chhi-chhiint.

Brit.

/ˈtʃiːtʃi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃiˌtʃi/

Forms: 1800s– chee-chee, 1900s– chhi-chhi, 1900s– chi-chi, 1900s– tchi-tchi. Also reduplicated further.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi chī-chī.

Etymology: < Hindi chī-chī, expression of disgust, probably < a Dravidian language (compare Tamil cī-cī,ciccī, in the same sense).The Hindi interjection is often explained as reflecting a noun with the sense ‘filth, excrement’, but it is more likely that the noun use developed from the interjection.

South Asian.

Used to indicate reproach or disapproval, or to express disgust or disdain.

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1880 ‘J. Smith’ Sketches in Indian Ink xiv. 130 ‘Not so happy as if she becomes Viscountess Jolinose?’ I asked... ‘Chee chee!’ said the lady, ‘a Collector is worth any amount of these Lords.’

1921 tr. P. Rossillon in Field Afar Mar. 62/2 Alas! To be..devoured by leprosy... To hear, day in, day out, the fearful cry, ‘Tchi ! tchi! Go away, damned one! touch me not!’

1963 M. Malgonkar Princes 39 Pandit Sharma came in... I asked him the meaning of the word ‘bastard’. ‘Chhi-chhi! You must never utter such a word.’

1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses (1998) ii. 13 Today it was the love scene, chhi chhi, I was just dying inside, thinking how to go near to that fatmouth with his breath of rotting cockroach dung.

2016 Woman's Era (India) (Nexis) 16 July Walking down to buy vegetables in her pink-flowered nightie breaking all rules of..propriety (chhi chhi).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chhi-chhi
释义	chhi-chhiint. Brit. /ˈtʃiːtʃi/, U.S. /ˈtʃiˌtʃi/ Forms: 1800s– chee-chee, 1900s– chhi-chhi, 1900s– chi-chi, 1900s– tchi-tchi. Also reduplicated further. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi chī-chī. Etymology: < Hindi chī-chī, expression of disgust, probably < a Dravidian language (compare Tamil cī-cī,ciccī, in the same sense).The Hindi interjection is often explained as reflecting a noun with the sense ‘filth, excrement’, but it is more likely that the noun use developed from the interjection. South Asian. Used to indicate reproach or disapproval, or to express disgust or disdain. ΚΠ 1880 ‘J. Smith’ Sketches in Indian Ink xiv. 130 ‘Not so happy as if she becomes Viscountess Jolinose?’ I asked... ‘Chee chee!’ said the lady, ‘a Collector is worth any amount of these Lords.’ 1921 tr. P. Rossillon in Field Afar Mar. 62/2 Alas! To be..devoured by leprosy... To hear, day in, day out, the fearful cry, ‘Tchi ! tchi! Go away, damned one! touch me not!’ 1963 M. Malgonkar Princes 39 Pandit Sharma came in... I asked him the meaning of the word ‘bastard’. ‘Chhi-chhi! You must never utter such a word.’ 1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses (1998) ii. 13 Today it was the love scene, chhi chhi, I was just dying inside, thinking how to go near to that fatmouth with his breath of rotting cockroach dung. 2016 Woman's Era (India) (Nexis) 16 July Walking down to buy vegetables in her pink-flowered nightie breaking all rules of..propriety (chhi chhi). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1880
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