chin-chin

Meanings

Verb

To greet; to toast.
To say 'chin-chin'.

Noun

Discussion, conversation, talk.

Origin

From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin, a duplication of Chinese 請 ("please; invite") as pronounced in g-dropping dialects like Shanghainese. Sometimes, especially in Italianate spellings, reborrowed from Italian cincin.
Duplication of chin in its various senses.

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