Despite significant differences between different countries in terms of language, languages have always influenced each other. An example of this is loanwords, an interconnection of different languages where one finds similarities between words even though they belong to different languages.
Because there are many loanwords in the Chinese language, learning loanwords can be an essential tool to make it easier to learn Chinese.
In Chinese, loanwords are often translated into Chinese characters that express the sounds or meaning of the loanword. Sometimes it can be a combination of both the sounds (phonetically) and the meaning of the loanword expressed in Chinese characters.
These are some of the topics in today's episode in the Learn Chinese Podcast. Reach out to us for more information at www.lcchineseschool.com