Chinatown

English Etymology From en China town. Pronunciation en /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ RP chīʹnə-toun' US, en /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/ en En-au-Chinatown.ogg AU en Chi na town Noun A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses. en 2002 w:Zadie Smith w:The Autograph Man Penguin Books (2003) 185 She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown. en 2022-09-07 Gillian Brassil The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’ w:T: The New York Times Style Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/t-magazine/ragtime-novel-characters-real.html Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy. https://web.archive.org/web/20221103004436/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/t-magazine/ragtime-novel-characters-real.html en proscribed by extension A similar district filled with East Asians and Southeast Asians. Coordinate terms en Greektown en Koreatown en Little Tokyo en Little Saigon en Little India en French Quarter en Latin Quarter Derived terms en have more chins than Chinatown Chinatowner Chinatown of Quezon City Translations a Chinese district outside China Arabic: ar حَيّ صِينِي m, ar تْشَايْنَاتَاوْن m Azerbaijani: az çin qəsəbəsi, az çayna-taun Belarusian: be кіта́йскі кварта́л m, be чайната́ун m Bulgarian: bg кита́йски кварта́л m, bg ча́йната́ун m Catalan: ca barri xinès m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 唐人街 tong4 jan4 gaai1, yue 華埠 waa4 fau6, yue 中國城 zung1 gwok3 sing4 Mandarin: cmn 唐人街 tángrénjiē, cmn 華埠 huábù, cmn 中國城 zhōngguóchéng, in Singapore cmn 牛車水 niúchēshuǐ Czech: cs čínská čtvrť f Estonian: et hiinalinn Finnish: fi kiinalaiskortteli French: fr quartier chinois m German: de Chinatown f, de Chinesenstadt f Hebrew: he צ׳יינהטאון m chaynataun Hungarian: hu kínai negyed Indonesian: id pecinan Irish: ga ceantar Síneach m Italian: it chinatown f Japanese: ja 中華街 ちゅうかがい, chūkagai, ja チャイナタウン chainataun Korean: ko 차이나타운 Latvian: lv ķīniešu kvartāls m Lithuanian: lt kinų kvartalas m Malay: ms Pekan Cina Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn хятад хороолол Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira مَحَلِّهٔ چینی‌ها Polish: pl chińska dzielnica f Portuguese: pt Chinatown f Russian: ru кита́йский кварта́л m, ru чайната́ун m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh кинеска четврт f, sh чајнатаун m Latin: sh kineska četvrt f, sh čajnataun m Spanish: es barrio chino m Swedish: sv Chinatown n Tagalog: tl China Town Thai: th ไชน่าทาวน์ chai-nâa-taao Turkish: tr Çin mahallesi Ukrainian: uk кита́йський кварта́л m, uk чайната́ун m Vietnamese: vi phố người Hoa, vi khu Hoa-kiều Welsh: cy ardal Tsieineaidd f Proper noun Several neighborhoods in the United States with concentrations of Chinese people or businesses: en neighborhood city/Phoenix s/Arizona c/USA. en neighborhood near Downtown city/Los Angeles s/California c/USA. en neighborhood city/Oakland s/California c/USA. en neighborhood city/Sacramento s/California c/USA. en neighborhood city/San Diego s/California c/USA. en neighborhood city/San Francisco s/California c/USA. en neighborhood city/San Jose s/California c/USA. en neighborhood city/Denver s/Colorado c/USA. en neighborhood city/Washington, D.C. c/USA. en neighborhood city/Honolulu s/Hawaii c/USA. en neighborhood city/Boise s/Idaho c/USA. en neighborhood city/Chicago s/Illinois c/USA. en neighborhood city/New Orleans s/Louisiana c/USA. en neighborhood city/Portland s/Maine c/USA, en neighborhood city/Baltimore s/Maryland c/USA, en neighborhood city/Boston s/Massachusetts c/USA, en neighborhood city/Detroit s/Michigan c/USA, en neighborhood city/St. Louis s/Missouri c/USA, en neighborhood city/New York City s/New York c/USA. en 2022-09-07 Gillian Brassil The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’ w:T: The New York Times Style Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/t-magazine/ragtime-novel-characters-real.html Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy. https://web.archive.org/web/20221103004436/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/t-magazine/ragtime-novel-characters-real.html en neighborhood city/Portland s/Oregon c/USA, also called Old Town and Skid Row en neighborhood city/Seattle s/Washington c/USA. en terms derived from toponyms Finnish Etymology From fi en Chinatown. Pronunciation tšainataun Proper noun Chinatown Declension Chinatown a 0 Portuguese Proper noun f en Chinatown a Chinese district outside China