PRONUNCIATION:

(CHIN-chin) 

MEANING:

noun: A chat.
verb intr.: To chat.
interjection: Used as a toast, greeting, or farewell.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Chinese ching-ching (please-please). Earliest documented use: 1795.

USAGE:

“Let’s have a chin-chin about what’s wanted of you.”
Ivan Doig; The Eleventh Man; Harcourt; 2008.

“‘Chin-chin,’ Simic said and clinked Casson’s glass.”
Alan Furst; The World At Night; Random House; 1996.