ching

noun

1. (plural, plural-only)A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
2. (countable)A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

   “The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"”

   “"To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.”

   “Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.”

3. (slang, uncountable)Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).

   “"Supposedly, it was worth millions back then, so it could be worth maybe ten times as much now." Tatorrio whistled. "That's a lot of ching."”

   “If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching".”

   “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching”

   “If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.”

4. (countable, uncountable)A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
5. (Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable)A knife.
6. (Scotland, slang, uncountable)Cocaine.

   “I'll leave the message, but Simon's very much a free spirit, I state to the receiver as I use a fifty-pound note to hoover up some ching.”

   “Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.”

   “She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine). […]”

intj

1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.

verb

1. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

   “The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.”

   “These shadows, black as the earth they emerged from, were wearing what looked like dull German helmets, their webgear and canteens chinging as they ran.”

   “Crystal chings and we sip.”

   “One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.”

2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang)To stab.

   “No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.”

   “Stickin' 'em, none of my niggas are innocent. (On s-, on s-) On sight man are just chinging him.”

   “I try chest shot, he blocked it, so I chinged him in his hand”

3. (intransitive)Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

name

1. A surname from Cantonese.
2. A surname from Hokkien.
3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Qing.

   “General Li Shu-ch’eng was born at Ch’ien-chiang Hsien, Hupei province, in 1873 and was a salaried licentiate or Linsheng in the Ching Dynasty.”

   “Parakeet Isle or Yingwuchou: in the middle of the river to the south-west of Hanyang. It disappeared during the Ming period to re-emerge in the Ching dynasty in Kang Hsi’s reign. It became famous in the Han dynasty when a great feast was held there and parakeets brought in.”

   “More skillful farming practices, particularly in rice cultivation, were brought in after the Ching occupation in 1683.”

   “Photographer Shawn Danker, who recently held a photo exhibition to generate awareness about Bukit Brown, cites as an example pre-independent Singapore’s links to the Nationalists who overthrew the Ching Dynasty in 1911.”

   “Ellen was born in 1927 in Beijing, China, to a prominent Ching dynasty family of scholars and diplomats. Her grandmother on her father’s side was a niece of the Empress Dowager, and her grandfather on her mother’s side was the ambassador to the court of Queen Victoria of England.”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Chingakham surname of Meitei origin
5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Chingangbam surname of Meitei origin
6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Chingshubam surname of Meitei origin
7. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Chingtham surname of Meitei origin