Chinee

English · Español

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Chinee

/ˈt͡ʃaɪniː/

Where it comes from

Back-formation from Chinese, using -ee.

noun Chinees

dated, ethnic, offensive, slur A person from China. 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.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"Chinee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chinee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Chinee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chinee

Chicago

"Chinee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chinee.

BibTeX

@misc{chinee_2026,
  title = {Chinee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chinee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}