinese; Lo mai gai; Lo mein; Lou fo tong;

  7. Written Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    See also Cantonese love-songs, translated with introduction and notes by Cecil Clementi (1904) or a newer translation of these by Peter T. Morris in Cantonese love songs : an English translation of Jiu Ji-yung's Cantonese songs of the early 19th century (1992). Cantonese character versions of the Bible, Pilgrims Progress, and Peep of Day, as ...

  8. Hong Kong Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of the Cantonese language (廣東話,粵語), which is in the Sino-Tibetan language family. Cantonese is lingua franca of populations living in the Guangdong Province of mainland China, in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in many overseas Chinese communities.

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/List of Loanwords - Wikipedia

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    All loanwords are taken from Lists of English words by country or language of origin. If you know a loanword not included on this list please add it; if you have concerns that words included are not loanwords, please raise them on the talk page. In the interest of clarity, even common loanwords like Banjo or Chemistry are included.