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Chinese
[chahy-neez, -nees]
noun
plural
Chinesethe standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
a group of languages of the Sino-Tibetan family, including standard Chinese and most of the other languages of China. Chin., Chin
any of the Chinese languages, which vary among themselves to the point of mutual unintelligibility.
Chinese food.
We usually order Chinese from a place across the street.
Often Offensive.Ģża native or descendant of a native of China.
adjective
of or relating to China, its inhabitants, or one of their languages.
noting or pertaining to the partly logographic, partly phonetic script used for the writing of Chinese, Japanese, and other languages, consisting of thousands of brushstroke characters written in vertical columns from right to left.
Chinese
/ ³ŁŹ²¹ÉŖĖ²Ō¾±Ė³ś /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of China, its people, or their languages
noun
a native or inhabitant of China or a descendant of one
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
Sensitive Note
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- anti-Chinese adjectiveĢżanti-Chinese
- non-Chinese adjectiveĢżnon-Chinese
- pro-Chinese adjectiveĢżpro-Chinese
- pseudo-Chinese adjectiveĢżpseudo-Chinese
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The popular video sharing app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner, ByteDance, refused to sell it to a US buyer by a January deadline.
Mission: Helen seeks to avenge the murder of her secret lover, a government employee eliminated because he knew too much about the accidental murder of a Chinese diplomat.
Most of the Chinese workers are now leaving.
On the homewares side are Home Bargains and B&M. And on the clothing side are Shein and Temu, the cheap Chinese exporters which have enjoyed a surge in popularity among British shoppers.
In a way, the market, with its oldest stalls ranging from Mexican to Chinese to Salvadoran cuisines, is an embodiment of the immigrant experience in Los Angeles.
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