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🏮 Old word for Chinese 🍶 Chinese porcelain 🚫 Offensive old term
Chinee

Chinee

9.9
A piece of Chinese porcelain used as a decoration
  • noun
  • /tʃiːˈniː/
  • Archaic
translation icon : porcelana china
  • Chinee it is.

Examples

  • She proudly displayed her collection of Chinee figurines on the mantelpiece.

  • The antique shop had a beautiful Chinee vase that caught everyone's eye.

  • I'll make you cup of Chinee tea.

    The Missouri Breaks (1976)

  • Chinee tea?

    The Missouri Breaks (1976)

  • He inherited a Chinee plate from his grandmother, which she had brought from China.

Synonyms

china
vsChinee
76 3.6

Delicate, high-quality dishes made of porcelain for special occasions

focuses on decorative origin and historic use rather than formal dining function
chinoiserie
vsChinee
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A decorative style or object that uses Chinese designs, popular in Europe in the 1700s

is a single decorative porcelain object rather than a broad artistic style
willowware
vsChinee
9.9

A type of blue and white china showing a willow tree and river scene

is an original porcelain decorative object from the origin culture not a styled copy

Surface Forms

Chinee singular
Chinees plural

Etymology

Chinee was once used for a piece of Chinese porcelain or chinaware, much like the common word china, which comes from the country name China and means 'porcelain from China'. That's why people used Chinee to name decorative plates, vases, and other goods that came from China.