Tae Eun Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Language and Information Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. She received her Master’s degree from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea in 2002, and earned another Master’s degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States in 2009 and her Ph.D. in 2012. Her research interests are Chinese phonology, Chinese phonetics, Chinese lexicology, and Chinese pedagogy.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. Lexical stratification and types of Chinese loanwords3. Comparative study of Mandarin phonology and English phonology4. Adaptation of Mandarin loanwords originating from English5. Important factors affecting Mandarin loanword adaptation6. ConclusionAppendixBibliography