See Chinglish on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chinggeullisi",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"word": "칭글리시"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chinglês"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kitájskij anglíjskij",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кита́йский англи́йский"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "číngliš",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чи́нглиш"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"word": "chinglés"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pidgin chino"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"word": "n.a."
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "English influenced by Chinese",
"word": "must be explained"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Chinglish"
],
"word": "Chinglish"
}
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