chin-chin

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Discussion, conversation, talk. US,archaic,countable,informal,uncountable
    — I haven't had so much chin-chin for years.
动词 v.
  1. To greet; to toast. dated,transitive
    — She ‘chin-chins’ the captain... and then nods her pretty head.
  2. To say 'chin-chin'. dated,intransitive
    — We ‘chin-chinned’ over foaming beakers.
感叹词 intj.
  1. A salutation, especially a drinking toast. dated
    — The two junior members of the Chinese deputation came at the appointed hour. . . . On entering the door of the marquee they both made an abrupt stop, and resisted all solicitation to advance to chairs that had been prepared for them, until I should first be seated; in this dilemma, Dr. Buchanan, who had visited China, advised me what was to be done; I immediately seized on the foremost, whilst the Doctor himself grappled with the second; thus we soon fixed them in their seats, both parties during the struggle, repeating Chin Chin, Chin Chin, the Chinese term of salutation.

词形变化

chinchin alternative chin chin alternative cincin alternative cin cin alternative chin-chins present,singular,third-person chin-chinning participle,present chin-chinned participle,past chin-chinned past chinchin alternative chin chin alternative cincin alternative cin cin alternative chin-chins plural

词源

词源 1
From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin, a reduplication of Shanghainese 請 /请 (⁵chin, “please”). Sometimes, especially in Italianate spellings, reborrowed from Italian cincin.
词源 2
Duplication of chin in its various senses. Compare chinwag.
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