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- Tai Chi
- from Mandarin 太極, T'ai chi "Great Ultimate" or T'ai Chi Ch'üan, usually miswritten as Tai Chi Chuan, a form of physical discipline, from Mandarin 太極拳，lit, "Great Ultimate(fist =) Fighting."
- Tai-Pan
- from Cantonese 大班 (daaibaan), lit. big rank (similar to big shot)
- Tangram
- from Chinese Tang (唐) + English gram
- Tao and Taoism
- (also Dao/Daoism) from Mandarin 道 dào
- Tea
- from the Amoy dialect for tea 茶, which is pronounced "dey".
- Tofu
- Japanese 豆腐, lit. bean curd, from Chinese 豆腐 (Mandarin dòufu).
- Tong
- from Cantonese 堂
- tung oil
- from Chinese 桐油 tóng yóu, oil expressed from nuts of the tong tree
- Tycoon
- via Japanese 大官, lit. high official; or 大君, lit. great nobleman
- Typhoon
- via Arabic طوفان; ultimately from 颱風 not to be confused with the monster typhon.
Read more about this topic: List Of English Words Of Chinese Origin