chino

See also: Chino, chinò, and chinō

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.

See also

• camisa de chino

Further reading

• Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Choni, chion-, ichno-

Asturian

Adjective

chino

1. neuter of chinu

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.

Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chini, feminine plural chine)

1. lowered, bent, bowed

   Synonyms: curvo, piegato

Etymology 2

Verb

chino

1. first-person singular present indicative of chinare

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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.nu/

Etymology 1

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

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

Related terms

• chinar

Etymology 2

Verb

chino

1. first-person singular present indicative of chinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/ [ˈt͡ʃi.no]

• Audio (Spain)

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: chi‧no

Etymology 1

From China +‎ -o.

Variety stores are called chinos because almost all variety stores in Spain are run by Chinese people.

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

Noun

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) (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

5. (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)

Hyponyms

• pekinés
• shanghaiano

 

Derived terms

• achinado
• achinar
• antichino
• berro chino
• caja 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

 

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 Kichwa/Quechua china (“servant girl”).

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Colombia) kid
2. (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

• enchinar

 

Further reading

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