A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
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Chink
//t͡ʃɪŋk//
Synonyms for "chink" (266 found)
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Strong matches (79)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (133)
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Noun(2 words)
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13 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥώξ noun (narrow opening)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дрънкане noun (slight sound)
- монети noun (ready money, especially in the form of coins)
- пари noun (ready money, especially in the form of coins)
- пролука noun (narrow opening)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 支 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 支人 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 支豬 /支猪 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 支那人 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Dutch
1 entries- spleetoog noun (offensive: East Asian person)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉinaĉo noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Finnish
4 entries- helinä noun (slight sound)
- helähdys noun (slight sound)
- helähtely noun (slight sound)
- kilahdus noun (slight sound)
French
3 entries- chinetoc noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- chinetoque noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- chintok noun (offensive: Chinese person)
German
4 entries- Bargeld noun (ready money, especially in the form of coins)
- Beule noun (chip or dent in something metallic)
- Delle noun (chip or dent in something metallic)
- Klang noun (slight sound)
Indonesian
4 entries- Cina noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- anak Cina noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- orang Cina noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- singkek noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Irish
1 entries- scáineadh noun (narrow opening)
Japanese
4 entries- ちゃんころ noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- チャンコロ noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- ポコペン noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 不彀本 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Korean
4 entries- 되놈 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 뙤놈 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 짱깨 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- 짱꼴라 noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Mongolian
1 entries- хужаа noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Māori
4 entries- haeatatanga noun (a narrow beam or patch of light coming through a gap)
- kūwatawata noun (a narrow beam or patch of light coming through a gap)
- matata noun (narrow opening)
- matatatanga noun (narrow opening)
Norwegian
1 entries- chipper noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Old English
1 entries- ċine noun (chip or dent in something metallic)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آرالق noun (narrow opening)
- چاك noun (narrow opening)
Persian
1 entries- چشم تنگ noun (offensive: East Asian person)
Polish
4 entries- kitajec noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- szczelina noun (narrow opening)
- szpara noun (narrow opening)
- żółtek noun (offensive: East Asian person)
Portuguese
1 entries- xing ling noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Russian
4 entries- китаёза noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- побрякивание noun (slight sound)
- скол noun (chip or dent in something metallic)
- тре́щина noun (narrow opening)
Spanish
4 entries- fisura noun (narrow opening)
- monedas noun (ready money, especially in the form of coins)
- rendija noun (narrow opening)
- rellenar verb (to fill an opening)
Swedish
1 entries- kinesjävel noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Tagalog
1 entries- Tsekwa noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Thai
1 entries- เจ๊ก noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Turkish
3 entries- yarık noun (chip or dent in something metallic)
- çan çin çon noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- çatlak noun (chip or dent in something metallic)
Ukrainian
3 entries- тріщина noun (narrow opening)
- шпарина noun (narrow opening)
- щілина noun (narrow opening)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người Chệch noun (offensive: Chinese person)
- người Tàu noun (offensive: Chinese person)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
It has a chink.
Source: tatoeba (2252030)
Aart called the Chinese guy Chink.
Source: tatoeba (8013430)
There must be a chink in the armour somewhere.
Source: tatoeba (10362997)
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