外来语

外來語

wàiláiyǔ

noun #23,256

Measure Word

一个外来语 gè

Meanings

1 loanword
2 foreign borrowing
3 word borrowed from another language

Characters

outside; foreign

to come; incoming

language; speech; word

Examples

咖啡、沙发都是汉语中的外来语。

Kāfēi, shāfā dōu shì Hànyǔ zhōng de wàiláiyǔ.

'Coffee' and 'sofa' are both loanwords in Chinese.

现代汉语中有很多来自英语的外来语。

Xiàndài Hànyǔ zhōng yǒu hěn duō láizì Yīngyǔ de wàiláiyǔ.

There are many loanwords from English in modern Chinese.

Tips

usage

Chinese loanwords (外来语) typically adapt foreign sounds into Chinese characters — called 音译词 (phonetic loan). Others translate the meaning — called 意译词 (semantic loan). For example: 沙发 shāfā (sofa, phonetic) vs 电脑 diànnǎo (computer, semantic: 'electric brain').

Stroke Order

外 wài

来 lái

语 yǔ