Term used to describe yourself if your proficiency in chinese is only conversational as opposed to fluent.
Dim sum refers to chinese brunch and therefore dim sum chinese means one can only speak chinese well enough to make it through an afternoon eating dim sum with fluent chinese speaking family members.
Someone who can only speak dim sum chinese most likely cannot understand most of chinese radio, tv shows or songs.
Very common amongst ABC's (american born chinese)
Dim sum refers to chinese brunch and therefore dim sum chinese means one can only speak chinese well enough to make it through an afternoon eating dim sum with fluent chinese speaking family members.
Someone who can only speak dim sum chinese most likely cannot understand most of chinese radio, tv shows or songs.
Very common amongst ABC's (american born chinese)
Hey, I'm kind of nervous about you meeting my parents tomorrow. I feel like they would disapprove of me dating someone who can only speak dim sum chinese.
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n. A "made up" language, like pig-latin, formulated by adding suffixes to letters while spelling out words, thereby obscuring the meaning of the speaker and causing them to "sound chinese." The effect can be intensified if the speaker uses a slightly sing-song inflection while speaking.
Rules:
1. All words are spelled out in full
2. The long forms of all of the vowels are pronounced (i.e. ay, ee, eye, owe, yu)
3. All consonants are suffixed with "ong." The only exceptions are "c" and "q," which are pronounced "chong" and "quong," so as not to be confused with "kong."
Rules:
1. All words are spelled out in full
2. The long forms of all of the vowels are pronounced (i.e. ay, ee, eye, owe, yu)
3. All consonants are suffixed with "ong." The only exceptions are "c" and "q," which are pronounced "chong" and "quong," so as not to be confused with "kong."
Hog Chinese Usage Examples:
1. Profesora Gilmore is such a Bong-I-Tong-Chong-Hong (b****).
2. Hong-E-Long-Long-O, Mong-Yong Nong-A-Mong-E I-Song Jong-O-Hong-Dong (Hello, my name is John.)
3. U-Rong-Bong-A-Nong Dong-I-Chong-Tong-I-O-Nong-A-Rong-Yong I-Song Gong-Rong-E-A-Tong (Urban Dictionary is great).
1. Profesora Gilmore is such a Bong-I-Tong-Chong-Hong (b****).
2. Hong-E-Long-Long-O, Mong-Yong Nong-A-Mong-E I-Song Jong-O-Hong-Dong (Hello, my name is John.)
3. U-Rong-Bong-A-Nong Dong-I-Chong-Tong-I-O-Nong-A-Rong-Yong I-Song Gong-Rong-E-A-Tong (Urban Dictionary is great).
by Red Smith March 8, 2007
Get the hog chinese mug.1) When eating any meat product that has bones in it, proceed to clean off all remaining meat until the bone shines like a brand new quarter.
A)Hey... are you going to finish those chicken wings?
B) What do you mean? There's nothing left on it.
A) Hold up, I'm gonna get all Chinese on it.
(proceeds to suck off any cartilage and marrow until only the bone remains )
B) What do you mean? There's nothing left on it.
A) Hold up, I'm gonna get all Chinese on it.
(proceeds to suck off any cartilage and marrow until only the bone remains )
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To leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to 'do a runner'. Originally applicable to Chinese eating houses (where the 'dash' might be considered safer, due to the relative passivity and diminutive stature of the waiting staff), the expression is now considered an acceptable term to use irrespective of the restaurant's ethnic origin.
To leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to 'do a runner'. Originally applicable to Chinese eating houses (where the 'dash' might be considered safer, due to the relative passivity and diminutive stature of the waiting staff), the expression is now considered an acceptable term to use irrespective of the restaurant's ethnic origin.
"Heavens, Amelia - I appear to have left my Amex card in my other jodhpurs."
"Oh Giles, you're incorrigible. I suppose we'll have to perform the Chinese dash again."
"I'm very much afraid so, Amelia - I'm afraid so."
"Oh Giles, you're incorrigible. I suppose we'll have to perform the Chinese dash again."
"I'm very much afraid so, Amelia - I'm afraid so."
by Just_Tom April 9, 2010
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