chinglish
/ˈt͡ʃɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.47 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And as Global English evolves through the twenty-first century, Chinglish will, undoubtedly, continue to have a sizable impact."
- "Andrea acknowledged that she spoke Chinglish, that she hated her accent, and that learners needed a comprehensible teacher voice in the classroom."
- "You will see signs written in Chinglish all over China. These signs are usually amusing to English-speaking westerners because they often make no sense, or the translation is inappropriately sexual in content."
- "The same can be said about the speakers of Teochiu, Hokkien, Hakka, and Cantonese and Hailam in Southeast Asia, Cantonese in Hong Kong, and all the different topolect speakers and Chinglish or pidgin speakers in the United States."
Etymology
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.
Inflected Forms
more Chinglish (comparative)
most Chinglish (superlative)