chino — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chinaman noun In cricket, a type of spin delivery bowled by a left-handed bowler that turns unexpectedly toward a right-handed batter.
- Chinese adj Relating to China, its people, or their culture.
- curly adjective Formed into curls or ringlets; not straight.
- frizzy adj Made up of tight, wiry curls that stick out in different directions; unruly.
Senses
chino is used for these senses in English:
- Chinaman (dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.
- Chinese (countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.
- Chinese (uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.
- Chinese (uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
- chinois (cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer.
- convenience store A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
- curly Having curls.
- frizzy Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.
Chinese — full definition
- adj Relating to China, its people, or their culture.
- name The Chinese language, especially Standard Mandarin, written in Chinese characters.