Meaning

3 senses

  1. (dated, offensive)A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

    Chinese

    китаецkitajec

    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a man of Chinese descent

  2. A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade.

  3. (US, obsolete, offensive, slang)Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
a man who is Chinese, a Chinese man:
Deutsch
a man who is Chinese, a Chinese man:

Origin

From Chinese Pidgin English. Calque of Chinese 中國人 /中国人 (Zhōngguórén) ("China + -man"). Ap

From Chinese Pidgin English. Calque of Chinese 中國人 /中国人 (Zhōngguórén) ("China + -man"). Applied also to ships by analogy with East Indiaman.

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Forms

plural: Chinamen
SingularChinaman
PluralChinamen

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Chinaperson

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chimpanzeeA2chinA2chinachinchillaChineseA2chink
Chinaman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto