Chinatown
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/
- (US) enPR: chīʹnə-toun', IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: Chi‧na‧town
Noun edit
Chinatown (plural Chinatowns)
- A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
- 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 185:
- She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown.
- (proscribed, slang) By extension, such a district filled with stereotypical "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a Chinese district outside China
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Finnish edit
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Proper noun edit
Chinatown
Declension edit
Inflection of Chinatown (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Chinatown | Chinatownit | ||
genitive | Chinatownin | Chinatownien | ||
partitive | Chinatownia | Chinatowneja | ||
illative | Chinatowniin | Chinatowneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Chinatown | Chinatownit | ||
accusative | nom. | Chinatown | Chinatownit | |
gen. | Chinatownin | |||
genitive | Chinatownin | Chinatownien | ||
partitive | Chinatownia | Chinatowneja | ||
inessive | Chinatownissa | Chinatowneissa | ||
elative | Chinatownista | Chinatowneista | ||
illative | Chinatowniin | Chinatowneihin | ||
adessive | Chinatownilla | Chinatowneilla | ||
ablative | Chinatownilta | Chinatowneilta | ||
allative | Chinatownille | Chinatowneille | ||
essive | Chinatownina | Chinatowneina | ||
translative | Chinatowniksi | Chinatowneiksi | ||
abessive | Chinatownitta | Chinatowneitta | ||
instructive | — | Chinatownein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Chinatown f
- Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China)