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Chi·nese

(chī-nēz′, -nēs′)

adj.

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

n. pl. Chinese

a. A native or inhabitant of China.

b. A person of Chinese ancestry.

c. See Han¹.

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

(tʃaɪˈniːz)

adj

1. (Placename) of, relating to, or characteristic of China, its people, or their languages

2. (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of China, its people, or their languages

3. (Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of China, its people, or their languages

npl -nese

4. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of China or a descendant of one

5. (Languages) any of the languages of China belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family, sometimes regarded as dialects of one language. They share a single writing system that is not phonetic but ideographic. A phonetic system using the Roman alphabet was officially adopted by the Chinese government in 1966. See also Mandarin Chinese, Pekingese, Cantonese

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Chi•nese

(tʃaɪˈniz, -ˈnis)

n., pl. -nese,
adj. n.

1. a native or inhabitant of China.

2. a Sino-Tibetan language or language family, comprising a wide variety of speech forms, many mutually unintelligible, that are traditionally labeled dialects, and are written with identical characters. Abbr.: Chin., Chin

3. a member of the people who speak Chinese, collectively representing the great majority of the inhabitants of China and Taiwan, and forming a significant population element in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and other countries of Southeast Asia.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to China or its inhabitants.

5. of or pertaining to the language Chinese or its speakers.

[1570–80]

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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 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

Chinese

adjective

Related words
prefix Sino-

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Translations

اللغة الصينية صِينيّ

ČíňančínskýčínštinamandarínštinaČíňané

kineserkinesisk

Chinesisch Chinesin Chinese Chinesen Chinesinnen

Κινέζος κινεζικά κινέζικα κινεζικός Κινέζα

ĉinaĈinia

chino china

hiinamandariini

kiinakiinalainen

chinois chinoise

kineskiKinez

kínai

cinese mandarino

中国の中国人中国語

중국 사람중국어중국의

kiniškakiniškas

ChineesChineseChinezenMandarijns

kinesisk kineser mandarin

chińskichińskiejęzyk chiński Chińczykchińska

chinês mandarim

chinezăchinezichinezoaice

китайский китаец китайский язык китайцы китаянка

Čínsky

kitajščina

kinesiskkinesiskakinamatkineskineser

ชาวจีนที่เกี่ยวกับชาติจีนภาษาจีน

Çince Çinli Çin

người Trung Quốcthuộc nước/người/tiếng Trung Quốctiếng Trung Quốc

中国人中国的汉族汉语簡體中文

Chinese

[ˌtʃaɪˈniːz]

A. ADJ → chino
a Chinese man → un chino
a Chinese woman → una china

B. N

1. (= person) → chino/a m/f
the Chinese (= people) → los chinos

2. (Ling) → chino m

C. CPD Chinese chequers NPL → damas fpl chinas
Chinese lantern N → farolillo m chino
Chinese leaves NPL → col fsing china

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Chinese

[ˌtʃaɪˈniːz]

adj → chinois(e)
a Chinese restaurant → un restaurant chinois
a Chinese man → un Chinois
a Chinese woman → une Chinoise

(= person) → Chinois(e) m/f

(= language) → chinois m

npl
the Chinese → les ChinoisChinese leaves npl → chou m chinois

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Chinese

(= person) → Chinese m, → Chinesin f

(= language, fig: = gibberish) → Chinesisch nt

(inf: = restaurant) → Chinarestaurant nt; (= meal) → chinesisches Essen

adj → chinesisch; Chinese restaurant → Chinarestaurant nt

Chinese

Chinese cabbage

n → Chinakohl m

Chinese lantern

n → Lampion m

Chinese leaves

n → Chinakohl m

Chinese puzzle

n ein Gegenstand zum Zusammensetzen als Geduldsspiel

Chinese red

n → Zinnoberrot nt

Chinese studies

pl → Sinologie f

Chinese wall

n (fig) → unüberwindliches Hindernis

Chinese whispers

n → stille Post; to have a game of Chinese → stille Post spielen

Chinese white

n → Chinesischweiß nt

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Chinese

[ˈtʃaɪˈniːz]

1. adj → cinese

2. n (person, pl inv) → cinese m/f; (language) → cinese m

chinese

→ اللغة الصينية, صِينيّ Číňan, čínský, čínština kineser, kinesisk Chinese, chinesisch Κινεζικά, κινεζικός, Κινέζος chino kiina, kiinalainen chinois kineski, Kinez cinese 中国の, 中国人, 中国語 중국 사람, 중국어, 중국의 Chinees kineser, kinesisk Chińczyk, chiński, język chiński chinês китаец, китайский, китайский язык kines, kinesisk, kinesiska ชาวจีน, ที่เกี่ยวกับชาติจีน, ภาษาจีน Çin, Çince, Çinli người Trung Quốc, thuộc nước/người/tiếng Trung Quốc, tiếng Trung Quốc 中国人, 中国的, 汉语

Chinese

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