Chinese pidgin English en · PROPN
Meanings
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An English-lexifier pidgin used along the Chinese coast from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
The term missy appears to be a Chinese Pidgin English term from English miss + the Cantonese phonotactic suffix -ee/-y, though perhaps owes something to the pre-existing British English diminutive of miss.
2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPE | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Chinese Pidgin English | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
China Coast Pidgin · Canton Jargon · Pidgin English · pidgin English
Translations (2)
pt pidgin inglês da China (an English-lexifier pidgin formerly used along the Chinese coast) · cmn 洋涇浜英語 /洋泾浜英语 (an English-lexifier pidgin formerly used along the Chinese coast)