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# chinaman

«chinaman» in Mova's school dictionary: **A chinaman was an old word for a man from China** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (chinamen)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use, now offensive) A chinaman was an old word for a man from China. Say «a Chinese person» instead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old fairy tales, an old-fashioned name for a person from China; the tales use it, but a child should not use it today.

### examples

- The old tale calls the emperor's courtier a chinaman, but today we say Chinese person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/#x1)
- Say Chinese person, not chinaman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chinaman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chinaman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.