chink vs Chinese

Chinese vs chink

chink and Chinese both are nouns.

chink is not an adjective while Chinese is an adjective.

chink is a verb but Chinese is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chink	Yes	No	Yes	No
Chinese	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Chinese is a hypernym of chink; that is, Chinese is a word with a broader meaning than chink:

chink: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
Chinese: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

chink (noun)	Chinese (noun)
a short light metallic sound	any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall	a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

chink (adjective)	Chinese (adjective)
	of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures
	of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

chink (verb)	Chinese (verb)
make cracks or chinks in
fill the chinks of, as with caulking
make or emit a high sound

Difference between chink and Chinese

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