List of English Words of Chinese Origin - P

P

Pai gow

from Cantonese 排九, a gambling game

Pekin

from southern Mandarin 北京, a patterned silk cloth

Pinyin

from Mandarin 拼音, lit. put together sounds

Pekoe

from Amoy 白毫, lit. white downy hair

pongee

from 本機, lit. our own loom, homespun, and so a kind of thin silk