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| Ancient Chinese Arrival in the Philippines |
The long contacts of the Filipinos with the Chinese, beginning with the tenth century of the Christian era inevitably led to Chinese cultural penetration of the Philippines. Chinese influences in the Philippines and on the Filipino life were mainly economic for the Chinese who came to the Islands were "economic" men whose interest lay in profits rather than in political domination. Except perhaps for the short period, the Chinese never had any political designs on the Philippines.
An examination of the Philippine languages, particularly Tagalog, reveals hundreds of words directly appropriated from the Chinese. The following table shows some of the words in Tagalog which have their origins in Chinese.
Chinese - Tagalog
am - am
am-pau - ampaw
a-chi - ate
bah-tu-tai - batutay
bi-hun - bihon
bi-koe - biko
bi-wo - bilao
bi-thai - bithay
di-kiam - dikyam
gu-a - guya
he-bi - hibi
hok-bu - hukbo
in-kong - ingkong
ka-tai - katay
ke-tiau - katyaw
ko-a - kuya
lau - lawtiw
le-piah - lipya
lun-pia - lumpiya
loh-soa - lusong
ma-mi - mami
mi-ki - miki
mi-soa - miswa
pan-sit - pansit
sang-le - sangla
chien-si - syansi
From the Chinese, too, the Filipinos learned the use of umbrella, gongs, lead porcelain, the manufacture of gunpowder, mining methods, metallurgy. Equally important was the adoption by the Filipinos of some Chinese customs. The ancient custom of arranging the marriages of children by the parents was probably of Chinese origin. So is the employment of go-between to negotiate marriages. Among the ancient Visayans, mourning was shown by wearing white shirts and dress, a custom that is definitely Chinese influence in the Philippines.
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