Chinglish
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Chinglish is a word for English that is influenced by Chinese.[1] It often uses Chinese grammar and vocabulary that has been translated into English. For example, "long time no see (we have not met for a long time)" is translated from Chinese 好久不見 "hǎojiǔbùjiàn".
The term Chinglish comes from a combination of the words Chinese and English.
Example
[change | change source]One car come, one car go, two car pengpeng, one car die.
Proper english translation
[change | change source]One car drove towards another; both cars crashed, and one of them was destroyed.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Wenzhong, Li (April 1993). "China English and Chinglish". Foreign Language Teaching and Research.