English words Chinese use most often in Mandarin

[Kenny同志]

Hello folks,

I am writing an essay about the English words Chinese use most often in Mandarin to help people use proper Chinese. Below are the ones that I can think of for the moment:

fighting, happy, high, n, OK, PK, VS.

Please add other ones if you know of any. Thanks.

Best regards,

Kenny

[BertR]

Not really words, but often used:

gelivable, geililable

...ing

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[Kenny同志]

Hello BertR, thanks, but this essay deals with real English words and letters only. I will write another essay about the form of misuse of English you mentioned later. When I begin my next essay, I will definitely start a thread to invite you guys to contribute. Thanks again.

[BertR]

Aren't words such as fighting and high also misused in Chinese?

[Scoobyqueen]

Busy (are you busy), angry,

[Kenny同志]

@BertR Yes, but they are real English words.

@Queen I don't get your point. Could you explain it to me?

[imron]

out

[imron]

'party' is another one too.

[Kenny同志]

Thank you Imron for your contribution.

[LaoJian]

with my experience, there is a partial word list we often used in our daily communication:

office,

cool

thinking,

mean,

help,

hello,

foot,

coffee,

cookie,

like,

welcome,

sorry,

fine,

good/bad/nice

smile,

beautiful,

gentle/gentle man,

lady, Mr., Mrs., Miss,Sir

delicious,

apple,

money, bank

pardon, push me,

party,

pass

go,

call, mobile

house

food

hot

man,boy

DVD,VCD,TV,PC,WiFi,

WC,

Baby, Dady,

[Scoobyqueen]

my point was busy is used more in China than in Europe. I have noticed they always ask me if I am "busy" more than I would. In English you wouldnt say angry in a work context for example. You would say "i am not too happy" or something like that. My colleague constantly says she is angry but this is too strong

[imron]

I think Kenny is talking more about English words that get dropped into Chinese sentences.

[Meng Lelan]

I think Kenny is talking more about English words that get dropped into Chinese sentences.

No wonder I was so confused by the opening post. I thought Kenny was talking about Chinese people just speaking English in general.

My colleague constantly says she is angry but this is too strong

Understandable if she has micromanagers like you did and I did.

[xiaocai]

Bye?

[yonglin]

fighting, happy, high, n, OK, PK, VS.

Uhm... Since this is a learner's forum, it would be very helpful if someone could take on the task to concisely explain the meaning of these words and especially some example on how they are used. I think I have heard a couple of them while watching some TV shows, but I never get what they're supposed to mean.

For example, "PK" is supposed to mean "player kill", but this doesn't help me very much...?

I understand "high" doesn't really mean "high", but more something like... excited, or happy...?

Thank you so much!

[tooironic]

feel

*cringe*

Chinese living in Australia will often say "city" (as in, CBD).

[Kenny同志]

Oops, sorry for the ambiguity of the title. Imron was right; I am talking about most frequently used English words mingled in Chinese sentences.

Thanks everybody for your input.

@Queen

Thank you for your clarification.

@xiaocai

I have no objection to "bye bye" since it's been in use for a long time but I think it has good alternatives.

I will publish my essay on my website once it is done so that everyone can read it.

[xiaocai]

I agree too. But don't most these English words have their Chinese alternatives?

[jasoninchina]

I have a lot of students that seem to know the phrase "game over". I wonder where they learned it? :-) Also, the phrase "oh my lady gaga" seems to be a popular replacement for OMG. But, by far, the following three words are the most popular:

Hello

OK

Bye

[歐博思]

isn't fighting from Korean 화팅??