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* Dim sum点心 * kumquat 金桔 English words borrowed from Amoy 清朝政府开放广州、厦门、福州、宁波、上海等五处为通商口岸（五口通商） English words borrowed from Amoy Amoy had a foreign trade with the Dutch and Portuguese until the middle of the eighteenth century and later, and had a flourishing trade with Britain during the nineteenth century, hence Xiamen became a major port for Fujian’s export tea. Consequently, the Amoy dialect has had profound influence on borrowing from this semantic field. Since Fujian province is China’s primary tea producing region, it is not surprising that all of the borrowings from Amoy are words for tea: Bohea/b???hi?/ adj.Of the Wu-i hills, whence black tea was first brought to England; applied also to tea of similar quality grown elsewhere. n.=Bohea tea. The name was given in the beginning of the 18th c. to the finest kinds of black tea; but the quality now known as ‘Bohea’ is the lowest, being the last crop of the season. 是用武夷山方言的‘武夷’来译音的.武夷茶是一种红茶，原指产于中国武夷的上品，后来指一般红茶 Congou/?k??ɡu?/功夫茶 A kind of black tea imported from China. 福建广东一带的一种饮茶风尚，茶具小巧精致，沏茶、饮茶有一定的程序、礼仪 Hyson /?ha?s?n/ or Lucky Dragon Tea 熙春茶 A species of green tea from China. Young hyson, a fine green tea. It’s a Chinese green tea that comes from the Anhui province of China. It is made from young leaves that are thinly rolled to have a long, twisted appearance that unfurls when brewed. The name Hyson is likely a Chinese name meaning flourishing spring (熙春茶). However, some believe it was named after an English tea merchant, Phillip Hyson.中国绿茶的一种 Conclusion Chinese loanwords in English Dragon throne Spring rolls Moon cakes Brief history 888 silk road Via Latin and Greek 1637 Direct British ship Ming dynasty (1268----1644) Qing dynasty (1644----1911) Chinese loans mandarin amoy cantonese wu hakka English words borrowed from mandarin As the standard dialect, mandarin contributes the largest number of lexical items to English. The borrowing from mandarin is not conducted from a sing