The pronunciation of some Chinese words is borrowed directly from the English pronunciation. These words are called loan words.

For example, “baa1 si2” 「巴士」and “dik1 si2”「的士」. The pronunciation of “baa1 si2” is just like the pronunciation of “bus” in English. The pronunciation of “dik1 si2” is just like the pronunciation of “taxi” in English.

Other examples: guitar, hamburger, sandwich, sofa, coffee and toast. Do you know the Chinese character of these loan words? If difficult, you may also use some phonetic symbols to replace some characters.