外来语 (wài lái yǔ) — loanword
Definition
A loanword: a word borrowed from a foreign language into Chinese. Distinguished from 音译 (yīnyì), which is just the transliteration method.
noun
loanword
Examples
- 外来语。Hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu hěn duō lái zì yīng yǔ de wài lái yǔ.There are many loanwords in Chinese that come from English.
- 外来语。Xué xí wài lái yǔ kě yǐ bāng zhù wǒ men liǎo jiě qí tā wén huà.Learning loanwords can help us understand other cultures.
- 外来语。Zhè běn shū zhuān mén yán jiū hàn yǔ zhōng de wài lái yǔ.This book specializes in studying loanwords in Chinese.
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