Chink

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

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

Adj

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

Sinònims

Chinese person

crevice

crack

cranny

crevasse

Chinese

🇨🇳/🇲🇴

ring

💍

sound

🔉

tune

Manchu person

fissure

chink

cleft

Traduccions

chinetoque

Schlitzauge

Κινέζος

ήχος μέταλλου

ρωγμή

χαραμάδα

asiate

chinetoc

chintok

spleetoog

ήχος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪŋk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb italià: cincin

Cognat amb portuguès: tchim-tchim

Cognat amb espanyol: chinchín

Cognat amb francès: tchin-tchin

In summary

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 Chinese family)”).