Chinese

Chi·nese  (ch-nz, -ns)

adj.

Of or relating to China or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

n. pl. Chinese

1.

a. A native or inhabitant of China.

b. A person of Chinese ancestry.

c. See Han¹.

2.

a. The sole member of the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, consisting of numerous languages and dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, and Fujian.

b. Any of the Sinitic varieties of speech spoken by the Chinese people.

c. The official national language of China; Mandarin.

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Chinese

Adjective

of China

Noun

1. pl -nese a person from China or a descendant of one

2. any of the languages of China

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system Sinitic, Sinitic language - a group of Sino-Tibetan languages Beijing dialect, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Mandarin - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China Shanghai dialect, Wu, Wu dialect - a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta Cantonese, Cantonese dialect, Yue, Yue dialect - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China Amoy, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min dialect, Taiwanese, Min - any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province Hakka dialect, Hakka - a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
	2.	Chinese - a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world Nationalist China, Republic of China, Taiwan, China - a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia Chinaman, chink - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent Boxer - a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China Hakka - a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century mandarin - a high public official of imperial China
Adj.	1.	Chinese - of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food"
	2.	Chinese - of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" Formosan, Taiwanese

Translations

Chinese [tʃaɪˈniːz] adj → chino

n (pl inv) → chino/a;

(LING) → chino

Chinese [tʃaɪˈniːz] adj → chinois(e)

n (pl inv) → Chinois(e);

(Ling) → chinois m

Chinese [tʃaɪˈniːz] China adj → chinesisch

n inv → Chinese m, Chinesin f;

(Ling) → Chinesisch nt

Chinese [tʃaɪˈniːz] adj → cinese

n (pl inv) → cinese m/f;

(LING) → cinese m