Chink

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• chink

Etymology

Alteration of Chinese

Noun

Chink (plural Chinks)

1. (slang, offensive) A Chinese person.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 51

     Then her eyes, always alert for the affairs of her kitchen, fell on some action of the Chinese cook which aroused her violent disapproval. She turned on him with a torrent of abuse. The Chink was not backward to defend himself, and a very lively quarrel ensued.

Synonyms

• (Chinese person (offensive)): Chinaman, gook

Derived terms

• chinky

Translations

offensive: Chinese person

• Finnish: kinkki (fi), kinuski (fi)
• French: chinetoque (fr) m, f, chinetoc (fr) m, f, chintok (fr) m, f
• German: Schlitzauge (de) m, f (offensive term for any Asian person)
• Japanese: チャンコロ (Chankoro), ちゃんころ (ja) (Chankoro), 不コ本 (Pokopen), 支那人 (しなじん, Shina-jin), ポコペン (Bokopen)
• Korean: 짱깨 (ko) (jjangkkae), 짱꼴라 (ko) (jjangkkolla), 되놈 (doenom)

• Mongolian: хужаа (hužaa)
• Polish: Żółtek m (offensive term for any Asian person)
• Russian: китаёза (ru) m, f (kitajóza), узкоглазый (ru) m (uzkoglázyj) (offensive term for any Asian person)
• Vietnamese: người Tàu (lit.: "boat person/people")