Words that come from Chinese

197 words across 10 languages descend from Chinese — including Jefferson, Pearson, Gibson, grandson, Dickinson, Hanson, Smithsonian, Donaldson.

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English (153)

Korean (29)

Russian (4)

Middle English (3)

Spanish (2)

Japanese (2)

French (1)

Translingual (1)

Tagalog (1)

Macedonian (1)