Loanwords are interesting in that they not only provide a glimpse into language contact, they also reveal the process of how a language acquires new words.
外来词有趣的地方在于,他们不仅可以展现语言交流的点滴,同时也让我们看到一门语言是如何接纳新词汇的。
Historical contact between English and Cantonese began in the late 17th century when British traders came to Guangzhou to buy Chinese tea and porcelain.
历史上,英语和粤语之间的交流始于17世纪晚期,当时英国商人来到广州采购中国的茶和瓷器。
English loanwords are documented in the first English-Cantonese, Cantonese-English dictionary published in 1828.