pidgin English
UK/ˈpɪ.dʒɪn ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/US/ˈpɪ.dʒən ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/
pidgin English noun: the Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
Noun
pidgin English (countable and uncountable, plural pidgin Englishes)
- The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
- Any English-lexifier pidgin.
- They’ve picked up pidgin-English from the few old regulars I keep about the place and speak it much better than the old hands themselves.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 209
- Any very basic English; broken English.
Forms of pidgin English
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Questions about pidgin English
- What does pidgin English mean?
- Pidgin English means the Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
- What part of speech is pidgin English?
- Pidgin English is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pidgin English?
- Pidgin English is pronounced /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pidgin English?
- The plural of pidgin English is pidgin Englishes.
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