"Chinglish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Chinglish [comparative], most Chinglish [superlative]
Etymology: Blend of Chinese + English. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Chinese|English}} Blend of Chinese + English Head templates: {{en-adj}} Chinglish (comparative more Chinglish, superlative most Chinglish)
  1. (sometimes derogatory) Of or resembling English that is influenced by the Chinese language. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): English Translations (resembling English influenced by Chinese): 中式英語的 (Chinese Mandarin), 中式英语的 (zhōngshì yīngyǔ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 中式英文的 (zhōng shì yīngwén de) (Chinese Mandarin), Chinees Engels (Dutch), n.a. (Finnish), must be explained (Finnish), chinesisch-englisch (German), kínai angol (Hungarian), kínai tört angol (Hungarian), cinglese (Italian), 中国英語 (Chūgoku eigo) [formal] (Japanese), chinglês (Portuguese), кита́йский англи́йский (kitájskij anglíjskij) [masculine] (Russian), como pidgin chino (Spanish), n.a. (Swedish), must be explained (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Chinglish-en-adj-twH3Etwm Disambiguation of English: 49 51 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50

Proper name

Etymology: Blend of Chinese + English. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Chinese|English}} Blend of Chinese + English Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chinglish
  1. (sometimes derogatory) Spoken or written English which is influenced by the Chinese language. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): Dialects, English Synonyms: Chinese English Related terms: Engrish, English language Translations (English influenced by Chinese): 中式英語 (Chinese Mandarin), 中式英语 (zhōng shì yīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 中式英文 (zhōng shì yīngwén) (Chinese Mandarin), kiinalaisittain murrettu englanti (Finnish), chinesisches Englisch [neuter] (German), kínai angolság (Hungarian), kínai tört angolság (Hungarian), cinglese [masculine] (Italian), チングリッシュ (chingurisshu) (Japanese), chinglês [masculine] (Portuguese), кита́йский англи́йский (kitájskij anglíjskij) [masculine] (Russian), чи́нглиш (číngliš) [masculine] (Russian), chinglés (Spanish), pidgin chino [masculine] (Spanish), n.a. (Swedish), must be explained (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Chinglish-en-name-gkyh6qGf Disambiguation of Dialects: 36 64 Disambiguation of English: 49 51 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67

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      "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"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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