- Inglês (EUA)
- Castelhano (México)
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Coreano
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Japonês
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Chinês Simples (China)
Does anyone know why Mexicans call curly hair "chino"?
¿Alguien sabe por qué los mexicanos llaman el cabello rizado chino?
¿Alguien sabe por qué los mexicanos llaman el cabello rizado chino?
- Castelhano (México)
That's a good question, haha. I don't know if there is an specific reason. We just call it "chino" or "rizado". But we usually use "chino".
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- Castelhano (México)
The word comes from Quechua. "China" in quechua means "female or housemaid".
We have to go back to viceroyalty of New Spain to understand this. In Viceroyalty, the Spanish people used to have many "chinas" (housemaids). This term was very common in order to refer to servants.
Some time after, many African slaves arrived. This slaves intermarry with native people. The intermarriage give rise to castes. And this slaves started working in Spanish homes too. The African genetic inheritance give to descendants this type of hair, which resulted the chief characteristic of these "chinos". And that's why we use that term.
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- Castelhano (México)
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