Chinese helicopter

English

Noun

Chinese helicopter (plural Chinese helicopters)

  1. (Singapore, derogatory) A Singaporean who was educated in a Chinese-medium school and is not well versed in English.
    • 1985, M. Chiang, Army Daze, page 43:
      The story goes that a recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered ‘Chinese helucated’, which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter.

Coordinate terms

  • banana, inverse term referring to Chinese who speak English but cannot understand their native language

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