Earlier we looked at some of the Chinese words with foreign origin. But did you know that there are also some Chinese words which actually contain foreign letters. Below are some Chinese words I know which contain English letters:
AA制 (AA zhì): (to go) dutch; to pay your portion of bill
我们就AA制吧
(Wǒmen jiù AA zhì ba)
Let’s go dutch
卡拉OK (Kǎ lā OK): karaoke
卡拉OK 很好玩儿
(Kǎ lā OK hěn hǎowán er)
Karaoke is a lot of fun
And here are few more:
T恤衫 (T xùshān): T-shirt
BP机 (BP jī): beeper
IP电话 (IP diànhuà): internet phone
Do you know of any others you can add to this list?
Does QQ count? It's become such a popular service that the brand often gets used as a noun or verb. Nice post, by the way.
ReplyDeleteMaybe one day it will actually become a verb like google did
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