Chinese
People from China, the world's most populous country located in East Asia.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | American-Born Chinese. An Americanized Chinese person who does not understand Chinese culture. | |
| Ancient Chinese Secret | From a 1970s TV commercial for Calgon stereotyping all laundry services are run by Chinese immigrants (link) | |
| Baby-Muncher | The Chinese ate their babies because of their poverty stricken homes and to keep down the population. | |
| Bamboo Coon | Bamboo grows in China. | |
| BBC | British Born Chinese. A British Chinese person who may or may not understand Chinese culture. BBC is also a major television network in Great Britain. | |
| CBC | Canadian Born Chinese. A Canadian Chinese person who does not understand Chinese culture. CBC is also a major television network in Canada. | |
| Celestial | Mainly used in the past by whites to describe the Chinese whom they saw as strange and from some where far away. The Chinese used to refer to their nation as the "Celestial Empire" | |
| Chale | Informal/derogatory term used by Hispanics, primarily in Mexico, to refer to Chinese people. As in "Cafe de Chales" = Chinese-run or owned cafe. | |
| Chang-Ke | Derogatory Korean word for the Chinese | |
| Chankoro | Derogatory Japanese word for "chink" | |
| Chapta | Chapta means flat in Hindi. | |
| Chiegro | Refers to Chinese people that try to act like Black people or are half Black. | |
| Chigger | See Chiegro. Can also be a Chinese/Black mix, or a Chinese person who acts black. | |
| Chinee | An archaic singular for the plural Chinese, now considered offensive. Also said to be an emphasis of many Asian's inability to pronounce English. | |
| Chink-a-billy | Half Chinese, half hillbilly. | |
| Chinksta | Chinese people who try to act black; like Wanksta for white people. | |
| Chino | Spanish for Chinese. | |
| Chonky | Concatenation of Chinese or Chink and Honky. See: Chink, Honky. | |
| Choo-Choo | Chinese immigrants help build the Pacific railroad. | |
| Chop Stick | Refers to the utensils commonly used to eat Chinese food | |
| Chork | Chinese dork | |
| Chunk | A variant of "chink." Used in the place of chink when speaking to a fat chinese person, or a "chunk." | |
| Cookie | Refers to fortune cookies. 'Cookie person/people.' | |
| Crabrangook | Crabrangoon. Take away the goon and add gook. | |
| Dancing Dragon | During Chinese festivals, its typical to see many people in a long dragon costume in which they bounce up and down...usually in larger celebrations | |
| Dim Sum | Refers to the food. Used in the movie "Romeo Must Die." | |
| El Chino | Spanish for the Chinese one. Used broadly in Latin America to refer to any East Asian person regardless of actual nationality. | |
| Forty-Fiver | Represents the angle of their eyes (45 degrees) | |
| General Tso | As in General Tso's chicken. | |
| Gong Fei | In Chinese, means "communist bastard" | |
| Honger | Teenage Asian kids, that are fresh from Hong Kong. Usually found squatting in large groups and drive Honda's with spoilers. | |
| Hop-Sing | Refers to the name of the Chinese cook on the television show "Bonanza" | |
| Jek | Used by Thai people to describe Chinese immigrants. | |
| Jjanggae | Term used by Koreans to describe Chinese | |
| Johk Sing | Cantonese term used to refer to American-born Chinese | |
| Kitchen Sink | Cockney rhyming slang, chink = kitchen sink | |
| Kung-fu | Chinese delivery person, mainly 'Is that Kung-Fu with my Lo Mein?' | |
| Lizard | Rumor that the Chinese evolved from lizards. | |
| Mao | From Mao Tse-tung, original leader of communist China. | |
| Moe | Since Chinese always have haircuts that look like Moe from The 3 Stooges | |
| Mook | A 'mook jonk' is a wooden dummy used in kung fu. Word defined as "an ineffectual, foolish, or contemptible person." | |
| MSG Farmers | The Chinese use a harmful additive, M.S.G., in their food to enhance the flavor. | |
| Mulan | Female charater in a chinese story | |
| Mungen | A Tamil word used by the Indians to insult the Chinese | |
| Nink | Chinese person acting Black | |
| Noodle Nigger | Self Explanatory | |
| Nooger | Noodle-nigger. | |
| Panda Trainer | Pandas are from China. | |
| Panface | Faces flat like they were hit with a pan. | |
| Pen and Ink | Cockney rhyming slang, chink = pen and ink | |
| Ping Pong | Because Ping Pong is the favorite sport of the chinese | |
| Rail-Hopper | In early America many Chinese were sent to build the railroads. | |
| Railer | They built the railroads all across the US. | |
| Red Monkey | China is a communist nation. | |
| Roof Rabbit Killer | Roof rabbit = cat. Chinese eat cat, therefore roof rabbit killer. | |
| SARS | Self Explanatory |