What does chinese mean?

Definitions for chinese
tʃaɪˈniz, -ˈnischi·nese

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word chinese.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Chinesenoun

    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

  2. Chineseadjective

    a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

  3. Chineseadjective

    of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures

    "Chinese food"

  4. Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosanadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

    "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"

Wiktionary

  1. Chinesenoun

    The people of China.

    The Chinese have an incredible history.

  2. Chinesenoun

    All people of Chinese descent or self-identity

    The Chinese are present in all parts of the world.

  3. Chinesenoun

    A person born in China.

    The place was empty till two Chinese walked in.

  4. Chinesenoun

    A Chinese meal.

    We're going out tonight for a Chinese.

  5. Chinesenoun

    Chinese food.

    Do you care for Chinese tonight?

  6. Chineseadjective

    Of China, its languages or people

  7. Chineseadjective

    Unexpected, as used in the phrases Chinese whispers, Chinese burn, Chinese auction.

  8. Chinesenoun

    The class of Sino-Tibetan dialects including Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min Nan and others. Abbreviation: Chin or Chin.

  9. Chinesenoun

    The logographic writing system shared by this language family.

    Hong Kong uses traditional Chinese.

  10. Chinesenoun

    Mandarin, the main language spoken in China.

ChatGPT

  1. chinese

    Chinese can refer to: 1. People or things that originate from the People's Republic of China (Mainland China), its people, or its diaspora. It also encompasses people from regions such as Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao who share similar cultural and language aspects. 2. The family of languages (dialects) spoken by ethnic Chinese. This mainly includes Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, etc. 3. Anything pertaining to the Chinese culture, tradition, history, food, art, literature, etc. 4. The written characters used in Chinese languages, also known as Chinese characters.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Chineseadjective

    of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China

  2. Chinese

    a native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China

  3. Chinese

    the language of China, which is monosyllabic

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'chinese' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2566

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'chinese' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3551

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'chinese' in Adjectives Frequency: #341

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chinese in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chinese in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of chinese in a Sentence

  1. Collin Koh:

    In recent years, the Chinese military has also been challenging foreign military aerial activities over the Spratlys, including those run by the Filipinos when they flew close to the Chinese-occupied outposts.

  2. White House:

    To protect our national security, the United States will implement specific investment restrictions and enhanced export controls for Chinese persons and entities related to the acquisition of industrially significant technology, the proposed investment restrictions and enhanced export controls will be announced by June 30, 2018, and they will be implemented shortly thereafter.

  3. Alex Azar:

    Our teams were also pressing the Chinese government to send us viral isolates from patients there, and China has still, one year later, failed to provide the first generation viral isolates.

  4. Lin Lee Jen:

    Electronics products posted their first decline in 21 months, it's because of poor demand for Chinese handheld chip devices and Japanese flat panel TVs.

  5. Yaqiu Wang:

    To be part of that is to be used as a tool by the Chinese Communist Party to legitimize its abuses. Including the situation in Xinjiang, that is why the rest of the world should stay away from the Olympic Games.

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