Chinaman

Chinaman (term) is a contentious term referring to a Chinese person or a citizen of China.

Chinaman or Chinamen may also refer to:

Arts and literature

• Chinaman, the English title of the Danish film Kinamand
• Chinamen (1970), a play in Michael Frayn's The Two of Us (play)
• The Chinaman (1999), a collection of poems by David Mamet
• The Chinaman and Chinaman Records (1992), the first solo album and the music label respectively by 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice
• The Chinaman, a novel by Stephen Leather
• The Chinaman, a 2007 novel in Swedish by Henning Mankell, published in English translation in 2010 as The Man from Beijing (novel)
• Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, a novel by Shehan Karunatilaka

Place names

• Chinaman Island, an uninhabited island located in Western Port, Victoria, Australia
• Chinaman's Peak, the former name of Ha Ling Peak, Mount Lawrence Grassi, Alberta, Canada
• Chinaman's Hat, the former name of Mokolii, a basalt island in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawaii

Other uses

• Chinaman (politics), an epithet for political backers in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., in the 1900s
• Chinaman (porcelain), a dealer in porcelain and chinaware
• Chinaman (ship), any ship engaged in the Old China Trade in the 18th and 19th centuries
• "The Chinaman", a nickname of rapper Fresh Kid Ice (Chris Wong Won)
• "The Chinaman", the stage name of American comedian Mark Britten
• Left-arm unorthodox spin or chinaman, a style of cricket bowling
• Chinaman's chance, a figure of speech meaning little or no chance
• John Chinaman, a stock caricature of a Chinese laborer seen in cartoons of the 19th century
• Conical Asian hat, a simple style of conical hat originating in East and Southeast Asia
• Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip), an octagonal structure serving as a shipping channel marker in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
• Chinaman of Koenigsberg, a label for Immanuel Kant used by Friedrich Nietzsche
• A nodding Chinaman or nodding China-man, a decorative 19th Century figure usually made of China with a head that nodded. Also as mentioned 'a chinaman' in the book 'The remains of the day'