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Chinese Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chinese? [n] 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) [n] a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China [adj] of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food" [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chinese: Formosan \| Taiwanese Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chinese: See Also \| Amoy \| Asian \| Asiatic \| Beijing dialect \| Cantonese \| Cantonese dialect \| China \| Chinaman \| chink \| Communist China \| Fukien \| Fukkianese \| Hakka \| Hakka dialect \| Hokkianese \| mainland China \| mandarin \| Mandarin \| Mandarin Chinese \| Mandarin dialect \| Min \| Min dialect \| Nationalist China \| People's Republic of China \| PRC \| Red China \| Republic of China \| Shanghai dialect \| Sinitic \| Sinitic language \| Taiwan \| Taiwanese \| Wu \| Wu dialect \| Yue \| Yue dialect Chinese In Webster's Dictionary \Chi"nese"\, a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. {Chinese paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Chinese wax}, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family {Coccid[ae]} especially {Coccus Sinensis}. \Chi*nese"\, n. sing. & pl. 1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China. 2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic. Note: Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton.

Chinese Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chinese?

[n] 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)
[n] a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
[adj] of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food"
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chinese: Formosan | Taiwanese

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Chinese In Webster's Dictionary

\Chi"nese"\, a.
Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

{Chinese paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.

{Chinese wax}, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from
   China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of
   the family {Coccid[ae]} especially {Coccus Sinensis}.


\Chi*nese"\, n. sing. & pl.
1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race
   with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.

2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic.

Note: Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of
      Shakespeare and Milton.

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