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This is a list of Spanish words of Chinese origin. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language. == List == * biombo = folding screen: from Portuguese ''biombo'', from Japanese ''byōbu'', from Chinese ''pingfeng'' (屏風), "folding screen," from ''ping'' "folding screen," + ''feng'' "wind." * bonzo = Buddhist monk: from Portuguese ''bonzo'', from Japanese ''bonsō'', from Chinese ''fanseng'' (梵僧) "Buddhist monk," from ''fan'' (earlier also pronounced ''bón'') "a Buddhist," from Sanskrit ''brāhmanas'' "Brahmin," from brahmán- "priest, prayer" + Chinese ''seng'' "monk." * cantón = cotton cloth: from ''Cantão'', old Portuguese name for Guangzhou, alteration of Chinese ''Guang-dong'' (廣東), ''Kuang-tung'', "region of the east," from ''guang'' "region" + ''dōng'' "east." * caolín = type of fine, white clay: from French ''kaolin/caolin'', from ''Kaoling'', name of a hill in southeast China where this clay was originally obtained, from Chinese ''Gaoling'' (高嶺), literally "high mountain," from ''gāo'', "high," + ''ling'', "mountain, summit." * charola = serving tray: from ''charol'' "glossy varnish," from Portuguese ''charão'', from regional Chinese ''chat liao'' (漆料) "varnish," from ''chat'', "varnish," + ''liao'', "material, ingredient." * china = an orange: shortened from ''naranja china'', "Chinese orange," from Portuguese ''China'', from Persian ''Cin'' (چین), derived from Sanskrit ''Cīna'' (चीन) (c. 1st century), probably from Chinese ''Qín'' (秦), Chinese dynasty (221-206 B.C.). For the etymologically unrelated Spanish word ''china/chino'', see here. * chinero = cupboard: from ''porcelana de China'', "Chinese porcelain." see china above. * soja = the soybean plant, a soybean: from Dutch ''soja'' "soy sauce, soybean," from Chinese "su/Shu" 菽 thence to Japanese ''shōyu'' (醤油) "soy sauce," from Chinese 醬油 ''jiang-you''), literally "oil sauce," or from Cantonese ''shî-yaū'' (豉油) from ''shî'' "fermented soybean" + ''yóu'' "oil, grease." * soya = the soybean plant, a soybean: from English ''soya'' "soybean," from Dutch ''soja'', see soja above. * té = tea, tea plant, dried tea leaves: from Hokkien (Min Nan) ''t'e'', "(茶) tea," from Old Chinese ''d'a'', "tea," in the three meanings) described above. * tifón = typhoon: from Cantonese ''taaî fung'' "typhoon," (颱風, 大風 influenced by Spanish ''Tifón'' from Greek mythology) literally "great wind," from ''taaî'' (Chinese ''dà'') "great," + ''fung'' (Chinese ''fēng'') "wind." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Spanish words of Chinese origin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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