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chino
English
Etymology
From American Spanish pantalones chinos ("Chinese pants"), which was later shortened to simply chinos.
Noun
chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)
- A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
Further reading
- Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Choni, chion-, ichno-
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ki.no/
- Hyphenation: chì?no
Adjective
chino (feminine china, masculine plural chini, feminine plural chine)
- lowered, bent, bowed
- Synonyms: curvo, piegato
Verb
chino
- first-person singular present of chinare
Portuguese
Noun
chino m (plural chinos)
- (Madeira) Synonym of abatanado
- (informal) knife
Related terms
- chinar
Verb
chino
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of chinar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ino/, [?t??i.no]
- Rhymes: -ino
Etymology 1
From China +? -o.
Adjective
chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)
- Chinese
Noun
chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)
- Chinese person
- (Latin America) boy, servant
chino m (plural chinos)
- Chinese (language)
- (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
- (colloquial, Cuba, uncountable) chickenpox
- Synonym: varicela
- (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
- a Chinese restaurant
- Synonym: chifa
- (Spain) variety store, pound shop, dollar store (owned by a Chinese immigrant)
- Synonym: bazar chino
- a Chinese restaurant
- (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)
Usage notes
- (variety store): More often used in the plural form with the same meaning. They are called chinos because Chinese citizens own almost all the variety stores in Spain.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Use of enchinar (“to pave”), from en- + china.
Adjective
chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)
- curly
Noun
chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)
- someone with curly hair
Etymology 3
From Quechua/Kichwa ?ína (“servant girl”).
Noun
chino m (plural chinos)
- (Colombia) kid
Related terms
- enchinar
Further reading
- “chino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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ching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Thai ???? (chìng).
Noun
ching pl (plural only)
- A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
Synonyms
- chhing
Further reading
- ching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Onomatopeic.
Interjection
ching
- The sound of metal or glass clinking.
Noun
ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)
- (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
- 1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing (1992), ?ISBN, page 40:
- The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"
- 2004, Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin (2004), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.
- 2008, Greg Weston, Ocean View Terrace and the Blue Pirate Eater, Lulu (2008), ?ISBN, page 196:
- Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
- 1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing (1992), ?ISBN, page 40:
- (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
- 2005, Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster (2005), ?ISBN, page 100:
- "Supposedly, it was worth millions back then, so it could be worth maybe ten times as much now."
- Tatorrio whistled. "That's a lot of ching."
- 2006, Neville Basson, "The Golden Hour", New Era, 7 April 2006:
- If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching".
- 2012, Die Antwoord, "Fatty Boom Boom", Ten$Ion:
- Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching
- 2012, Erik Biksa, "Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy", Rosebud, 18 July 2012:
- If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.
- 2005, Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster (2005), ?ISBN, page 100:
- (zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
- (MLE, slang) A knife.
Synonyms
- (money): See also Thesaurus:money.
Verb
ching (third-person singular simple present chings, present participle chinging, simple past and past participle chinged)
- To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
- The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.
- 2004, David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War, Free Press (2004), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- These shadows, black as the earth they emerged from, were wearing what looked like dull German helmets, their webgear and canteens chinging as they ran.
- 2004, Devlin O'Neill, A Maid's Friends and Fantasies: Short Stories, Blue Moon Books (2005), ?ISBN, page 4:
- Crystal chings and we sip.
- 2009, Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, Brazos Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 146:
- One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
- (MLE, slang) To stab.
- Synonyms: chef, shank
- (zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
See also
- cha-ching
- ching chong
- kerching
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Noun
ching (uncountable)
- (Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
- 2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House (2002), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- I'll leave the message, but Simon's very much a free spirit, I state to the receiver as I use a fifty-pound note to hoover up some ching.
- 2006, Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press (2006), ?ISBN, page 70:
- Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.
- 2011, David Taylor, "Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack", Daily Record (Scotland), 30 June 2011:
- She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine). […]
- 2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House (2002), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cocaine.
Anagrams
- ginch
Old Irish
Verb
ching
- Lenited form of cing.
Mutation
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ci??/
Noun
ching
- claw
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44
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