chino

From American Spanish pantalones chinos ("Chinese pants"), which was later shortened to simply chinos.

chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)

1. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

• Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• chion-, ichno-

• IPA^(key): /ˈkino/, [ˈkiː.no]
• Hyphenation: chì‧no

chino (feminine singular china, masculine plural chini, feminine plural chine)

1. lowered, bent, bowed

   Synonyms: curvo, piegato

chino

1. first-person singular present of chinare

From China +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/

chino (feminine singular china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese
2. (Nicaragua) Any Oriental person in general: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, etc.

   Juan y el chino son amigos.

   Juan and the Japanese guy are friends.

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese person

chino m (plural chinos)

1. Chinese (language)
2. (colloquial) An incomprehensible language
3. (colloquial, Cuba, uncountable) chickenpox

   Synonym: varicela

4. (colloquial, Spain) variety store (pound shop, dollar store) owned by a Chinese immigrant

   Synonym: bazar chino

• (variety store): Often more used in the plural forms with the same meaning. They are called chino because Chinese citizens own almost all the variety store.

Use of enchinar (“to pave”), from en- + china.

chino (feminine singular china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. curly

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. someone with curly hair

• enchinar

• “chino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.