Hyphenation of chink

Are you trying to hyphenate chink? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

chink

Definitions of chink:

1.	(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
2.	A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
3.	A short light metallic sound
4.	Make or emit a high sound Tinkling bells
5.	Fill the chinks of, as with caulking
6.	Make cracks or chinks in The heat checked the paint

Synonyms of chink:

noun	Chinaman, Chinese
noun	crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
noun	click, clink, sound
verb	tinkle, tink, clink, sound, go
verb	plug, stop up, secure
verb	check, crack

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.