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{
"code": "de",
"english": "offensive term for any Asian person",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schlitzauge"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "Cina"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "orang Cina"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "anak Cina"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "singkek"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Chankoro",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "チャンコロ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Chankoro",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "ちゃんころ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Pokopen",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "不彀本"
},
{
"alt": "しなじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Shina-jin",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "支那人"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Pokopen",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "ポコペン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jjangkkae",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "짱깨"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jjangkkolla",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "짱꼴라"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doenom",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "되놈"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ttoenom",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "뙤놈"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xužaa",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "хужаа"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "chipper"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"english": "offensive term for any Asian person",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čašm tang",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "چشم تنگ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "offensive term for any East Asian person",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Żółtek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kitajec"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kitajóza",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "китаёза"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "offensive term for any Asian person",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uzkoglázyj",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "узкогла́зый"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "offensive term for any Asian person",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "guling"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "Tsekwa"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jék",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "เจ๊ก"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "offensive: Chinese person",
"word": "người Tàu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Chink"
],
"word": "Chink"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋk",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋk/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ching-ching"
},
"expansion": "ching-ching",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "請",
"4": "",
"5": "please",
"tr": "qǐng"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin 請／请 (qǐng, “please”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chin-chin"
},
"expansion": "chin-chin",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "cincin"
},
"expansion": "Italian cincin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "tchim-tchim"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese tchim-tchim",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "tim-tim"
},
"expansion": "tim-tim",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "chinchín"
},
"expansion": "Spanish chinchín",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "tchin-tchin"
},
"expansion": "French tchin-tchin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "China"
},
"expansion": "China",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Qing"
},
"expansion": "Qing",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Ch'ing"
},
"expansion": "Ch'ing",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nan-hbl",
"2": "親家",
"t": "any relative by marriage (to a Chinese family)",
"tr": "chhin-ke"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 親家／亲家 (chhin-ke, “any relative by marriage (to a Chinese family)”)",
"name": "noncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "There are several possible origins of the term:\n* From the Chinese courtesy ching-ching, a reduplication of Mandarin 請／请 (qǐng, “please”). Compare chin-chin, Italian cincin, Portuguese tchim-tchim, tim-tim, Spanish chinchín, French tchin-tchin.\n* From the alteration of China.\n* From the alteration of Qing (also spelled Ch'ing).\nSee also Hokkien 親家／亲家 (chhin-ke, “any relative by marriage (to a Chinese family)”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more Chink",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most Chink",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Chink (comparative more Chink, superlative most Chink)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English ethnic slurs",
"English offensive terms",
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese."
],
"links": [
[
"ethnic",
"ethnic"
],
[
"slur",
"slur"
],
[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese."
],
"tags": [
"ethnic",
"offensive",
"slang",
"slur"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɪŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chink"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Chink"
],
"word": "Chink"
}
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