chino

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See also: Chino, chinò, and chinō

English

Etymology

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

Noun

chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)

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

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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

References

  1. ^ Ledgeway 2016: 221

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.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plēnus.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): , (feminine)

Adjective

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

  1. full

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

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

Verb

chino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/
  • 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 (uncountable)

  1. Chinese (language)

Noun

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

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.
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Etymology 4

Variant of china.

Noun

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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