ThroughouthistoryChinesecultureandpoliticshashadagreatinfluenceonunrelatedlanguagessuchasKoreanandJapanese.KoreanandJapanesebothhavewritingsystemsemployingChinesecharacters.

　　LanguageswithintheinfluenceofChineseculturealsohaveaverylargenumberofloanwordsfromChinese.FiftypercentormoreofKoreanvocabularyisofChineseorigin,likewiseforasignificantpercentageofJapaneseandVietnamesevocabulary.

　　LoanwordsfromChinesealsoexistinEuropeanlanguagessuchasEnglish.Examplesofsuchwordsare"tea"fromtheMinnanpronunciationof茶,"ketchup"fromtheCantonesepronunciationof茄汁and"kumquat"fromtheCantonesepronunciationof金橘.

　　Nowadays,moreandmorepeopleintheworldpreferlearingChineseandunderstandingtheitscultureasChinahasbeenplayingmoreandmoreimportantroleintheworldaffairs.