chino

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Chinese

∗ adjective

chino
video translation

chino, -a

adjective

1. Chinese (de China)

2. of mixed race (mestizo) (Am)

masculine or feminine noun

3. Chinese (man/woman) (de China) person of mixed race (Am)

trabajar como un chino, -a (figurative) -> to slave away (mestizo)

masculine noun

4. Chinese (lengua)

me suena a chino, -a (informal) -> I've never heard of it; (no lo conozco) it's all Greek to me (no lo entiendo)

also:

chinos -> = game in which each player must guess the number of coins or pebbles in the other's hand (juego)

5. vegetable mill (pasapuré)

chino [chee’-no, nah]

noun

1. Chinese. (m)

adjective

1. Bald, hairless. (Ante Meridian & Central America) (m)

2. Curly, kinky (pelo); Curly-haired. (Mexico) (m)

3. Angry, furious. (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)

4. Young. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

noun

5. Half-breed (mestizo); (Cono Sur, Carib.) Indian; offspring of Indian and Negress; (Carib.) Offpring of mulatto and Negress; (And. Carib, Cono Sur) servant; street urchin (golfo). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

Quedarse como un chino -> (Carib, Cono Sur) to come off badly
Trabajar como un chino -> (Carib. Cono Sur) to work like a slave

6. Pig. (Andes & Central America) (m)

7. Chinos, curls. (m)

8. Anger. (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)

Le salió el chino -> he got angry

chinoa china

adjetivo

Chinese

barrio chino red-light district

1 (persona) Chinese man/woman

quedar como un chino (S. Cone) to come off badly

trabajar como un chino especialmente (S. Cone) to work like a dog

es trabajo de chinos it's slave labour o labor; (EEUU)

2 (Latinoamérica) (mestizo) mestizo; person of mixed race of Amerindian and European parentage; (of Amerindian and European parentage) (indio) Indian; Amerindian

3 (Latinoamérica) (criado) servant/maid

1 (Lingüística) Chinese

hablar en chino to talk gobbledygook

ni que hablara en chino it was all Greek to me

me suena a chino (idioma) it sounds like double Dutch to me; (tema) it's all Greek to me

2 (Culin) conical strainer

3 (And) (Centroamérica) (cerdo) pig; hog; (EEUU)

4 chinos (México) (rizos) curls

5 (Arg) (Centroamérica) (rabia) anger

le salió el chino he lost his temper; tener un chino to be angry

china

chino