All slang › Spanish › Colombia
chino / china
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “chino / china” mean?
kid; boy / girl
Example
“Los chinos están jugando en el parque.”
The kids are playing in the park.
Good to know
Typical of Bogotá; nothing to do with China here.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🫂 Friends
The textbook way to say it: niño / niña
🧒 How other countries say “kid”
- 🇲🇽 chamacoMexico
- 🇪🇸 críoSpain
- 🇦🇷 pibe / pibaArgentina
- 🇨🇱 cabro / cabraChile · 'Cabros chicos' = little kids.
- 🇵🇪 chibolo / chibolaPeru
- 🇻🇪 chamo / chamaVenezuela
More from Colombia
- parcebuddy, bro
- llaveclose friend, bro
- parchecrew; plan, hangout
- mijo / mijadear, buddy (from "mi hijo/a")
- la galladathe gang, your crew
- el combogroup of friends (Medellín)
- hacer una vacato chip in, to pool money
- sumercéyou (warm and polite, Bogotá and Boyacá)
Songs from Colombia
- La Camisa Negra · JuanesLevel A2
- Vida de Rico · CamiloLevel A2
- Waka Waka (Esto es África) · ShakiraLevel A2
- Mi Gente · J Balvin, Willy WilliamLevel A2
Solang turns songs into lessons: synced lyrics, translation and slang explained, line by line.
Learn it in the songs you love — free