chinee

/ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.39 in modern English

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noun

Dated; Offensive

"But the hands that were played / By that heathen Chinee, / And the points that he made, / Were quite frightful to see,— / Till at last he put down a right bower, / Which the same Nye had dealt unto me."
"We endure our abuses of orphanotrophism even when they are repulsive to the heathen Chinee."

Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.

Chinees (plural)

Japanee Portugee

Questions

How do you pronounce chinee?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/.

What does chinee mean?

A person from China.

Where does chinee come from?

Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.

How to pronounce chinee

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