Chinatown

Chinatown

English

Etymology

China +‎ town.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/
• (US) enPR: chīʹnə-toun', IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/

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• Hyphenation: Chi‧na‧town

Noun

Chinatown (plural Chinatowns)

1. 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.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 185:

     She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown.

2. (proscribed, slang) By extension, such a district filled with stereotype "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.

Coordinate terms

• Koreatown
• Little Tokyo
• Little Saigon
• Little India
• French Quarter
• Latin Quarter

Translations

a Chinese district outside China

Arabic: حَيّ صِينِي‎ m (ḥayy ṣīnī), تْشَايْنَاتَاوْن‎ m (tšāynātāwn) Azerbaijani: çin qəsəbəsi, çayna-taun Belarusian: кіта́йскі кварта́л m (kitájski kvartál), чайната́ун m (čajnatáun) Bulgarian: кита́йски кварта́л m (kitájski kvartál), чайната́ун m (čajnatáun) Chinese: Cantonese: 唐人街 (tong4 jan4 gaai1), 華埠, 华埠 (waa4 fau6), 中國城, 中国城 (zung1 gwok3 sing4) Mandarin: 唐人街 (zh) (tángrénjiē), 華埠／华埠 (zh) (huábù), 中國城／中国城 (zh) (zhōngguóchéng), (in Singapore) 牛車水／牛车水 (zh) (niúchēshuǐ) Czech: čínská čtvrť f Estonian: hiinalinn Finnish: kiinalaiskortteli French: quartier chinois m German: Chinatown (de) f, Chinesenstadt f Hebrew: צ׳יינהטאון‎ m (chaynataun) Hungarian: kínai negyed (hu) Indonesian: pecinan (id) Japanese: 中華街 (ちゅうかがい, chūkagai), チャイナタウン (chainataun) Korean: 차이나타운 (chainataun) Malay: Pekan Cina Mongolian: хятад хороолол (xjatad xoroolol) Persian: محلهٔ چینی‌ها‎ (mahalle-ye čini-hâ) Polish: chińska dzielnica f Portuguese: Chinatown f Russian: кита́йский кварта́л m (kitájskij kvartál), чайната́ун (ru) m (čajnatáun) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кинеска четврт f, чајнатаун m Roman: kineska četvrt f, čajnataun m Spanish: barrio chino m Swedish: Chinatown Tagalog: China Town Thai: ไชน่าทาวน์ (chainâataao) Turkish: Çin mahallesi Ukrainian: кита́йський кварта́л m (kytájsʹkyj kvartál), чайната́ун m (čajnatáun) Vietnamese: phố người Hoa, khu Hoa-kiều

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Chinatown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑi̯nɑtɑun/, [ˈt̪ʃɑi̯nɑˌt̪ɑun]

Noun

Chinatown

1. Chinatown

Declension

Inflection of Chinatown (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Chinatown	Chinatownit
genitive		Chinatownin	Chinatownien
partitive		Chinatownia	Chinatowneja
illative		Chinatowniin	Chinatowneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Chinatown	Chinatownit
accusative	nom.	Chinatown	Chinatownit
	gen.	Chinatownin
genitive		Chinatownin	Chinatownien
partitive		Chinatownia	Chinatowneja
inessive		Chinatownissa	Chinatowneissa
elative		Chinatownista	Chinatowneista
illative		Chinatowniin	Chinatowneihin
adessive		Chinatownilla	Chinatowneilla
ablative		Chinatownilta	Chinatowneilta
allative		Chinatownille	Chinatowneille
essive		Chinatownina	Chinatowneina
translative		Chinatowniksi	Chinatowneiksi
instructive		—	Chinatownein
abessive		Chinatownitta	Chinatowneitta
comitative		—	Chinatowneineen

Possessive forms of Chinatown (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Chinatownini	Chinatownimme
2nd person	Chinatownisi	Chinatowninne
3rd person	Chinatowninsa

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Chinatown f

1. Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China)