# chino
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)
* A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

#### Derived terms

* chinoed

### See also

* camisa de chino

### References

* ↑ The History Of The Chino
* ↑ The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary, 1973.

### Further reading

* Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Choni, chion-, ichno-

## Asturian
### Adjective

chino
* neuter of chinu

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.no/
* Rhymes: -ino
* Hyphenation: chì‧no

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chini, feminine plural chine)
* lowered, bent, bowed
    Synonyms: curvo, piegato

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

chino
* first-person singular present indicative of chinare

### References

* ↑ Ledgeway 2016: 221

### Further reading

* 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
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin plēnus.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈkçiːnə], (feminine) [ˈkçeːnă]

### Adjective

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

### References

* 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
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃĩ.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃĩ.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.nu/
* Rhymes: -inu
* Hyphenation: chi‧no

### Etymology 1

From China.

#### Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)
* (rare outside of compounds) Chinese
    Synonym: chinês

##### Derived terms

* rato-chino

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)
* (rare outside of compounds) Chinese
    Synonym: chinês

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos)
* (Madeira) Synonym of abatanado
* (informal) knife

##### Derived terms

* chinar

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chino
* first-person singular present indicative of chinar

### Further reading

* “chino”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “chino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃino/ [ˈt͡ʃi.no]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ino
* Syllabification: chi‧no

### Etymology 1

From China +‎ -o.
Variety stores are called chinos because almost all variety stores in Spain are run by Chinese people.

#### Adjective

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

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)
* Chinese person

#### Noun

chino m (uncountable)
* Chinese (language)

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos)
* (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
* (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
** a Chinese restaurant
    Synonym: chifa
** (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
* (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)

##### Hyponyms

* pekinés
* shanghaiano

##### Derived terms

* achinado
* achinar
* aligátor chino
* antichino
* autillo chino
* berro chino
* caja china
* campanilla china
* carácter chino
* 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
* mona china
* naranjo chino
* oropéndola china
* repollo chino
* rosa china
* tablero chino
* taco chino
* tinta china
* trabajo de chinos
* yute chino

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)
* curly
* (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) fed up
* (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico) beardless; having little or no body hair
    Synonyms: lampiño, liso

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)
* someone with curly hair

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos)
* (Colombia) kid
* (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

* enchinar

### Etymology 4

Variant of china.

#### Noun

chino m (plural chinos)
* (Spain, Andalusia) Alternative form of china (“pebble”)
* (in the plural) game where players try to guess the number of coins in another player's first

### Further reading

* “chino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “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