Chino - Wiktionary

See also: Chino, chinó, chinò, and chinō

English

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Etymology

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A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China.[1]

The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word.[2]

Pronunciation

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• (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtʃinoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)

1. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

Derived terms

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• chinoed

See also

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• camisa de chino

References

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1. ^ The History Of The Chino
2. ^ The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary, 1973.

Further reading

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• Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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• Choni, chion-, ichno-

Asturian

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Adjective

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chino

1. neuter of chinu

Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈtʃi.noː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: chi‧no
• Rhymes: -inoː

Noun

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chino c (plural chino's, no diminutive)

1. pair of trousers made of chino

Noun

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chino n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. chino

Italian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈki.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: chì‧no

Etymology 1

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From the short past participle of chinare (“to bend”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle chinato.[1]

Adjective

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chino (feminine china, masculine plural chini, feminine plural chine)

1. lowered, bent, bowed Synonyms: curvo, piegato

Etymology 2

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Verb

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chino

1. first-person singular present indicative of chinare

References

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1. ^ Ledgeway 2016: 221

Further reading

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• Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin plēnus.

Pronunciation

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• (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkçiːnə], (feminine) [ˈkçeːnă]

Adjective

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chino (feminine singular chiena, masculine plural chine, feminine plural chiene)

1. full

References

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• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1335: “pieno; piena; pieni; piene” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “chiéna”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu
• Hyphenation: chi‧no

Etymology 1

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From China.

Adjective

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chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. (rare outside of compounds) Chinese Synonym: chinês

Derived terms

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• rato-chino

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. (rare outside of compounds) Chinese Synonym: chinês

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Madeira) synonym of abatanado
2. (informal) knife

Derived terms

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• chinar

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chino

1. first-person singular present indicative of chinar

Further reading

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• “chino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “chino”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “chino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/ [ˈt͡ʃi.no]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: chi‧no

Etymology 1

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From China +‎ -o.

Variety stores are called chinos because almost all variety stores in Spain are run by Chinese people.

Adjective

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chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese person

Noun

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chino m (uncountable)

1. Chinese (language)

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos)

1. (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
2. (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
   1. a Chinese restaurant Synonym: chifa
   2. (Spain) (US) variety store, dollar store, dime store, five-and-dime, (UK) pound shop (owned by a Chinese immigrant) Synonyms: bazar chino, (Spain, dated) todo a cien, (Argentina) todo por dos pesos, (Chile) todo a 1000, (Chile) todo a luca
   3. (Argentina) a small or medium-sized supermarket owned by a Chinese immigrant, typically found in residential areas
3. (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)

Hyponyms

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• pekinés
• shanghaiano

Derived terms

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• achinado
• achinar
• aligátor chino
• antichino
• autillo chino
• berro chino
• caja china
• campanilla china
• carácter chino
• chino de risa
• chino mandarín
• chino tuerto
• col china
• cuento chino
• damas chinas
• engañar como a un chino
• esto es chino para mí
• fumar como chino en quiebra
• gota china
• letras chinas
• me suena a chino
• mona china
• naranjo chino
• oropéndola china
• repollo chino
• rosa china
• tablero chino
• taco chino
• tinta china
• trabajo de chinos
• yute chino

Etymology 2

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Use of enchinar (“to pave”), from en- + china.

Adjective

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chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. curly
2. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) fed up
3. (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico) beardless; having little or no body hair Synonyms: lampiño, liso

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. someone with curly hair

Etymology 3

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From Kichwa/Quechua china (“servant girl”).

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Colombia) kid
2. (Latin America) boy, servant Tengo que llevar a los chinos al colegio.I have to take the kids to school. Apúrate chino Juan que a la fila llaman ya.Hurry up little John, because they're calling attendance already.

Related terms

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• enchinar

Etymology 4

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Variant of china.

Noun

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chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Spain, Andalusia) alternative form of china (“pebble”)
2. (in the plural) game where players try to guess the number of coins in another player's first

Further reading

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• “chino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “chino”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “estar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• https://diperu.apl.org.pe/buscar?entrada=1989