Chink

See also: chink

§English

Wikipedia

§Alternative forms

• chink

§Etymology

Alteration of Chinese

§Noun

Chink (plural Chinks)

1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Refers to a Chinese or a person of Chinese ethnicity.
   • 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

• Dutch: spleetoog m, f (offensive term for any Asian 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)
• Indonesian: Cina (id), orang Cina, anak Cina
• 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")