| has gloss | eng: Chink is a racial slur for a person of Chinese or any East Asian descent. Chink may also mean a small crevice or opening, often referring to a weakness such as a "chink in the armor", but also in purely descriptive contexts such as a chink between two bricks. The latter term is uncontroversial, since it predates the ethnic slur, though the slur may have origins from the original meaning. The usage of the word as an ethnic slur has sparked contemporary controversies in public and popular media. In relation to the uncontroversial context, the derogatory use of the word chink has often been used to describe the perceived narrow eyes of a person of East Asian descent. |
