wài
lái

technical
noun

Meaning of 外来语

外来语 means loanword; word borrowed from a foreign language. Pronounced wài lái yǔ.

  • loanword; word borrowed from a foreign language

Definitions & Examples

 
Shā
 
shì
Hàn
zhōng
cháng
jiàn
de
wài
lái
 
lái
Yīng
 
sofas
 o
 f
 a
 
 

"Sofa" is a common loanword in Chinese, coming from the English word "sofa".

duō
wài
lái
jīng
chéng
wéi
men
cháng
shēng
huó
de
fèn
 

Many loanwords have already become part of our daily lives.

Zhè
wài
lái
shì
cóng
jiè
lái
de
 

This loanword is borrowed from French.

Yán
jiū
wài
lái
yǒu
zhù
liǎo
jiě
tóng
wén
huà
zhī
jiān
de
jiāo
liú
 

Studying loanwords helps us understand the exchange between different cultures.

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