Affectionate diminutive for a Chinese or East Asian person
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Chinito means Chinese person and is chino0 made small and affectionate.
chinito
Chinese person, Asian person (colloquial, can offend)
A Chinese person, or loosely anyone of East Asian descent, said in a familiar "little one" tone.
Mi vecino es un chinito muy amable que llegó de CantónMy neighbor is a very kind Chinese person who came from Canton
En el barrio le dicen chinito a cualquier persona asiáticaIn the neighborhood they call any Asian person chinito
chinito
a little curly
Mexican word for a little curly
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Chinito means a little curly, and is chino0 made smaller.
chinito
curly, curly-haired (Mexico)
Hair with small, tight curls, described in a softer and more affectionate way than plain curly.
La bebé tiene el pelo chinito como su papáThe baby has curly hair like her dad
Mi sobrino es chinito y todos le quieren tocar el peloMy nephew is curly-haired and everyone wants to touch his hair
ponerse chinito
to get goosebumps, to get chills (Mexico)
When you get goosebumps and your hair stands on end. Literally, your hair "puts itself a little curly," meaning it bristles to become rough and uneven, like when you get goosebumps.
Me puse chinita cuando escuché su vozI got goosebumps when I heard her voice
Se me puso la piel chinita con esa historia de fantasmasI got chills from that ghost story