User:Soap/Chinese
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DONT FORGET ABOUT WIKTIONARY !!!! wikt:Special:PrefixIndex/Chinese
Note: It's just a coincidence that all most of the red links are at the beginning of the chart. I'm going through in no particular order although currently I have more towards the beginning of the alphabet. Myrica rubra
| Name | Definition | Is it really Chinese? |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese ace | a bad pilot | no; slang term from the pseudo-Chinese name "One Wing Low" |
| Chinese bitter orange | Citrus trifoliata | Definitely, a very important branch of the orange family |
| Chinese checkers | game played with board shaped like star of David | not Chinese |
| Chinese compliment | An insult | Purely based off of "chinese = upside down", it seems |
| Chinese dominoes | game played with dominoes | yes |
| Chinese eightball | Eightball played by shooting the colored balls | No. Another one based on "Chinese means backward or upside-down" because it's 8-ball played perversely backward |
| Chinese handcuffs | very small bamboo sleeves that hold the fingers together | Possibly. "Chinese finger trap" is also a name for double penetration |
| Chinese fire drill | chaos | slang, similar to Chinese ace |
| Chinese fondue | ||
| Chinese frog | fastening a robe or shirt with a string | Is used in China; may or may not have originated there |
| Chinese garden | baby-sized version of natural landscapes | Yes |
| Chinese get up | Gymnastics technique of standing up using the legs | unknown |
| Chinese goose | Very large geese that live in Asia | unknown |
| Chinese gooseberry | kiwifruit | yes (though in America usually associated with New Zealand) |
| Chinese gybe | unknown | |
| Chinese handball | No | |
| Chinese hypothesis | a number theorem | Yes but not nearly as old as often stated |
| Chinese jump rope | ||
| Chinese okra | loofah | It is found in China, but also much of the rest of Asia |
| Chinese overtime | Working extra hours for no extra pay | Perhaps a reference to poor labor conditions in China, but perhaps merely another "Chinese = inferior" |
| Chinese strawberry | Myrica rubra | Yes |
| Chinese unicorn | Qilin | yes; the name Qilin is probably not widely known outside China |
| Chinese water torture | dripping water on someone's head | probably not |
| Chinese whispers | a children's game now more commonly known as Telephone | very unlikely |
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