different between chino vs chiro

English

Etymology

From American Spanish pantalones chinos ("Chinese pants"), which was later shortened to simply chinos.

Noun

chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)

1. 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)

1. lowered, bent, bowed

   Synonyms: curvo, piegato

Verb

chino

1. first-person singular present of chinare

Portuguese

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Madeira) Synonym of abatanado
2. (informal) knife

Related terms

• chinar

Verb

chino

1. 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)

1. Chinese

Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese person
2. (Latin America) boy, servant

chino m (plural chinos)

1. Chinese (language)
2. (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
3. (colloquial, Cuba, uncountable) chickenpox

   Synonym: varicela

4. (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
   1. a Chinese restaurant

      Synonym: chifa

   2. (Spain) variety store, pound shop, dollar store (owned by a Chinese immigrant)

      Synonym: bazar chino

5. (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)

1. curly

Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. someone with curly hair

Etymology 3

From Quechua/Kichwa ?ína (“servant girl”).

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Colombia) kid

Related terms

• enchinar

Further reading

• “chino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Shortening of chiropractor, chiropractic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ka?.?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka?.???/
• Homophone: Cairo
• Rhymes: -a????

Noun

chiro (countable and uncountable, plural chiros)

1. (informal, countable) A chiropractor.
2. (informal, uncountable) Chiropractic.

Anagrams

• choir, chori, ichor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• chiãro

Etymology

From Greek ?????? (kairós).

Noun

chiro m (definite articulation chirolu)

1. time

See also

• etã, vãcãti, zãmani
• oarã

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (iro, “color”).

Noun

chiro

1. color, dye

   Synonym: bedengel