Chinatownn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌɪnətaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/

Forms: 1600s Chinatowne, 1600s– Chinatown.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name China , town n.

Etymology: < the name of China (see China n.¹) + town n.

An area of a city inhabited mainly by people of Chinese origin or acting as a social and cultural centre for the Chinese community living in and around the city; the Chinese quarter. Usually as a proper noun.From the 19th cent. with reference to populations of Chinese immigrants in English-speaking countries, originally the United States. In this use formerly often with negative connotations of criminality (see, e.g., earlier examples at Compounds), but now typically used with more positive connotations and frequently associated with Chinese shops and restaurants.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Chinese

Chinatown1606

Chinadom1854

1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. M4 At the verie west end of this Towne [sc. Bantan], is the China towne.

a1771 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) 176 The China town, which is on the south side of the city [sc. Jakarta], is pretty large, but meanly built, as the better sort of Chinese live within the city.

1857 Butte Record (Oroville, Calif.) 31 Jan. 2/7 Chinatown was wild with joy.

1876 Chinese Immigration: Testimony before Comm. Senate of Calif. 148 Q.—What are ‘hatchet men’? A.—Fighting men; a class of men in Chinatown that can be hired to defend any house or store that is threatened.

1929 L. Hughes Let. 15 July in L. Hughes & C. Van Vechten Remember me to Harlem (2001) 54 There is a marvellous Chinatown [in Havana] where I went last night with some of the Chinese fellows from our crew.

1989 Cook's Mag. Nov. 67/3 This is the best place in Chinatown for dim sum.

2018 S. Graham-Felsen Green vii. 157 Jimmy's stop is on Washington Street, right in the middle of the Combat Zone. That's what everyone calls this part of Chinatown.

Compounds

General use as a modifier, as in Chinatown bus, Chinatown resident, Chinatown restaurant, etc.

ΚΠ

1877 O. Gibson Chinese in Amer. ix. 211 In ten minutes they were safely ensconced in a Chinatown den of infamy.

1886 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 10 Sept. 2/2 He can then easily convince the Chinatown residents that he is a very, very bad young man.

1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 201 The old Chinatown buses are still there, with their women decoys, or ‘shills’.

1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 3 Sept. 8/5 A bottle of ‘rattlesnake whiskey’ was seized in a recent Chinatown raid by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

1993 Washingtonian June 75/2 The recent addition of dim sum has considerably expanded the lunch business of this 56-year-old Chinatown landmark.

2015 N.Y. Mag. 9 Nov. 24/1 The dried, smoked, thinnish-size lap cheong made from pork..that you find hanging from the rafters of Chinatown shops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chinatown
释义	Chinatownn. Brit. /ˈtʃʌɪnətaʊn/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/ Forms: 1600s Chinatowne, 1600s– Chinatown. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name China , town n. Etymology: < the name of China (see China n.¹) + town n. An area of a city inhabited mainly by people of Chinese origin or acting as a social and cultural centre for the Chinese community living in and around the city; the Chinese quarter. Usually as a proper noun.From the 19th cent. with reference to populations of Chinese immigrants in English-speaking countries, originally the United States. In this use formerly often with negative connotations of criminality (see, e.g., earlier examples at Compounds), but now typically used with more positive connotations and frequently associated with Chinese shops and restaurants. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Chinese Chinatown1606 Chinadom1854 1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. M4 At the verie west end of this Towne [sc. Bantan], is the China towne. a1771 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) 176 The China town, which is on the south side of the city [sc. Jakarta], is pretty large, but meanly built, as the better sort of Chinese live within the city. 1857 Butte Record (Oroville, Calif.) 31 Jan. 2/7 Chinatown was wild with joy. 1876 Chinese Immigration: Testimony before Comm. Senate of Calif. 148 Q.—What are ‘hatchet men’? A.—Fighting men; a class of men in Chinatown that can be hired to defend any house or store that is threatened. 1929 L. Hughes Let. 15 July in L. Hughes & C. Van Vechten Remember me to Harlem (2001) 54 There is a marvellous Chinatown [in Havana] where I went last night with some of the Chinese fellows from our crew. 1989 Cook's Mag. Nov. 67/3 This is the best place in Chinatown for dim sum. 2018 S. Graham-Felsen Green vii. 157 Jimmy's stop is on Washington Street, right in the middle of the Combat Zone. That's what everyone calls this part of Chinatown. Compounds General use as a modifier, as in Chinatown bus, Chinatown resident, Chinatown restaurant, etc. ΚΠ 1877 O. Gibson Chinese in Amer. ix. 211 In ten minutes they were safely ensconced in a Chinatown den of infamy. 1886 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 10 Sept. 2/2 He can then easily convince the Chinatown residents that he is a very, very bad young man. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 201 The old Chinatown buses are still there, with their women decoys, or ‘shills’. 1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 3 Sept. 8/5 A bottle of ‘rattlesnake whiskey’ was seized in a recent Chinatown raid by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. 1993 Washingtonian June 75/2 The recent addition of dim sum has considerably expanded the lunch business of this 56-year-old Chinatown landmark. 2015 N.Y. Mag. 9 Nov. 24/1 The dried, smoked, thinnish-size lap cheong made from pork..that you find hanging from the rafters of Chinatown shops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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