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Chinee

/ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/

Chinee noun: a person from China.

Noun

Chinee (plural Chinees)

  1. (dated, ethnic, offensive, slur, Chinese Pidgin English) A person from China.
    • But the hands that were played / By that heathen Chinee, / And the points that he made, / Were quite frightful to see,— / Till at last he put down a right bower, / Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.1870, Bret Harte, Plain Language from Truthful James
    • We endure our abuses of orphanotrophism even when they are repulsive to the heathen Chinee.1910 September 10, Bayard Holmes, “Orphanotrophism”, in The Lancet-clinic, volume 104, number 11, page 238

Forms of Chinee

pluralChinees

Origin of Chinee

Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.

Questions about Chinee

What does Chinee mean?
Chinee means a person from China.
What part of speech is Chinee?
Chinee is a noun.
How do you pronounce Chinee?
Chinee is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/.
What is the plural of Chinee?
The plural of Chinee is Chinees.

Words near Chinee in the dictionary

  1. Chindwinn
  2. chine
  3. Chinea
  4. Chineas
  5. chined
  6. Chinee
  7. Chinees
  8. Chineham
  9. chinela
  10. chinelas
  11. chinele

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