chin chin
Drinking salute phrase
Chin chin is a toast or drinking salutation, equivalent to "cheers." The expression comes from Chinese via British colonial usage and remains common in parts of Europe, particularly Italy.
It can also serve as an informal goodbye or general well-wishing: Chin chin, old boy!
The phrase sounds dated and somewhat affected in contemporary American English.
cheers
Casual toast or farewell
- toastscheers, wedding toast, birthday toast, champagne toast, graduation toast
- drinking toastscheers, bottoms up, salud, prost, slainte
- NigeriaAbuja, Lagos, Independence Day, National Assembly, Niger River
- British Exclamationsblimey, bloody hell, crikey, cor blimey, strewth
- Nigerian Snackspuff puff, meat pie, egg roll, plantain chips, dodo
- owambejollof rice, highlife, live band, DJ, puff puff
formality of toast
chin chinl'chaim
Hebrew for "to life"
ceremonial toast · salud · to your health · here's to you · prost
social mood
chin chinin memoriam
In tribute to
rest in peace · moment of silence · funeral rites · mourning · requiem