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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: ching-chong and Ching-chong

English

Alternative forms

• ching-chong

Etymology

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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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪŋ ˌtʃɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪŋ ˌtʃɑŋ/
• enPR: chǐngʹ chŏng

Interjection

ching chong

English Wikipedia has an article on:ching chongWikipedia

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Mimicking Chinese, Korean, Thai or other East or Southeast Asian speech.
   • 2008, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia, page 91:He came up with three or four kids behind him, chanting 'Ching chong! Ching chong! Don't even know how to talk! Don't even know how to fight!'
   • 2009, Kent A. Ono, Vincent N. Pham, Asian Americans and the media, page 104:For example, comedian and talk-show host Adam Corolla and NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal have each previously made ching chong comments in reference to Asians and Asian Americans.
   • 2016 October 21, Crystal Chen, “I ‘Went Back to China’ — and Felt More American than Ever”, in Foreign Policy‎[1], archived from the original on 22 October 2016‎[2]:Growing up in Nebraska, I was “ching-chong’d” in school and asked why my eyes were so small. Later on, popular kids would compel me to do their homework with overtures of friendship, only to ignore me at recess.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching chong.

Usage notes

• The term will often be pronounced or performed with unusual exaggeration, cadence and emphasis to mimic perceptions of East Asian languages; the user may consider the term humorous or a crass joke.

See also

• durka durka (mimicking Middle Eastern speech)
• ooga booga (mimicking African and Australian Aboriginal speech)
• zhing-zhong

Noun

ching chong (plural ching chongs)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A Chinese or other Asian person.
   • 1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden‎[3], New York: Viking Press, →OCLC, page 205:“Hey there, Ching Chong, bring the pistol.” In a moment Lee poked the gun butt-first through the door.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching chong.

Further reading

• “ching chong, ching-chong”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

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