a short written note, signed by somebody, showing an amount of money that is owed, or giving somebody permission to do something 欠账字据;欠条;(允许某人去做某事的)便条 Do I need to sign a chit for these drinks? 这些饮料需要我签名吗?
- (old-fashioned, disapproving)
a young woman or girl, especially one who is thought to have no respect for older people (尤指对老人无礼的)毛丫头;不知礼的年轻女子 a mere chit of a girl 只是个黄毛丫头。
Word Originsense 2 late Middle English (denoting a whelp, cub, or kitten): perhaps related to dialect chit ‘sprout’. sense 1 late 18th cent.: Anglo-Indian, from Hindi ciṭṭhī ‘note, pass’.