chino
pronunciation
How to pronounce chino in British English:
UK ['tʃi:nəʊ]
How to pronounce chino in American English:
US ['tʃinoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms
Word Origin
- chino (n.)
- type of cotton twill cloth, 1943, from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted;" so called in reference to its usual color. Earlier (via notion of skin color) chino meant "child of one white parent, one Indian" (fem. china), perhaps from Quechua čina "female animal, servant." Sources seem to disagree on whether the racial sense or the color sense is original.
Example
- 1. Before hey moved him to chino last year .
- 2. He can 't really think you 're into that chino kid .
- 3. Instead , this is the time to wear a rolled chino , a light knit , knockout sunglasses and a pair of leather sandals .
- 4. You 've fighting , chino ?
- 5. L know cos that 's what went down in chino !