ching chong

Meanings

1. Mimicking Chinese, Korean, Thai or other East or Southeast Asian speech.

1. A Chinese or other Asian person.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, originally representing characteristic syllables of Chinese, such as Mandarin's qing and chong, Cantonese's cing¹ and cong¹, Hokkien's chheng and chhong, etc., as heard by English-speakers, and reinforced by perceptions of other Asian languages, especially with existing surnames of Chinese origin, such as Ching/Cheng and Chong/Chung.