English words borrowed from Chinese

There are plenty of English words borrowed from Chinese language. In the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary (second edition in 1989), there are more than 1,300 English words with Chinese as the source. 

English Word	Origin of Word	Chinese Word	Phonetic transliteration	Description
Bok choy	Cantonese	白菜	baak6 choi3	A Chinese cabbage: lit. ‘white vegetable’
Brainwashing	Literal translation	洗腦	xǐnǎo	A calque of Chinese 洗腦 (where 洗 literally means “wash”, while 腦 means “brain”, hence brainwash), a term and psychological concept first used by the People’s Volunteer Army during the Korean War. It may refer to a forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up basic political, social, or religious beliefs and attitudes and to accept contrasting regimented ideas; or persuasion by propaganda or salesmanship. The term “brainwashing” came into the mainstream English language after Western media sources first utilized the term to describe the attitudes of POWs returning from the Korean War.[1]
Catsup	Cantonese	茄汁	ke2 jap1	see Ketchup
Char	Cantonese	茶	cha4	Colloquial English word for ‘tea’
Cheongsam	Cantonese	長衫	cheung4saam1	lit. long clothes. Popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ch’i or “qi”	Mandarin	氣	qì	Energy of an object or person, literally air or spirit. (This word is correctly represented in Wade–Giles romanization by “ch’i,” but the rough breathing mark (replaced by an apostrophe in most texts) has disappeared in colloquial English.)
Chin chin, or chin-chin	Mandarin	請	qǐng	An exclamation used to express good wishes before drinking, lit. “please; to invite”. While occasionally used in American English, chin-chin is an informal and outdated British English usage, for instance, the TV sitcom As Time Goes By.[2]
China	Mandarin	秦 or 晉	qín	Via Latin Sina, Persian چین Cin, and Sanskrit चीन Chinas; ultimately from the name of the Qin 秦 or Jin 晉
Chop chop	Cantonese	速速	chuk1 chuk1	lit. hurry, urgent[3]
Chopsticks	Pidgin	n/a		from Chinese Pidgin English chop chop.
Chop suey	Cantonese	雜碎	jaap6 seui3	lit. mixed pieces
Chow	Cantonese	炒	chaau2	From “chao” which means cook, perhaps based on Cantonese. Lit. stir fry (cooking)
Chow chow	Cantonese			any of a breed of heavy-coated blocky dogs of Chinese origin
Chow mein	Cantonese (Taishanese)	炒麵	chau mein	lit. stir fried noodle, when the first Chinese immigrants from Taishan came to the United States.
Confucius	Jesuit latinization	孔夫子	kôngfūzî	Latinized form of ‘Master Kong’
Cumshaw	Hokkien (Amoy)	感謝	kám siā	feeling gratitude
Dalai Lama	Mongolian and Tibetan	Далай and བླ་མ		The name is a combination of the Mongolian word Далай “Dalai” meaning “Ocean” and the Tibetan word བླ་མ “Blama” (with a silent b) meaning “chief” or “high priest.”[4] The name literally means “Ocean Teacher.”-, the lama who is the chief spiritual adviser of the Dalai Lama. 班禅喇嘛—Dalai Lama Etymology—Panchen from Chinese (Beijing). The word Lama (Tibetan Blama) is used in an English translation of Martini’s Conquest of China in 1654-1698.
Dim sum and Dim sim	Cantonese	點心	dim2 sam1	lit. touches the heart
Fan-tan	Cantonese	番攤	faan1 taan1	lit. (take) turns scattering
Feng shui	Mandarin	風水	fēngshuǐ	from feng, wind and shui, water; (slang) Denotes an object or scene which is aesthetically balanced (generally used in construction or design)
Foo dog	Mandarin	佛	fó	Buddha (from their use as guardians of Buddhist temples)
Ginkgo	Sino-Japanese	銀杏		mistransliteration of ginkyō or ginnan in Japanese
Ginseng	Hokkien	人參	jîn sim	Name of the plant. Some say the word came via Japanese (same kanji), although 人参 now means ‘carrot’ in Japanese; ginseng is 朝鮮人參 (‘Korean carrot’).
Go	Sino-Japanese	圍棋	igo	Japanese name (囲碁) of the Chinese board game. Chinese 圍棋, Mandarin: Weiqi.
Guanxi	Mandarin	關係	guānxi	Refers to connections or relationships in Chinese culture. It is occasionally a reference to nepotism or cronyism among Chinese businesses and bureaucracies.
Gung-ho	Mandarin	工合	gōng hé	Short for 工業合作社
Gyoza	Japanese (Gairaigo)	ギョーザ	gairaigo	from Chinese 餃子 (Mandarin: Jiaozi), stuffed dumpling. Gyoza in English refers to the fried dumpling style (as opposed to water boiled).
Hanfu	Mandarin	漢服	hànfú	lit. Han clothing. Traditional Chinese clothes; it includes several varieties for both men and women.
Har gow	Cantonese	蝦餃	ha1 gaau2	lit. shrimp dumpling
Hoisin (sauce)	Cantonese	海鮮	hoi2 sin1	lit. seafood
Kanji	Sino-Japanese	漢字		Japanese name for Chinese characters. Chinese: Hànzì.
Kaolin	Mandarin	高嶺		lit. high mountain peak, the name of a village or suburb of Jingde Town, in Jiangxi Province, that was the site of a mine from which kaolin clay (高嶺土 gāo lǐng tǔ) was taken to make the fine porcelain produced in Jingde.[5]
Keemun	Cantonese	祁門	kei4 mun4	tea from Qimen in China
Ketchup	Hokkien (Amoy)[6]	茄汁		In the 17th century, the Chinese mixed a concoction of pickled fish and spices and called it (in the Amoy dialect) kôe-chiap or kê-chiap (鮭汁) meaning the brine of pickled fish (鮭, salmon; 汁, juice) or shellfish.By the early 18th century, the sauce had made it to the Malay states (present day Malaysia and Singapore), where it was later discovered by English explorers. That word then gradually evolved into the English word “ketchup”, and was taken to the American colonies by English settlers
Koan	Sino-Japanese	公案	kōan	From Chinese 公案 (Mandarin gōng’àn), lit. public record
Kowtow	Cantonese	叩頭	kau3 tau4	lit. knock head
Kumquat or cumquat	Cantonese	柑橘	gam1 gwat1	Name for tangerines
Kung fu	Cantonese	功夫	gung1 fu1	the English term to collectively describe Chinese martial arts, lit. efforts
Lo mein	Cantonese	撈麵	lou1 min6	literally scooped noodle
Longan	Cantonese	龍眼	lung4 ngaan5	name of the fruit, literally “Dragon’s eye”
Long time no see	Cantonese	好耐冇見	hou2 noi6 mou5gin3	a common greeting literally translated[3]
Loquat	Cantonese	蘆橘	lou4 gwat1	old name of the fruit
Lychee	Cantonese	荔枝	lai6 ji1	name of the fruit
Mao-tai or moutai	Mandarin	茅台酒	máotái jiǔ	liquor from Maotai (Guizhou province)
Mahjong	Cantonese	麻將	ma4 jeung3	lit. the mahjong game
Mu shu	Mandarin	木須	mùxū	lit. wood shredded pork
Nankeen	Mandarin	南京	Nanking	Durable cotton, buff-colored cloth originally made in the city Nanjing (Nánjīng, previously romanized as Nanking).
No can do	Literal translation	唔可以 (Cantonese); 不可以 (Mandarin)	m4 ho2yi5, or Bù kěyǐ	Literal translation of no [3]
Nunchaku	Hokkien (Taiwan/Fujian)	雙節棍 / 兩節棍	nng-chat-kun	Via Okinawan Japanese, lit. double jointed sticks
Oolong	Hokkien (Amoy)	烏龍	oo liong	lit. dark dragon
Pai gow	Cantonese	排九	paai4 gau2	a gambling game
Pekin	Cantonese	北京	bak1 ging1	a patterned silk cloth
Pinyin	Mandarin	拼音	pīnyīn	lit. put together sounds; spelled-out sounds[7]
Pekoe	Hokkien (Amoy)	白毫	pe̍khô	lit. white downy hair
pongee	Cantonese	本機		lit. our own loom, homespun, and so a kind of thin silk
Qi	Mandarin	氣	qì	air
Qipao	Mandarin	旗袍	qípáo	lit. Manchurian dress. Manchurian ethnic female clothing (male version: cheongsam)
Ramen	Sino-Japanese	拉麵	lāmiàn	The word for Japanese noodle (Japanese ラーメン, gairaigo) uses the sound from the Chinese pronunciation of the characters, which means pulled noodle. Ramen refers to a particular style flavored to Japanese taste and is somewhat different from Chinese lamian.
Rickshaw	Sino-Japanese	人力車	rénlìchē	A Japanese neologism, jinrikisha (c. 1887) composed of Chinese elements 人 (rén/jin) “human,” 力 (lì/riki) “power,” and 車 (chē/sha) “vehicle.”
Sampan	Cantonese	舢舨	saan1 baan2	the name of such vessel.
shanghai	Mandarin	上海	shànghâi	city of Shanghai, used as slang, meaning: to put someone aboard a ship by trickery or intoxication; to put someone in a bad situation or press someone into work by trickery. From an old practice of using this method to acquire sailors for voyages to Shanghai.
shantung	Mandarin	山東	shāndōng	“shantung” (or sometimes “Shantung”) is a wild silk fabric made from the silk of wild silkworms and is usually undyed.
Shaolin	Mandarin	少林	shàolín	One of the most important Kungfu clans.
Shar Pei	Cantonese	沙皮	sa1 pei4	lit. sand skin.
Shih Tzu	Mandarin	獅子狗	shih tzu3 kou3	lit. lion child dog (Chinese lion)
Shogun	Sino-Japanese	將軍		lit. general (of) military. The full title in Japanese was Seii Taishōgun (征夷大将軍), “generalissimo who overcomes the barbarians”
Siu mai	Cantonese	燒賣	siu1 maai2	pork dumplings, lit. to cook and sell
Sifu	Cantonese	師傅	si1 fu2	master.
Souchong	Cantonese	小種茶	siu2 jung2 cha4	lit. small kind tea
Soy	Sino-Japanese	醬油		Japanese pronunciation of shoyu
Tai Chi	Mandarin	太極	tàijí	T’ai chi “Great Ultimate” or T’ai Chi Ch’üan, usually miswritten as Tai Chi Chuan, a form of physical discipline, from Mandarin 太極拳，lit, “Great Ultimate(fist =) Fighting.”
Tai-Pan	Cantonese	大班	daai6 baan1	lit. big rank (similar to big shot)
Tangram	Compound word	唐	tang	from Tang + English gram
Tao　 and Taoism (also Dao/Daoism)	Mandarin	道	dào	The Way or the path
Tea	Hokkien	茶	tê	In Portuguese, Tea is pronounced as Cha(茶), so the earlier traders of Tea are probably the Portuguese.
Tofu	Sino-Japanese	豆腐		The Japanese pronounciation tōfu from Mandarin pronounciation dòufu.
Tong	Cantonese	堂	tong4
tung oil	Cantonese	桐油	tung4 yau4	oil extracted from nuts of the tong tree
Tycoon	Sino-Japanese	大官		lit. high official; or 大君, lit. great nobleman
Typhoon	Hokkien (Taiwanese) [8]or Cantonese	颱風	thai-hong (usu. hong-thai in Taiwanese now); toi4 fung1(Cantonese)	not to be confused with the monster: typhon.
Wok	Cantonese	鑊	wok6	lit. boiler or cauldron
Wonton	Cantonese	雲吞	wan4 tan1	lit. ‘cloud swallow’ as a description of its shape
Wushu	Mandarin	武術	wǔshù	lit. martial arts
Wuxia	Mandarin	武俠	wǔxiá	lit. martial arts and chivalrous
Yamen	Mandarin	衙門	yámén	lit. court
Yen	Cantonese	癮	yan5	Craving: lit. addiction (to opium)
Yen (Japanese currency)	Sino-Japanese	円	en	from Chinese 圓, lit. round, name of currency unit
Yin Yang	Mandarin	陰陽	yīnyáng	‘Yin’ meaning feminine, dark and ‘Yang’ meaning masculine and bright
Zen	Sino-Japanese	禅	chán	from Chinese 禪 , originally from Sanskrit ध्यान Dhyāna / Pali झन jhāna.

Source: wikipedia