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Chinese helicopter

Chinese helicopter noun: a Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English.

Noun

Chinese helicopter (plural Chinese helicopters)

  1. (Singapore, derogatory) A Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English.
    • The story goes that a recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered ‘Chinese helucated’, which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter.1985, M. Chiang, Army Daze, page 43

Forms of Chinese helicopter

pluralChinese helicopters

Questions about Chinese helicopter

What does Chinese helicopter mean?
Chinese helicopter means a Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English.
What part of speech is Chinese helicopter?
Chinese helicopter is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinese helicopter?
The plural of Chinese helicopter is Chinese helicopters.

Words near Chinese helicopter in the dictionary

  1. Chinese hat snails
  2. Chinese hawthorn
  3. Chinese hawthorns
  4. Chinese hedgehog
  5. Chinese hedgehogs
  6. Chinese helicopter
  7. Chinese helicopters
  8. Chinese hibiscus
  9. Chinese hibiscuses
  10. Chinese home run
  11. Chinese home runs

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