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Episode Description

What do the phrases, “No can do”, “Chop, Chop!", and “brainwashed!” have in common? They all originated from the Chinese language. Chinese words have been influencing English and European languages for hundreds of years. In today’s episode of MandarinPod, we talk about a few English words with Chinese origins and how Chinese words migrated west. Stick around for new Chinese vocabulary words, Chinese idioms, and lots of listening practice!

中文介绍

今天这期《中文特高级》播客我们会讲到一些英语中比较常见的来自中文的词汇。你会在这期播客中不仅会学到新的生词，还会了解到中文词传播到西方的方式，一些常见的和中国文化相关的英文词汇。

Credits

• Podcast: MandarinPod (中文特高级)

• Episode language: Chinese

• Host: Tian Zhou

• Tech Coordinator: Emily Charash

• Produced by Sishu Mandarin