单词 | chinesian |
释义 | Chinesiann.adj. A. n. A Chinese person.Not in established use after the 17th cent. Evidence from the 20th and 21st centuries is nonstandard, and often humorous. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China Cathayan?1520 Chinean1577 Son of Heaven1579 Chino1588 chinois1594 Chinese1606 Chinesianc1615 Chinaman1621 China1638 Chinist1654 Chinensian1655 pigtail1823 celestial1842 Johnny1844 coolie1849 John1853 Chinky1871 chow1872 Chink1880 monk1903 Pong1910 power point1986 c1615 tr. P. Floris Voy. to E. Indies: Jrnl. (1934) 44 I cannot imagine what the Hollanders meane, to suffer these Maleysians, Chinesians and other Moores of these contries. 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 392 Among the Chinesians, Indians..and Persians. 2010 @mariaedavey 18 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Aug. 2020) Hung out with these three chinesians for part of the afternoon. they were making fun of my american-ness. B. adj. Of or relating to China or its people; Chinese. Now nonstandard or humorous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > China Cathayan1577 Chinese1577 Chinean1599 Serian1605 Chinesian1625 Chinensian1626 celestial1824 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] Seric1587 Chinesian1625 Sinaean1639 Sinic1650 Sinetic1849 sinicized1854 Sinitic1859 Chink1899 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. i. vii. 160 So hath it fared with..Tartarian and Chinesian affaires. 1699 P. Gordon Geogr. Anatomiz'd (ed. 2) ii. ii. 245 Very remarkable are three Maxims of State carefully observ'd by the Chinesian Emperors. 1810 Panoplist Dec. 296/2 The same things may be generally observed of the Chinesian and Egyptian accounts. 1879 Judy 11 June 274/2 Outlining the ‘Cupid's bow’ with that delicious pigment de toilette known as ‘Chinese red’—an invention..which, on woman's mouth, has overthrown more men than even the Chinesian discovery of gunpowder. 2000 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 11 Mar. 9 ‘The Clinton administration has been far too lenient with the Chinesian Government.’ At least, that's what he's [sc. George W. Bush] purported to have said according to one of the many websites set up to lampoon him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1615 |
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