Chinatown en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/ (US)
- chīʹnə-toun' (US)
- /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From China + town.
Meanings
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A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy.
2022 September 7, Gillian Brassil, “The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown.
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 185:
- (broadly, proscribed) A similar district filled with East Asians and Southeast Asians.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinatowns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
French Quarter · Greektown · Latin Quarter · Koreatown · Little Saigon · Little Tokyo · Little India
Deriveds
have more chins than Chinatown
Translations (53)
de Chinesenstadt (a Chinese district outside China) · ru кита́йский кварта́л (a Chinese district outside China) · ja 中華街 (a Chinese district outside China) · sh кинеска четврт (a Chinese district outside China) · ko 차이나타운 (a Chinese district outside China) · bg ча́йната́ун (a Chinese district outside China) · cy ardal Tsieineaidd (a Chinese district outside China) · ca barri xinès (a Chinese district outside China) · th ไชน่าทาวน์ (a Chinese district outside China) · cmn 華埠 /华埠 (a Chinese district outside China) · hu kínai negyed (a Chinese district outside China) · ar حَيّ صِينِي (a Chinese district outside China) · he צ׳יינהטאון (a Chinese district outside China) · ja チャイナタウン (a Chinese district outside China) · yue 中國城 /中国城 (a Chinese district outside China) · ru чайната́ун (a Chinese district outside China) · id pecinan (a Chinese district outside China) · vi phố người Hoa (a Chinese district outside China) · pt Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China) · et hiinalinn (a Chinese district outside China) · ms Pekan Cina (a Chinese district outside China) · cmn 牛車水 /牛车水 (a Chinese district outside China) · cmn 唐人街 (a Chinese district outside China) · yue 華埠 /华埠 (a Chinese district outside China) · lv ķīniešu kvartāls (a Chinese district outside China) · fa-ira مَحَلِّهٔ چینیها (a Chinese district outside China) · vi khu Hoa-kiều (a Chinese district outside China) · fr quartier chinois (a Chinese district outside China) · ar تْشَايْنَاتَاوْن (a Chinese district outside China) · be чайната́ун (a Chinese district outside China) · sh kineska četvrt (a Chinese district outside China) · sh чајнатаун (a Chinese district outside China) · uk кита́йський кварта́л (a Chinese district outside China) · cs čínská čtvrť (a Chinese district outside China) · tl China Town (a Chinese district outside China) · ga ceantar Síneach (a Chinese district outside China) · bg кита́йски кварта́л (a Chinese district outside China) · be кіта́йскі кварта́л (a Chinese district outside China) · sh čajnataun (a Chinese district outside China) · fi kiinalaiskortteli (a Chinese district outside China) · tr Çin mahallesi (a Chinese district outside China) · uk чайната́ун (a Chinese district outside China) · de Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China) · it chinatown (a Chinese district outside China) · lt kinų kvartalas (a Chinese district outside China) · az çin qəsəbəsi (a Chinese district outside China) · pl chińska dzielnica (a Chinese district outside China) · mn хятад хороолол (a Chinese district outside China) · yue 唐人街 (a Chinese district outside China) · az çayna-taun (a Chinese district outside China) · cmn 中國城 /中国城 (a Chinese district outside China) · sv Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China) · es barrio chino (a Chinese district outside China)