chinky
/ˈt͡ʃɪŋki/adjective, noun
chinky is spelled C-H-I-N-K-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, chinky means “Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in chinky?
| Letters | 6: C-H-I-N-K-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chinky?
Chinky appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chinky?
- /ˈt͡ʃɪŋki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-chinky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chinky
- chinkier comparative
- more chinky comparative
- chinkiest superlative
- most chinky superlative
- chinkies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chinky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
- 2
Resembling a chink sound.
The money made a chinky sound as I shook the purse.
- 3
derogatoryoffensivePossessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
- 4
derogatoryoffensivePossessing attributes of, or similar to, an East Asian person or an East Asian style or culture.
noun
- 1
UKoffensiveslangA Chinese takeaway restaurant.
- 2
UKoffensiveslangA meal of Chinese food.
- 3
offensiveslangA Chinese person.
- 4
offensiveslangAn East Asian person.
- 5
IndiaoffensiveslangA person from Northeast India.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of chinky.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chinky come from?
From chink (“crack”) + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).