This article is about Chinese English. For the play, see Chinglish (play).
Chinglish
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East Asia
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
Ingvaeonic
Anglo–Frisian
Anglic
English
Chinglish
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Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
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Latin (English alphabet)
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ISO 639-3
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Chinglish
Traditional Chinese
中式英文
Simplified Chinese
中式英文
Literal meaning
Chinese Style English
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
zhōng shì yīngwén
Chinglish is slang for spoken or written English language that is either influenced by a Chinese language, or is poorly translated.[1] In Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong and Guangxi, the term "Chinglish" refers mainly to Cantonese-influenced English. This term is commonly applied to ungrammatical or nonsensical English in Chinese contexts, and may have pejorative or deprecating connotations.[2] Other terms used to describe the phenomenon include "Chinese English", "China English", "Engrish" and "Sinicized English".[3] The degree to which a Chinese variety of English exists or can be considered legitimate is still up for debate.[4]
^Jing, Xiao; Zuo, Niannian (August 2006). "Chinglish in the oral work of non-English majors" (PDF). CELEA Journal. 29 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.
^Nury Vittachi (2000) From Yinglish to sado-mastication. World Englishes 19 (3), 405–414 doi:10.1111/1467-971X.00189
^He, Deyuan & Li, David C.S. (2009). Language attitudes and linguistic features in the 'China English' debate. World Englishes Vol. 28, No. 1
^Hu, Xiaoqiong. (2004). "Why China English should stand alongside British, American, and the other ‘world Englishes’." English Today. 78 (20.2). 26–33
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