Intsik

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: In‧tsik
IPA^(key): /ʔɪnˈt͡ʃik/

Proper noun

Intsík

Alternative form of Insik

Adjective

Intsík

Alternative form of Insik

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Inchic, Insic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Insik, Intsek, Inchek, Inchik

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] or 𪜶叔 (in chek, literally “his/her/their uncle”). Compare Cebuano Insik, Malay encik, Indonesian encek, Thai เจ๊ก (jék).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔinˈt͡ʃik/ [ʔɪn̪ˈt͡ʃik̚]
- IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔinˈtsik/ [ʔɪn̪ˈt͡sik̚]
Rhymes: -ik
Syllabification: In‧tsik

Proper noun

Intsík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔) (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar)

Chinese language
Synonym: Tsino

Derived terms

Noun

Intsík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔) (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar)

Chinaman; Chinese (person)
Synonyms: Tsino, (derogatory) Tsekwa

Derived terms

Adjective

Intsík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔) (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar)

Chinese (pertaining to China and the Chinese culture)
Synonyms: Tsino, (derogatory) Tsekwa

Derived terms

Pasong Inchic

References

^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 170/151 & 522/497; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎^[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
^ “紀念“宿務無名氏（引叔）”施維鵬 2018-2019年度校長、教師昨舉行頒獎典禮”, in 菲律賓商報 Chinese Commercial News‎^[3], Binondo, Manila, 2019 March 10
^ “中正學院培幼園三位教師獲僑委會獎”, in CKS College News‎^[4], Tondo, Manila, 2021 October 26
^ “宿霧施維鵬仙逝”, in 世界臨濮施氏宗親總會, 彰化縣鹿港鎮復興路, (Can we date this quote?)
^ Chu, Richard T. (2012) Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s‎^[5], page 1

[1] Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 170/151 & 522/497; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎^[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN

[2] “紀念“宿務無名氏（引叔）”施維鵬 2018-2019年度校長、教師昨舉行頒獎典禮”, in 菲律賓商報 Chinese Commercial News‎^[3], Binondo, Manila, 2019 March 10

[3] “中正學院培幼園三位教師獲僑委會獎”, in CKS College News‎^[4], Tondo, Manila, 2021 October 26

[4] “宿霧施維鵬仙逝”, in 世界臨濮施氏宗親總會, 彰化縣鹿港鎮復興路, (Can we date this quote?)

[5] Chu, Richard T. (2012) Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s‎^[5], page 1

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Intsik

Contents

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Adjective

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Noun

Derived terms

Adjective

Derived terms

See also

References