See also: Chino, chinò, and chinō

English edit

Etymology edit

from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted;" so called in reference to its usual color.

Noun edit

chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)

  1. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

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Asturian edit

Adjective edit

chino

  1. neuter of chinu

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: chì‧no

Etymology 1 edit

From the short past participle of chinare (to bend) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle chinato.[1]

Adjective edit

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

  1. lowered, bent, bowed
    Synonyms: curvo, piegato

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

chino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chinare

References edit

  1. ^ Ledgeway 2016: 221

Further reading edit

  • Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.

Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin plēnus.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkçiːnə], (feminine) [ˈkçeːnă]

Adjective edit

chino (feminine singular chiena, masculine plural chine, feminine plural chiene)

  1. full

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1335: “pieno; piena; pieni; piene” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “chiéna”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

chino m (plural chinos)

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

Verb edit

chino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chinar

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/ [ˈt͡ʃi.no]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: chi‧no

Etymology 1 edit

From China +‎ -o.

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. Chinese

Noun edit

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

  1. Chinese person

Noun edit

chino m (uncountable)

  1. Chinese (language)

Noun edit

chino m (plural chinos)

  1. (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
  2. (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
  3. (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)
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Etymology 2 edit

Use of enchinar (to pave), from en- + china.

Adjective edit

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

  1. curly

Noun edit

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

  1. someone with curly hair

Etymology 3 edit

From Kichwa/Quechua china (servant girl).

Noun edit

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.
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Etymology 4 edit

Variant of china.

Noun edit

chino m (plural chinos)

  1. (Spain, Andalusia) Alternative form of china (pebble)
  2. (in the plural) game where players try to guess the number of coins in another player's first

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