chino

chino
adj.
1 Chinese.
2 curly, very curly.
m.
1 Chinese, Chink, Chinaman, native of China.
2 Chinese, Chinese language.
3 person with curly hair, curly-haired person.
4 lad, boy, young man.
pres.indicat.
1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chinar.
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chino
adjetivo
1 Chinese
nombre masculino,nombre femenino
1 (persona) Chinese person
nombre masculino chino
1 (idioma) Chinese
2 (colador) sieve
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FRASEOLOGÍA
engañar a alguien como a un chino familiar to take somebody for a ride
eso me suena a chino familiar it's all Greek to me
ser un trabajo de chinos familiar to be a fiddly piece of work
trabajar como un chino familiar to work like a slave
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chino
nombre masculino
1 (idioma) Chinese
2 (colador) sieve
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chino
nombre masculino
1 (piedrecita) pebble
nombre masculino plural chinos
1 guessing game sing
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(f. - china)
noun adj.
Chinese
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I chino, -a
1.
ADJ Chinese

barrio chino — red-light district

2. SM / F
1) (=persona) Chinese man/woman
- es trabajo de chinos
2) LAm (=mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed race ( of Amerindian and European parentage ); (=indio) Indian, Amerindian
3) LAm (=criado) servant/maid
3. SM
1) (Ling) Chinese
- hablar en chino

ni que hablara en chino — it was all Greek to me

- me suena a chino
2) (Culin) conical strainer
3) And, CAm (=cerdo) pig, hog (EEUU)
4) pl chinos Méx (=rizos) curls
5) Arg, CAm (=rabia) anger

le salió el chino — he lost his temper

tener un chino — to be angry

china II
SM (Geol) pebble, stone
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I
-na adjetivo
1) (de la China) Chinese

estar chino de risa — (Per fam) to be in stitches (colloq)

2) (Méx) <pelo> curly
II
-na masculino, femenino
1) (de la China) (m) Chinese man; (f) Chinese woman

los chinos — the Chinese, Chinese people

engañar a alguien como a un chino — to take somebody for a ride; trabajar verbo intransitivo 2

2)
a) (Arg, Per) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed Amerindian and European parentage
b) (Col fam) (joven) kid (colloq)
c) (Méx) (de pelo rizado) curly-haired person
III
masculino
1) (idioma) Chinese

es chino para mí or me suena a chino — it's all Greek to me

2) (fam) (de hachís) lump, piece
3) (Méx) (pelo rizado) curly hair; (para rizar el pelo) curler, roller
4) (Per fam) (tienda) convenience store, corner shop (BrE)
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I
-na adjetivo
1) (de la China) Chinese

estar chino de risa — (Per fam) to be in stitches (colloq)

2) (Méx) <pelo> curly
II
-na masculino, femenino
1) (de la China) (m) Chinese man; (f) Chinese woman

los chinos — the Chinese, Chinese people

engañar a alguien como a un chino — to take somebody for a ride; trabajar verbo intransitivo 2

2)
a) (Arg, Per) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed Amerindian and European parentage
b) (Col fam) (joven) kid (colloq)
c) (Méx) (de pelo rizado) curly-haired person
III
masculino
1) (idioma) Chinese

es chino para mí or me suena a chino — it's all Greek to me

2) (fam) (de hachís) lump, piece
3) (Méx) (pelo rizado) curly hair; (para rizar el pelo) curler, roller
4) (Per fam) (tienda) convenience store, corner shop (BrE)
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chino1
1 = Chinese, Chink, Chinaman.
Nota: Uso ofensivo.

Ex: There are Irish criminals, they are not all in Ireland; there are Chinese criminals; they are not all in China.

Ex: They tend to be utterly paranoid, always having at the back of their head strange notions of how 'these sneaky Chinks are out there to get them'.
Ex: An innocent Chinese man was punched right on his left eye and yelled at 'We don't need Chinamen in this country!'.
* barrio chino, el = Chinatown.
* freír al estilo chino = stir-fry.
* frito al estilo chino = stir-fry.
* naranjita china = kumquat [cumquat].
* papel de China = rice paper, pith paper.
* repollo chino = Chinese cabbage.
* República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.
* República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.
* trabajo de chinos = fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.].

chino2
2 = stone.

Ex: A manuscript is a writing made by hand (including musical scores), typescripts, and inscriptions on clay tablets, stone, etc.

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chino1 -na
adjective
A (de la China) Chinese
estar chino de risa (Per fam); to be in stitches (colloq)
B (Méx) ‹pelo› curly
chino2 -na
masculine, feminine
A (de la China) (masculine) Chinese man; (feminine) Chinese woman
los chinos the Chinese, Chinese people
engañar a algn como a un chino to take sb for a ride
trabajar vi B. (↑ trabajar)
B
1 (Arg, Per) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed Amerindian and European parentage
2 (Col fam) (joven) kid (colloq)
3 (Méx) (de pelo rizado) curly-haired person, person with curly hair
chino3
masculine
A (idioma) Chinese
es chino para mí or me suena a chino (hablando de un tema) it's all Greek to me; (hablando de un idioma) it sounds like double Dutch to me
B (Esp) (Coc) vegetable mill
C
1 (fam) (de hachís) lump, piece
2 chinos mpl (juego) spoof
jugar a los chinos to play spoof
D (Méx)
1 (pelo rizado) curly hair
2 (para rizar el pelo) curler, roller
E (Per) (tienda) (fam) convenience store, corner shop (BrE)
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chino 1
-na adjetivo

1 (de la China) Chinese
2 (Méx) ‹pelocurly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (de la China) (m) Chinese man;
(f) Chinese woman;
los chinos the Chinese

2
a) (Arg, Per) (mestizo) mestizo, person of mixed Amerindian and European parentage

b) (Col fam) (joven) kid (colloq)

chino 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (idioma) Chinese;
me suena a chino it's all Greek to me

2 (Méx) (pelo rizado) curly hair;
(para rizar el pelo) curler, roller
3 (Per fam) (tienda) convenience store, corner shop (BrE)
chino sustantivo masculino
1 (idioma) Chinese
2 familiar (lenguaje incomprensible) Greek: le sonaba a chino, it was all Greek to him
'chino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrio
- cuento
- novela
- sonar
- junco
English:
chinatown
- Chinese
- cock and bull story
- Dutch
- red light district
- story
- tall story
- curl
- curly
- double
- eye
- frizzy
- tall
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chino, -a
adj
1. [de China] Chinese
2. Am [mestizo] of mixed race
3. Méx [rizado] curly
nm,f
[persona] Chinese person;
un chino a Chinese man;
una china a Chinese woman;
los chinos the Chinese;
Comp
engañar a alguien como a un chino to take sb for a ride;
Comp
trabajar como un chino to slave away;
Comp
ser un trabajo de chinos [minucioso] to be a fiddly o finicky job;
[pesado] to be hard work
nm
1. [lengua] Chinese;
Comp
Fam
me suena a chino [no lo conozco] I've never heard of it;
[no lo entiendo] it's all Greek to me;
Comp
Méx Fam
está en chino que pase eso no way is that going to happen
2. [pasapuré] hand-operated food mill
3. Andes, RP [mestizo] = person of mixed ancestry
4. Andes, Ven [niño] child
chinos nmpl
1. [juego] = game in which each player must guess the number of coins or pebbles in the others' hands
2. [pantalones] chinos
chino chano loc adv
[poco a poco] bit by bit, little by little;
caminaron sin detenerse y, chino chano, llegaron a su destino they walked on steadily and eventually got where they were going
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chino
I adj
1 Chinese
2 Méx (rizado) curly
II m
1 Chinese man;
trabajo de chinos fam hard work
2 idioma Chinese;
me suena a chino fam it’s all Chinese o
double Dutch to me fam
3 L.Am. desp
half-breed desp
4 Méx (rulo) curler
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chino, -na adj
1) : Chinese
2) Mex : curly, kinky
chino, -na n
: Chinese person
chino nm
: Chinese (language)
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chino1 adj Chinese
un restaurante chino a Chinese restaurant
chino2 n
1. (idioma) Chinese
2. (persona) Chinese man [pl. men] / Chinese woman [pl. women]

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