Meaning of Chinese pidgin English | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An English-lexifier pidgin used along the Chinese coast from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
2. An English-based pidgin formerly spoken in Guangzhou and other ports in China.
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Examples

“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.”

“Of the Chinese material (3.1% of total senses), there are 27 Chinese Pidgin English terms, including chin-chin, a salutation; chop, a stamp or seal; chop-chop, a command for greater speed; and joss, an idol or god.”

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