Chinaman
Dated Asian term
Chinaman is an old-fashioned and now offensive term for a Chinese man or person of Chinese descent.
The word was standard in the 19th and early 20th centuries but is now considered a slur.
In cricket, a Chinaman is a left-handed bowler's off-break to a right-handed batsman—a technical term that persists despite the ethnic slur.
A Virginia merchant in 1850 might write of trading with Chinamen.
Conveyance of goods
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- bowlingPin-toppling pastime
- googlyReverse-spinning cricket ball
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
Mustache style, long and drooping
- dragon ladyDomineering, ruthless woman
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- laundrymanProfessional clothes washer
- coolieColonial-era Asian laborer
orientalism · exoticism · pidgin English · queue · opium den · inscrutable · model minority · yellowface
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
derogatory · pejorative · ethnic slur · racial slur · insult · vilification · denigration · stigmatization
Colonial-era Asian laborer
- Opium WarsColonial drug-trade conflicts
- Boxer RebellionChinese anti-imperialist uprising, 1900
- Gold RushHistoric prospector migration
- transcontinentalSpanning an entire continent
indentured · immigration · laundry · mining camps · nineteenth century · colonial · Victorian · archaic
delivery
Conveyance of goods
unorthodox · variation · pitch · wicket · batsman
Fu Manchu
Mustache style, long and drooping
- dragon ladyDomineering, ruthless woman
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- laundrymanProfessional clothes washer
coolie · orientalism · exoticism · pidgin English · queue · opium den · inscrutable · model minority · yellowface
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
prejudice · derogatory · pejorative · ethnic slur · racial slur · insult · vilification · denigration · stigmatization · dehumanization
coolie
Colonial-era Asian laborer
- Opium WarsColonial drug-trade conflicts
- Boxer RebellionChinese anti-imperialist uprising, 1900
- Gold RushHistoric prospector migration
transcontinental · indentured · immigration · laundry · mining camps · nineteenth century · colonial · Victorian · archaic · dated
ChinamanChinese American
U.S. citizen with ancestral roots eastward
Chinese · ethnic Chinese · Han Chinese · overseas Chinese · Asian American