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Foreign Words in Chinese

The emergence of foreign words is not unique to the present time, but has already appeared in the Han Dynasty, for example, "grapes, pomegranates, alfalfa, lions, glass" were borrowed from the western regions in the Han Dynasty, and then borrowed by various dynasties.

In recent years, in various newspapers and magazines and social terms used more frequently in some of the borrowed words:

NBA (U.S. professional basketball game abbreviation)

AC Milan (a famous Italian soccer team)

BASIC language (English "Beginner's All-Inclusive Symbolic Instruction Code" abbreviation)

BASIC language (English "Beginner's All-Inclusive Symbolic Instruction Code" abbreviation)

BP (English beeper)

CD (English compact disc)

CT (English "computerized X-ray tomography")

VCD (English "computerized X-ray tomography")

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VCD (English abbreviation for video compact disc, laser disc)

DNA (English abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid)

DOS (English abbreviation for disk operating system)

DOS (English abbreviation for disk operating system)

DOS (English abbreviation for disk operating system)

DN (English abbreviation for disk operating system)

TOEFL (an acronym for Test of English as a Foreign Language)

XO (a French wine)

W. A.B.C (English for "basic beginner")

UFO (English acronym for "unidentified flying object")

T-shirt (short-sleeved, crew-necked men's sweatshirt)

MTV (English acronym for music television)

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CPU (English "Computer Central Processing Unit" acronym)

ISO (English "International Organization for Standardization" acronym)

KTV (karaoke box in the performing arts or dining venues)

OA (English "Office Automation "

PH (French acronym for "hydroxide ion concentration index")

SOS (international ship and aircraft call for help)

SOS Children's Villages (charitable organization dedicated to orphans)

X-rays (roentgen rays)

Roentgen radiation (X-rays) roentgen rays)

K gold (gold of lower color, mainly used for jewelry)

0157 (hemorrhagic coliform liver disease)

Clone: English translation of CLONE, meaning asexual.

Nike: English translation of NIKE, an American brand name shoe.

Laser (also known as LASER): English translation of LASER, laser.

El Ni?o: Spanish translation of ELNINO, refers to the Peru and Ecuador in South America near the sea scale of several

thousands of kilometers of the East and West of the equatorial Pacific Ocean water temperature anomalies in the warming phenomenon.

MOSIC: English translation of MOSIC, mosaic tile.

Mercedes-Benz: English translation of BONZE, a brand-name automobile.

Sprite: English translation of SPRING, a drink.

MINI: English translation of MINI, a super short skirt.

Taxi: English translation of TAXI, a rental car.

Bikini: English translation of BIKINI, swimming trunks that cover very little.

HILLTON: English translation of HILLTON, the name of an American cigarette.