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biombo = folding screen: from Portuguese biombo, from Japanese byōbu, from Chinese pingfeng (屏風), "folding screen," from ping "folding screen," + feng "wind." (List)
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caolín = type of fine, white clay: from French kaolin/caolin, from Kaoling, name of a hill in southeast China where this clay was originally obtained, from Chinese Gaoling (高嶺), literally "high mountain," from gāo, "high," + ling, "mountain, summit." (List)
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china = an orange: shortened from naranja china, "Chinese orange," from Portuguese China, from Persian Cin (چین), derived from Sanskrit Cīna (चीन) (c. 1st century), probably from Chinese Qín (秦), Chinese dynasty (221-206 B.C.). For the etymologically unrelated Spanish word china/chino, see here. (List)
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cantón = cotton cloth: from Cantão, old Portuguese name for Guangzhou, alteration of Chinese Guang-dong (廣東), Kuang-tung, "region of the east," from guang "region" + dōng "east." (List)
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bonzo = Buddhist monk: from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese bonsō, from Chinese fanseng (梵僧) "Buddhist monk," from fan (earlier also pronounced bón) "a Buddhist," from Sanskrit brāhmanas "Brahmin," from brahmán- "priest, prayer" + Chinese seng "monk." (List)
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chinero = cupboard: from porcelana de China, "Chinese porcelain." see china above. (List)
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