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Definition: Chinaman |
ChinamanNoun1. Offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent. 2. A ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Chinaman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | CHINAMAN, John, a well-known character in the U. S. who washed clothes, and made chop suey until he had enough money to return to his native land, purchase a few wives, and live in opium. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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Synonym: ChinamanSynonym: chink (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Chinaman |
| English words defined with "Chinaman": Chinamen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Chinaman": Chinaman pebble ♦ John Chinaman. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Chin Chin Chinaman (1931) The Chinaman (1920) Ski-Hi the Cartoon Chinaman (1915) Marionettes Dancing Chinaman (1898) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Old time Chinaman of the type that originally followed the crops in California. Sacramento, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty - and, by which definition, a philosopher - dreamed he was a butterfly, and from that moment he was never quite sure that he was not a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher |
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| "Chinaman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.56% of the time. "Chinaman" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.56% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.44% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Chinaman": john chinaman. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chinaman | 35 |
chinaman pitbull | 9 |
bull chinaman pit | 3 |
chinaman dog | 3 |
chinaman ching chong | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Chinaman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Chinees (Chinese). (various references) | |
Albanian | kinez (chinee, Chinese). (various references) | |
Arabic | الصيني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | китаец (chinee, chinese, chink, chow). (various references) | |
Czech | èíòan (chinese). (various references) | |
Danish | kineser (Chinese). (various references) | |
Dutch | Chinees (Chinese, Chinese language). (various references) | |
Finnish | kiinalainen (Chinese). (various references) | |
French | chinois (Chinese). (various references) | |
Frisian | Sjinees (Chinese), Sinees (Chinese). (various references) | |
German | chinese (Chinese). (various references) | |
Greek | Κινέζος (Chinese). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | kinez (Chinese). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kínai férfi, kínai (chinee, chinese, Chinese lady, Chinese woman, chink). (various references) | |
Icelandic | Kínverji (Chinese). (various references) | |
Italian | cinese (Chinese, cinema). (various references) | |
Manx | Sheenagh (Chinese). (various references) | |
Papiamen | chines (Chinese). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inamanchay.(various references) | |
Polish | Chińczyk (Chinese). (various references) | |
Portuguese | chinês (chinee, Chinese, chow, cinema). (various references) | |
Romanian | chinez (chinese, john chinaman). (various references) | |
Russian | китаец (Chinee, chinese, pong). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kinez (chinese). (various references) | |
Spanish | chino (Chinese, curly, pebble). (various references) | |
Sranan | snesi (Chinese). (various references) | |
Swedish | kines (chinee, Chinese). (various references) | |
Turkish | çinli (celestial, chinese, chink, gook). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кита"ць (chinee, chinese). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khả năng ít nhất. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "Chinaman" (pronounced 'Chi"na*man'): Ahriman, Airman, Alderman, Almsman, Alongshoreman, Ariman, Artilleryman, Artsman, Assemblyman, Ataman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bombardman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cavalryman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Coachman, Coffeeman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chainman. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-n-n" | |
-2 letters: caiman, maniac. | |
-3 letters: amain, amnia, amnic, anima, canna, chain, china, mania, manic, manna. | |
-4 letters: amah, amia, amin, anna, cain, cham, chia, chin, inch, mach, main, mana, mica, mina, naan, nana. | |
-5 letters: aah, aha, aim, ain, ama, ami, ana, ani, cam, can, chi, ham, hic, him, hin, ich, inn, mac, man, nah, nam, nan, nim. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-n-n" | |
+3 letters: anachronism, chairmaning, chairmanned, machinating, machination, mechanician. | |
+4 letters: anachronisms, chairmanning, machinations, mechanicians, nymphomaniac. | |
+5 letters: acetaminophen, antimechanist, mechanization, nonmechanical, nymphomaniacs. | |
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