Chinese temple architecture also "wu" and "tongji" shamans, may perform services within these temples. Shenist temples are usually small and decorated with traditional figures on their roofs (dragons and deities), although some evolve into significant structures. Chinese temples can be found throughout Mainland China, Taiwan and also where Chinese expatriate communities settled over centuries. An old name in English for Chinese traditional temples is "joss house". "Joss" is an Anglicized spelling of the Portuguese word for "god", "deus". "Joss house" was in common use in English in western North America during frontier times, when joss houses were a common feature of Chinatowns. The
Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin following way: "за наша походи" means "come to us" ("приходи к нам" in proper Russian), "за наша фуза" means "in our store" ("в нашем магазине" in proper Russian). Russian pronouns came into the pidgin in an exclusively possessive form: "моя" ("I") means "mine" in Russian, "твоя" ("you") means "yours" in Russian, and "ево" ("he") comes from Russian "его", which means "his" in Russian. This feature is shared with the Norwegian-Russian pidgin Russenorsk. All declensions of pronouns are formed with the already mentioned "за": "за-моя", "за-твоя", "за-ево". Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin was a contact language (specifically a pidgin) used