𩇕𩇕Some of the more common English words, with Chinese roots are ginseng (ren shen)靗silk(si)靗dimsum(dianxin),oolong(wulong),fengshui(fengshui),kow-tow(koutou),mah-jong(maque),typhon(taifeng),tao(dao),yin and yang(yin yang),Tai Chi(taiji),kung-fu(gong fu),Gung 𩐝and of course China (usually explained as derived from Qin,the dynasty which first unified China ).In most languages the word for tea is based on Cha-something similar to ‥de‥.
𩇕𩇕Many Chinese words came to English via Japanese so have Japanese pronunciations, including shogun (jiang jun) ,tofu(dou fu),rickshaw(ren li che)靗and even kanji(han zi).Other words are Japanese creations which use Chinese characters, such as Shinto (shen dao)靗judo(rou dao)靗ninja(ren zhe),and sushi(shou si)𩇫
