Chinese Loan Words

• Apo (Fukien Chinese: Ang-kong)-Grandfather (the word 'apo' means grandchild/ren in tagalog)
• Ate (Fukien Chinese: A-chi)-Eldest Sister
• Bangwa (Fukien Chinese)-Feng Shui sign hung on the door
• Bakya (Fukien Chinese)-Native Sandals
• Batsoy (Fukien Chinese)-Pork In Soup
• Bihon -Vermicelli (Made of Rice Flour)
• Bitsin (Fukien Chinese: Bi chhin)-Monosodium Glutamate
• Buwisit/Buwiset (Fukien Chinese: Bo-ni)-Bad Luck
• Kuya (Cantonese Chinese: Ko-ko Mandarin Chinese- Keh-Ya)-Eldest Brother
• Ditse (Fukien Chinese:Di-chi)-Second Sister
• Hikaw (Fukien Chinese: Hi-kao)-Ear rings
• Husi (Fukien Chinese)-Cloth made from Pineapple fibers
• Impo (Fukien Chinese: A-ma)-Grandmother
• Jueteng (Fukien Chinese)-Gambling
• Lumpia (Fukien Chinese)-Spring Rolls
• Mami (Fukien Chinese: Ma=Meat Mi=Noodles)-Noodles and Meat in Soup
• Pati (Fukien Chinese)-Including
• Pancit (Fukien Chinese)-Noodles in Sauce
• Pechay (Fukien Chinese)- Chinese cabbage (literal, white vegetable)
• Santse (Fukien Chinese:San-chi)-Third Sister
• Sitsit (Fukien Chinese)-Gossip
• Siyansi (Fukien Chinese)-A Kitchen utensil
• Siyopaw (Fukien Chinese: Sio-pao)-Dough ball filled with pork/beef/carabao/cat meat
• Sungki (Fukien Chinese)-Malocclusion
• Susi (Fukien Chinese: So-si)-Key
• Tina (Fukien Chinese)-Dye
• Tinga (Fukien Chinese)-Foreign matter in teeth
• Tingi (Fukien Chinese)-Selling at retail
• Tokwa (Fukien Chinese:Tao-koa)-Soybean Curd
• Totso (Fukien Chinese)-Sauteed fish
• Toyo (Fukien Chinese:Tao-iu)-Soy sauce
• Tausi (Fukien Chinese: Tao-Beans Si-Fermented/In Brine) - Fermented Black Beans