Meaning

3 senses
  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.

    китаёзаkitajóza

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

  2. (broadly, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)A person of perceived East Asian descent.

    Schlitzauge

    узкогла́зыйuzkoglázyj

  3. (ethnic, offensive, slur)A meal of Chinese food.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. There must be a chink in the armour somewhere.

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  2. A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.

    ruОдинокий луч света прорвался сквозь щель в заставненном окне.

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  3. Chinks eat a lot of rice.

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  4. It has a chink.

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  5. Aart called the Chinese guy Chink.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
offensive: Chinese person:
offensive: East Asian person:
Deutsch
offensive: East Asian person:

Origin

There are several possible origins of the term:

There are several possible origins of the term:

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Forms

plural: Chinks
SingularChink
PluralChinks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Chinese meal:chinky
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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