Chinglish

Chinglish
Chinglish
Traditional Chinese	中式英文
Simplified Chinese	中式英文
Literal meaning	Chinese Style English
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	zhōng shì yīngwén

Chinglish
Chinglish
Chinese English, China English, Engrish, Sinicized English
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Native to	PRC and ROC
Region	East Asia
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English Chinglish; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old English Middle English Early Modern English ; ;
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
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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

[1] 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.

[2] Nury Vittachi (2000) From Yinglish to sado-mastication. World Englishes 19 (3), 405–414 doi:10.1111/1467-971X.00189

[Deyuan_2009-3] He, Deyuan & Li, David C.S. (2009). Language attitudes and linguistic features in the 'China English' debate. World Englishes Vol. 28, No. 1

[Hu_2004-4] 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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