List of Spanish words of Chinese origin

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• biombo = folding screen: from Portuguese biombo, from Japanese byōbu, from Chinese pingfeng, "folding screen," from ping "folding screen," + feng "wind."
• bonzo = Buddhist monk: from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese bonsō, from Chinese fanseng "Buddhist monk," from fan "a Buddhist," from Sanskrit brāhmanas "Brahmin," from brahmán- "priest, prayer" + Chinese seng "monk."
• cantón = cotton cloth: from Cantão, old Portuguese name for Guangzhou, alteration of Chinese Guang-dong, Kuang-tung, "region of the east," from guang "region" + dōng "east."
• caolín = type of fine, white clay: from French kaolin/caolin, from Kaoling, name of a hill in southeast China where this clay was originally obtained, from Chinese Gaoling, literally "high mountain," from gāo, "high," + ling, "mountain, summit."
• charola = serving tray: from charol "glossy varnish," from Portuguese charão, from regional Chinese chat liao "varnish," from chat, "varnish," + liao, "material, ingredient."
• china = an orange: shortened from naranja china, "Chinese orange," from Portuguese China, from Persian Cin, derived from Sanskrit Cīna, probably from Chinese Qín, Chinese dynasty. For the etymologically unrelated Spanish word china/chino, see here.
• chinero = cupboard: from porcelana de China, "Chinese porcelain." see china above.
• soja = the soybean plant, a soybean: from Dutch soja "soy sauce, soybean," from Chinese "su/Shu" 菽 thence to Japanese shōyu, literally "oil sauce," or from Cantonese shî-yaū from shî "fermented soybean" + yóu "oil, grease."
• soya = the soybean plant, a soybean: from English soya "soybean," from Dutch soja, see soja above.
• té = tea, tea plant, dried tea leaves: from Hokkien t'e, " described above.
• tifón = typhoon: from Cantonese taaî fung "typhoon," literally "great wind," from taaî "great," + fung "wind."