chinese

Speech parts

1. chinese - Noun

2. chinese - Adjective

4. Chinese - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

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

The language of China, which is monosyllabic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

han Taiwanese Formosan chink chinaman Sinic sino- japanese asian byzantine china oriental cathay basque Korean
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Hypernyms

asian asiatic Sinitic Sinitic language

Hyponyms

mandarin Taiwanese Cantonese Mandarin Chinese boxer min

Related terms

Chinesery

Phrases with the word

Chinese dogwood Chinese peach Chinese government Chinese people Chinese rose Chinese water deer

Anagrams

Eischen

Examples

As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports. Eric Hobsbawm

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. Deng Xiaoping

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times. Charles de Lint

There are only two types of Chinese -- those who give bribes and those who take them. Russian Proverb

Beat a chinese long enough and he will talk tibetan. Tibetan Proverb

Paczolay, Gyula (1997). "1". European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese. Veszprémi Nyomda. p. 33. ISBN 1-875943-44-7. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

chinenoside Chinery Chinesca Chinese ace Chinese alligator chinese amaranth