chinaman

«chinaman» in Mova's school dictionary: A chinaman was an old word for a man from China — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (chinamen)

meaning for a pupil

(old use, now offensive) A chinaman was an old word for a man from China. Say «a Chinese person» instead. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old fairy tales, an old-fashioned name for a person from China; the tales use it, but a child should not use it today.

examples

• The old tale calls the emperor's courtier a chinaman, but today we say Chinese person. tree →
• Say Chinese person, not chinaman. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chinaman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.