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/Sounds like "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

A person with curly or wavy hair in Mexico. It has absolutely nothing to do with China or ethnicity, it's simply the Mexican way of describing someone whose hair isn't straight.

Examples

She's got super chino hair, it looks great.

My sister got chinos done for the party.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de El Salvador
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de Nicaragua
Colocho
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Ecuador
Motoso

/Sounds like "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

A kid, young person, or boy in Colombia. It's the everyday, affectionate Colombian way to refer to anyone young, you hear it everywhere and it doesn't matter if you know them or they're a total stranger.

Examples

Kids these days don't look up from their phones.

That chino is a good kid, always gets good grades.

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In Mexican and Colombian street slang, to kill someone. Used specifically in urban violence and organized crime contexts to describe a murder. The word is direct and chilling in those settings.