Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗adj
Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese. · East Asian.
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe Chinese language.
There are several possible origins of the term: * 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. * From the alteration of China. * From the alteration of Qing (also spelled Ch'ing). See also Hokkien 親家 /亲家 (chhin-ke, “any relative by marriage (to a Chinese family)”).
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- Derivation mention請cmn
- Cognate mentioncincinit
- Cognate mentiontchim-tchimpt
- Cognate mentionchinchínes
- Cognate mentiontchin-tchinfr
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