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Chink

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪŋk/

The English word “Chink” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.
  2. A person of perceived East Asian descent.
  3. A meal of Chinese food.

adjective

  1. Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese.
  2. East Asian.

proper noun

  1. The Chinese language.

Etymology

There are several possible origins of the term: * From the Chinese courtesy ching-ching, a reduplication of Mandarin 請 /请 (qǐng, “please”). Compare chin-chin, Italian cincin, Portuguese tchim-tchim, tim-tim, Spanish chinchín, French tchin-tchin. * From the alteration of China. * From the alteration of Qing (also spelled Ch'ing). See also Hokkien 親家 /亲家 (chhin-ke, “any relative by marriage (to a…

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