TLW120 - Nomads Results
TLW120 - Nomads Results
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Watch Your Language: 9. Chinese<br />
Continuing our series in which we take a look at some of the more exotic languages that<br />
have contributed to the Scrabble playerís lexicon. Those wishing to pursue a particular<br />
language more fully might care to look at the Words page on the ABSP web site.<br />
Here is a selection of shorter words that have come to us from Chinese; words that have<br />
come in new with Collins are marked with a +.<br />
amban a Chinese resident official in a dependency<br />
bohea an inferior kind of black tea. [From the Wu-i hills<br />
in China]<br />
catsup, catchup, ketchup a yukky red stuff used for<br />
spoiling the taste of food. [Cantonese k'e chap,<br />
tomato juice]<br />
cheongsam an oriental dress with a slit skirt and a<br />
mandarin collar; from Chinese, literally, long gown<br />
chiao a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a YUAN. No<br />
-S! (But the Korean equivalent JIAO does take an<br />
ñS)<br />
cochin a large variety of the domestic fowl, originally<br />
from Cochin China<br />
congo, congou a kind of black Chinese tea<br />
cheongsam<br />
cumquat, kumquat a kind of fruit<br />
cumshaw (in Orient) a present, gratuity; a bribe<br />
fum fung a fabulous Chinese bird<br />
garoupa+ the grouper fish, as used in Chinese cuisine<br />
genseng, ginseng a plant of the genus Aralia, the root of<br />
which is highly valued as a medicine among the<br />
Chinese<br />
guanxi+ a Chinese social concept based on the exchange<br />
of favours<br />
hoisin+ a sweet spicy reddish-brown sauce, made from<br />
soy beans<br />
cochin<br />
honan a PONGEE fabric of even color made originally by<br />
silkworms from Honan province, China<br />
hyson a fine sort of green tea<br />
joss a Chinese figure of a god, an idol<br />
kang a Chinese sleeping platform<br />
kaoliang sorghum grain of several varieties; an alcoholic<br />
drink made from it. [Chinese 'tall grain']<br />
kaolin, kaoline a very pure white clay used to form the<br />
paste of porcelain, aka China clay<br />
kotow, kowtow the prostration made by mandarins and<br />
others to their superiors, either as homage or<br />
worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground<br />
kylin a fabulous animal figured in the decoration of<br />
Chinese pottery<br />
kotow<br />
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langshan a small black Chinese hen. [From a place near<br />
Shanghai]<br />
laogai+ a Chinese forced labour camp<br />
leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, lychee a Chinese fruit<br />
lapsang a variety of SOUCHONG tea with a smoky<br />
flavour<br />
li a Chinese unit of distance<br />
liang a Chinese weight: 37.24 grams<br />
likin formerly, a Chinese transit duty<br />
lomein a Chinese dish of noodles, meat and vegetables<br />
loquat a Chinese and Japanese tree or its small, yellow,<br />
edible fruit<br />
longan, lungan a pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and<br />
produced by an evergreen East Indian tree.<br />
[Chinese lung-yen, dragon's eye]<br />
mahjong, mahjongg an old Chinese table game<br />
mee+ noodles or a dish containing noodles<br />
menshen+ a Chinese door god. No -S<br />
moutan the Chinese tree peony, a shrub with large<br />
flowers of various colors<br />
nankin, nankeen a durable buff-coloured cotton. [From<br />
Nanking in China]<br />
oolong, oulong a kind of tea. [Chinese wu-lung, black<br />
dragon]<br />
packfong, pakfong, paktong, pakthong+ a Chinese alloy<br />
of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German<br />
silver<br />
pakapoo a Chinese version of lotto<br />
peke a breed of small dog. [From Peking]<br />
pekin a fine soft silk. [From Peking]<br />
pekoe a kind of tea. [Chinese pek-ho, white down]<br />
pela white wax from a scale insect. [Chinese peh-la, white wax]<br />
petsai Chinese cabbage<br />
petuntse, petuntze a feldspathic rock used in making Chinese<br />
porcelain<br />
pinyin a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms<br />
pongee a thin, soft silk from China, naturally coloured beige or<br />
tan<br />
putonghua+ the Chinese language, standard Mandarin<br />
qi chi the physical life-force postulated by certain Chinese<br />
philosophers<br />
qigong a system of Chinese meditational exercises<br />
qinghaosu a crystalline compound obtained from artemisia<br />
renminbi a Chinese coin<br />
saimin a Hawaiian noodle soup. [Chinese sai minh, fine noodles]<br />
samfoo, samfu an outfit worn by Chinese women<br />
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kylin<br />
mahjong<br />
menshen<br />
samfoo