What are the loanwords?

1, supermarket: abbreviation after literal translation. Supermarkets, which originated from English, are life department stores like Wal-Mart and RT Mart. At present, it is basically used in domestic sales shops from small to modern large markets, losing the original intention of supermarkets.

2. typhoon: "Typhoon" is a word literally translated from the pronunciation of English typhoon. But the word typhoon actually comes from Chinese to English.

It is said that the early colonists arrived in Fujian, Guangdong, and met with a typhoon. They asked the local people about it. Locals called it "gale", which mixed the accents of Guangdong and Fujian, and became the typhoon in English, and later entered the vocabulary of Putonghua as "typhoon".

3. Passion fruit: "Passion fruit" comes from the direct transliteration of passion in passion fruit, which is literally translated into passion fruit. Passion fruit originated in Brazil, because the stamens were cruciform, like Jesus Christ being crucified, and was called passion of the christ by the colonists.

4. Dim Sum is a transliteration of Cantonese. "Dim sum" includes shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork, rice rolls and so on ... Most of the early Chinese immigrants to Europe and America were from Guangdong or Fujian. So there are many loanwords in Cantonese and Minnan in English, as well as tyfoon, Cumshaw (tip) and Casino (casino).

5. Ballet: Ballet is very popular in most parts of the world, because it was developed in France, and many words people use to talk about ballet also come from French. Non-ballet dancers may only know the words "ballerina" and "tutu".

6, cafe, cafe: Café, in English, refers to a small restaurant, usually an informal restaurant. There are small tables in the restaurant, and sometimes there are some tables outside. When writing in English, you can emphasize notes and café, or you can not emphasize notes cafe.

Cafe comes from the French word coffee, but it is similar to coffee-related words in many other languages. Usually, small restaurants do serve coffee. But if a place only serves coffee and doesn't provide any food, it is usually called a coffee shop.

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