Chink is an ethnic slur for any person of Chinese escent. It is also commonly used to insult people of general East Asian descent. The word "Chinkland" may also be used to refer to China or the Asian continent as a whole.Chink may also mean a small crevice or opening, often referring to a weakness, such as a "chink in the armor"but also in purely descriptive contexts such as a chink between two bricks. The latter term is uncontroversial, since it predates the ethnic slur, though the slur may have origins from the original meaning. The usage of the word as an ethnic slur has sparked contemporary controversies in public and popular media.