Chinatown

[ chahy-nuh-toun ]

/ ˈtʃaɪ nəˌtaʊn /

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noun

the main Chinese district in any city outside China.

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Origin of Chinatown

China + town

Words nearby Chinatown

China rose, China Sea, China silk, china stone, China syndrome, Chinatown, China tree, chinaware, China White, chin ball, chinbeak

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How to use Chinatown in a sentence

Chao Chi Liu, 86, a resident of the Wah Luck House apartment building in Chinatown, learned about the clinic down the block from his building manager and was one of 150 people to get a shot.
D.C. and Md. say they are clearing vaccine waitlists as outreach efforts expand|Lola Fadulu, Jenna Portnoy|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
Caston shared that one of his college pastimes was going to the movies in Chinatown.
Date Lab: Can an ‘extreme extrovert’ and introvert hit it off?|Damona Hoffman|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
We usually talk about the records in terms of citizenship papers, but all the newspapers were lost and all the books and all the things that were published in Chinatown.
How to Build a Chinese-American Cookbook|Charlotte Druckman|March 4, 2021|Eater
Then, over the summer, police arrested a homeless woman for attacking a pregnant woman in Chinatown, calling her a slur and punching her in the face.
As schools reopen, Asian American students are missing from classrooms|Moriah Balingit, Hannah Natanson, Yutao Chen|March 4, 2021|Washington Post

The Chinatown shop has been open for 58 years, but business has declined by 80 percent since the pandemic, Chan said.
‘Nobody came, nobody helped’: Fears of anti-Asian violence rattle the community|Marian Liu, Rachel Hatzipanagos|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
Further along the sofa, and tranquilly silent, sat Amy Li, whose Chinatown gallery is housing Net Band Command.
A ‘Truman Show’ For Today: The Return of Josh Harris|Anthony Haden-Guest|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The mainstream audience saw Chinese food as scary,” says Bonnie Tsui, author of American Chinatown.
‘The Search for General Tso’: The Origins of America’s Favorite Chinese Dish, General Tso’s Chicken|Marlow Stern|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chinatown, for instance, is a kind of smart trickery that is rewarding.
How ‘True Detective’ Will End|Andrew Romano|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fung Wah is the best-known Chinatown bus company—a cultural icon for those of a certain age and demographic.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry|Jim Epstein|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Not so long ago, the Chinatown bus industry was subject to fierce price wars.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry|Jim Epstein|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Well, somebody ought to haul him out of that hole down in—in Chinatown, or the Bowery, or wherever it is.
The Silver Poppy|Arthur Stringer
Their whole barbaric East, he told himself, was only a Chinatown slum on a large scale.
The Shadow|Arthur Stringer
While still in Chinatown, passing a narrow alley, he was startled by two dark figures leaping at him from the dark.
Mystery Wings|Roy J. Snell
What'll it be tonight; a ten-cent show or Chinatown once more?
An American Hobo in Europe|Ben Goodkind
I've seen Chinatown people behaving better than—than we have.
Under the Law|Edwina Stanton Babcock

British Dictionary definitions for Chinatown

Chinatown

/ (ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn) /

noun

a quarter of any city or town outside China with a predominantly Chinese population

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