• n. 洋泾滨语；混杂语言；事务

来自pigeon English(1859),鸽子英语，鸟语，19世纪中叶上海开埠时欧洲人用以形容中国人说的简化英语，来自pigeon(1826),鸽子，此词带有双重含义，一是欧洲人用以形容中国人念”business”的发音有点像在念”pigeon”,鸽子，二是欧洲人用该词来暗示或赤裸裸的形容当时的中国人说英语有点像在说鸟语或像鸽子在叫。在英语词汇中，pigeon和dove虽然指同一种鸟，但是两个词所表达的感情色彩是不一样的。后来可能是因为该词讽刺意味过于明显，因而将拼写改成pidgin.

pidgin

pidgin: [19] A pidgin is a reduced form of language used for communication between speech communities which do not share the same native language. A characteristic of such languages is that words in the base language from which the pidgin evolved become altered. And this is how the word pidgin itself arose. It comes from pidgin English, an alteration of business English in the commercial pidgin used in Far Eastern ports in the mid-19th century.
=> business

pidgin (n.)

1876, from pigeon English (1859), the reduced form of the language used in China for communication with Europeans, from pigeon (1826), itself a pidgin word, representing a Chinese pronunciation of business. Meaning extended 1891 to "any simplified language."

1. The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.

餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I tried to get my message across in my pidgin Italian.

我尝试用我的洋泾浜意大利语表达出我的意思。

来自《权威词典》

3. He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.

他能轻松自如地用洋泾浜话和工厂工人及码头工人交谈。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Fang , Bubi , Ibo, and pidgin English are also widely spoken.

芳语 、 布比语、伊博语和皮钦英语也通用.

来自互联网

5. In pidgin English, he is the namowen ( number one ) on the port.

用句“洋泾 浜 ”英语来说, 他是这个港口的那摩温.

来自互联网