ching chong
ching chong · ching chongs
A Chinese or other Asian personA Chinese or other Asian person.
UK/ˈtʃɪŋ ˌtʃɒŋ/US/ˈtʃɪŋ ˌtʃɑŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(ethnic, offensive, slur)A Chinese or other Asian person.
Origin
Pseudo-loan from Chinese. Onomatopoeic, originally representing characteristic syllables oPseudo-loan from Chinese. Onomatopoeic, originally representing characteristic syllables of Chinese, such as Mandarin's qing and chong, Cantonese's cing¹ and cong¹, Hokkien's chheng and chhong, etc., as heard by English-speakers, and reinforced by perceptions of other Asian languages, especially with existing surnames of Chinese origin, such as Ching/Cheng and Chong/Chung.
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