chino
English
Etymology
from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted;" so called in reference to its usual color.
Noun
chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)
See also
Further reading
- Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈki.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: chì‧no
Etymology 1
From the short past participle of chinare (“to bend”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle chinato.[1]
References
- Ledgeway 2016: 221
Further reading
- Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkçiːnə], (feminine) [ˈkçeːnă]
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1335: “pieno; piena; pieni; piene” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “chiéna”, in Schedario Napoletano
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃĩ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.nu/
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/ [ˈt͡ʃi.no]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: chi‧no
Etymology 1
Variety stores are called chinos because almost all variety stores in Spain are run by Chinese people.
Noun
chino m (plural chinos)
- (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
- (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
- a Chinese restaurant
- Synonym: chifa
- (Spain) (US) variety store, dollar store, dime store, five-and-dime, (UK) pound shop (owned by a Chinese immigrant)
- Synonyms: bazar chino, (Spain, dated) todo a cien, (Argentina) todo por dos pesos, (Chile) todo a 1000, (Chile) todo a luca
- a Chinese restaurant
- (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- achinado
- achinar
- aligátor chino
- antichino
- autillo chino
- berro chino
- caja china
- campanilla china
- chino mandarín
- chino tuerto
- col china
- cuento chino
- damas chinas
- engañar como a un chino
- esto es chino para mí
- fumar como chino en quiebra
- gota china
- mona china
- naranjo chino
- oropéndola china
- repollo chino
- rosa china
- tablero chino
- taco chino
- tinta china
- trabajo de chinos
- yute chino
Noun
chino m (plural chinos)
- (Colombia) kid
- (Latin America) boy, servant
- Tengo que llevar a los chinos al colegio.
- I have to take the kids to school.
- Apúrate chino Juan que a la fila llaman ya.
- Hurry up little John, because they're calling attendance already.
Related terms
Etymology 4
Variant of china.
Noun
chino m (plural chinos)
Further reading
- “chino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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