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Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.
Jacob Epstein

Meaning of "Chinamen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHINAMEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHINAMEN

noun
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determiner
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Chinamen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHINAMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chinaman

Chinaman is a contentious term referring to a Chinese person or a citizen of China. Chinaman or Chinamen may also refer to...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHINAMEN

China aster
china bark
china cabinet
china clay
China ink
china root
China rose
China Sea
china stone
China tea
China tree
chinaberries
chinaberry
chinachina
Chinagraph
Chinagraph pencil
Chinaman
chinampa
Chinan
Chinatown

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHINAMEN

amen
cameramen
clinamen
cyclamen
duramen
examen
flamen
foramen
gravamen
merchant seamen
militiamen
Namen
putamen
ramen
seamen
stamen
Tutankhamen
velamen
Xiamen
yamen

Synonyms and antonyms of Chinamen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Chinamen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHINAMEN

Find out the translation of Chinamen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Chinamen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Chinamen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中国佬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chinos
570 millions of speakers

English

Chinamen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Chinamen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرجال الصينيون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

китайцы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Chinamen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Chinamen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Chinois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chinamen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chinesen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Chinamen
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중국인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chinamen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Chinamen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Chinamen
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिनामन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çinliler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cinesi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chińczycy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

китайці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chinezii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Chinamen
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Chinamen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Chinamen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kinamenn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Chinamen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINAMEN»

The term «Chinamen» is regularly used and occupies the 62.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINAMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Chinamen

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QUOTES WITH «CHINAMEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Chinamen.
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Jacob Epstein
Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHINAMEN»

Discover the use of Chinamen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Chinamen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chinamen at Home
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Thomas Gunn Selby, 2010
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Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California ...
There were forty Chinamen, picking, pitting and drying apricots; every place swarms with them."44 Of all the new tasks that the Chinese performed at this time , cutting and drying fruit may have been the most important. Growers were producing ...
Richard Steven Street, 2004
3
Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays
"Not the Chinamen who came over as Chinamen, who were called Chinamen all the time, answered to China men, worked hard and died as Chinamen. Not the Chinamen, but the whites, the 'Americans' the 'Chinese Americans' work so hard  ...
Frank Chin, 1998
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado: The Saga of Joaquin Murrieta, ...
I kill Chinamen because they are easy to kill and I can satisfy my craving for blood by killing them whenever I please. I am drunk with pleasure when I cut their throats. I am happy when I hear my knife blade strike against their backbones.
Walter Noble Burns, 1999
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Henry George: Collected Journalistic Writings
After a placer mining district has been utterly exhausted and abandoned by whites, it will, for a long time, be worked by Chinamen, and with apparently satisfactory results, though, for obvious reasons, they endeavor to conceal their earnings ...
Henry George, Kenneth C. Wenzer, 2003
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Saltwater City
William Gallagher, one of many real estate dealers who had flocked to the new city, watched the day's proceedings and later told this story to J.S. Matthews, the city archivist, in 1931: “The Chinamen—and their pigtails came on up Hastings ...
Paul Yee, 2006
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China Men
The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Maxine Hong Kingston, 2011
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Archaeology of the Chinese Fishing Industry in Colonial Victoria
The Australian Town and Country Journal reporter (1870, July 9) at Lake Macquarie states that [The] principal kinds of fish cured by the Chinamen are schnapper, bream, whiting, flat-head and mullet; but Messer. Ah Tie and Hop Ling are not at ...
Alister M. Bowen, 2012
9
Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island
When the explosion took place about 7 o'clock, Dixon and three Chinamen were found killed a long way inside the curtain. The rest of the white men who were killed were all outside the curtain. One Chinamen was missing. On April 19, after  ...
T. W. Paterson, Garnet Basque, 2006
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Forty Years on the Frontier as Seen in the Journals and ...
In July, 1853, some Concow Indians, whose village was over on the North fork of Feather river, came over to the West branch and killed two Chinamen who were mining there and wounded two others. These Indians, in common with all those ...
Granville Stuart, Paul Chrisler Phillips, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHINAMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Chinamen is used in the context of the following news items.
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To Be Absolutely Frank NBC Fires Trump, Keeps Sharpton
... audio tape ranting against “Greek homos.” Here is that same NBC employee on another audio tape ranting about “Chinamen” and “Koreans.”. «American Spectator, Jul 15»
2
Today in history: Earl Robinson, composer of “Joe Hill,” born
There, in this city of eight million Chinese, I actually saw a sign posted: 'No Chinamen or dogs allowed.' Fifteen years later I quoted this to ... «People's World, Jul 15»
3
Saleem Malik carves out 237 against rampant Aussies
A desperate Taylor turned to Bevan, but a merciless Malik plundered 25 runs off his three overs of Chinamen. Malik took some mercy on the ... «Cricket Country, Jul 15»
4
Fox News Just Fired One of Its Hosts In The Most Vicious …
... of some of his choice thoughts on diverse topics such as Muslims (he basically thinks they should all be interned), “Chinamen,” and rape. «AlterNet, Jun 15»
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Fox News releases Bob Beckel over his 'personal issues'
He apologized last summer for his use of the derogatory term "Chinamen" on Fox News. A few weeks later, Beckel took to Twitter to issue a ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»
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10000 riders and counting for Queen City Bike Ferry
Once at the First Buffalo Marina, passengers have access to such destinations as Wilkeson Pointe Park or the Chinamen's Lighthouse. «Buffalo Business First, Jun 15»
7
June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets …
... sent [constitutional monarchist] Kang-Yu and other educated Chinamen, hospitable to the new enlightenment, fleeing from the land for safety. «The Nation., Jun 15»
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England's one-day international series defeat of New Zealand must …
Earlier this year, at 44 years of age, Australia's Brad Hogg was still bowling chinamen and googlies successfully in the Big Bash and the IPL ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Kohli determined on 6-5 combination
Left-arm legspinner is chinamen or left arm unorthodox. Anyway, my point is Ashwin is a decent bat but not really a proper test match batsman ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
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Summer jobs helped him develop in unexpected ways
We mostly used electric pitchforks, which were called “chinamen,” in that politically incorrect time, because they worked kind of like chopsticks. «Dairyland Peach, Jun 15»

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