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# chinaman

noun (chinamen)

«chinaman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use, now offensive) A chinaman was an old word for a man from China. Say «a Chinese person» instead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/#x1)
- Say Chinese person, not chinaman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chinaman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chinaman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chinaman.html) on Mova free.