chinaman

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
noun a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg

From china (“porcelain”) + -man.

The Chinaman fingered his collars. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Khitai [a Chinaman],” said Abdullah proudly. — Kim, Rudyard Kipling
On the steps lay a dead Chinaman." — The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer

chink

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