List of Spanish words of Chinese origin

This is a list of Spanish words of Chinese origin. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.

List

• biombo = folding screen: from Portuguese biombo, from Japanese byōbu, from Chinese pingfeng (屏風), "folding screen," from ping "folding screen," + feng "wind."
• bonzo = Buddhist monk: from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese bonsō, from Chinese fanseng (梵僧) "Buddhist monk," from fan (earlier also pronounced bón) "a Buddhist," from Sanskrit brāhmanas "Brahmin," from brahmán- "priest, prayer" + Chinese seng "monk."
• cantón =
  cloth: from Cantão, old Portuguese name for Guangzhou, alteration of Chinese Guang-dong (廣東), Kuang-tung, "region of the east," from guang "region" + dōng "east
  ."
• caolín = type of fine, white
  summit
  ."
• charola =
  serving tray: from charol "glossy varnish," from Portuguese charão, from regional Chinese chat liao (漆料) "varnish," from chat, "varnish," + liao, "material, ingredient
  ."
• china = an orange: shortened from naranja china, "Chinese orange," from Portuguese China, from Persian Cin (چین), derived from Sanskrit Cīna (चीन) (c. 1st century), probably from Chinese Qín (秦), Chinese dynasty (221-206 B.C.). For the etymologically unrelated Spanish word china/chino, see here.
• chinero = cupboard: from porcelana de China, "Chinese porcelain." see china above.
• soja = the
  fermented soybean" + yóu "oil, grease
  ."
• soya = the
  soybean plant, a soybean: from English soya "soybean," from Dutch
  soja, see soja above.
• té =
  meanings
  ) described above.
• tifón = typhoon: from Cantonese taaî fung "typhoon," (颱風, 大風 influenced by Spanish Tifón from Greek mythology) literally "great wind," from taaî (Chinese dà) "great," + fung (Chinese fēng) "wind."

References

• "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (
  ISBN 968-16-2812-8
  )

• Linguistic history of Spanish
• List of English words of Spanish origin