chinkie

Noun

chinky (plural chinkies)

1. (UK, offensive, slang) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
   • What this means for young Chinese people growing up and serving behind the counter is captured in Pui Fan Lee’s autobiographical play Short, Fat, Ugly and Chinese, broadcast on Radio 5 in 1992. She remembers her childhood: ‘But most of all I hated the shop. The takeaway. Or, as the locals called...2005, David Parker, Cool Places: Geographies of youth cultures, page 70
2. (UK, offensive, slang) A meal of Chinese food.
   • I've had a Chinky, a Chic Murray and, afore ye came tae collect me, I had some fuckin' fancy Italian pasta dish. It was pure dead brilliant, by the way!2013, Harry Morris, Yer Never Gonnae Believe It
3. (offensive, slang) A Chinese person.
4. (offensive, slang) An East Asian person.
   • Oh my chinky she's so kinky got me hot like Nagasaki1996, “Yellow Fever”, in One Fierce Beer Coaster, performed by Bloodhound Gang
5. (India, offensive, slang) A person from Northeast India.
   • Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.2017 May 23, Alana Golmei, “Let’s talk about racism”, in Hindustan Times, Delhi

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