chin‐chinの英語

名詞

chin chin (複数形 chin chins)

1. a small Nigerian cookie-like snack made from fried wheat flour dough containing eggs and sometimes also cowpeas

間投詞

chin chin

1. Alternative form of chin-chin

参考

• cin cin
• cincin

参照

• Google Books search
• Google Books search

別の表記

• chinchin, chin chin, cincin, cin cin

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/, /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌt͡ʃɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

間投詞

chin-chin

1. (dated) A salutation, especially a drinking toast.
   • 1795, Michael Symes, An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, page 295:

     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.

動詞

chin-chin (三人称単数 現在形 chin-chins, 現在分詞 chin-chinning, 過去形および過去分詞形 chin-chinned)

1. (transitive, dated) To greet; to toast.
   • 1859, All the Year Round, number I, page 18:

     She ‘chin-chins’ the captain... and then nods her pretty head.

2. (intransitive, dated) To say 'chin-chin'.
   • 1892 Sept, The Cornhill Magazine, page 268:

     We ‘chin-chinned’ over foaming beakers.

   • 1966, Widow Hack, page 164:

     For the sake of appearances we chin-chinned and tried to look gay.

語源 2

Duplication of chin in its various senses. Compare chinwag.

名詞

chin-chin (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 chin-chins)

1. (US, informal, archaic) Discussion, conversation, talk.
   • 1877, Mark Twain, letter published in Love Letters (1949), p. 198:

     I haven't had so much chin-chin for years.

   • 1947, Coast to Coast, page 136:

     Mum and Mrs. Martin had a good chin-chin at the fence about sickness and husbands.

参照

• “chin chin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889.
• “chin, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889.
• "Origins of Toast Are Little Hazy, but Watch Who You Salute", Evansville Courier & Press, 8 April 2009.
• "Chin-Chin", Languagehat, 26 April 2006.

語源

Possibly related to Mandarin 请请 (qǐng qǐng)

間投詞

chin-chin!

1. (informal, archaic) An expression of gratitude, salutation, or congratulations.
   • 1253: William of Rubruck, Itinerarium - One day there sate by me a certain priest of Cathay, dressed in a red cloth of exquisite colour, and when I asked him whence they got such a dye, he told me how in the eastern parts of Cathay there were lofty cliffs on which dwelt certain creatures in all things partaking of human form, except that their knees did not bend. . . . The huntsmen go thither, taking very strong beer with them, and make holes in the rocks which they fill with this beer. . . . Then they hide themselves and these creatures come out of their holes and taste the liquor, and call out 'Chin Chin.'
   • 1795: Michael Symes, An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava — 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.
   • 1829: William C. Hunter, The Fankwae at Canton — One of the Chinese servants came to me and said, 'Mr. Talbot chinchin you come down.'

参照

• The Oxford English Dictionary
• Hobson-Jobson