"Jia you" is a Mandarin Chinese expression used in cheers ... translation - "add oil" - has been recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary. Video by Tessa Wong. The BBC got to see just how ...

Mandarin Chinese comes in second with about 450,000 ... editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary. "No one can count it, and to pretend that you can is totally disingenuous.

This Tagalog word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016, reports CNN Philippines ... writes KC Ifeanyi at Fast ...

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, has been added to the Talking English Dictionary application for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. Paragon Software Group, a software developer ...

We also need to learn a Chinese word, a concept so increasingly used it may merit an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. China’s history has been marked – contrary to the popular belief of ...

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the ‘good’ is more about it being a holy day. However, some Catholic scholars feel it’s a Chinese-whipsters-style corruption of ‘God’s Friday’ or a ...

The term “cultural appropriation” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2018 ... as the main character (half-Chinese, half-White orphan turned Shaolin master Kwai Chang Caine ...

Some common Nigerian English words have made their way into the Oxford English dictionary for the first time. The dictionary, in its monthly update, said Nigerians had continued to make ...

The Korean culture wave has swept through the editorial offices of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which has added more than 20 new words of Korean origin to its latest edition. The ...

From obscure phrases to tongue twisters, the English language can be a mystery even to its native speakers. Despite it being approximately 1400 years old, the language is constantly evolving with ...

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Following the abandonment of the strict zero-Covid regime in December, leaked comments from Chinese officials, along with indications from other metrics (such as the number of cremations ...