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Definition of Chinese
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Sinitic, Sinitic Language
Specialized synonyms: Beijing Dialect, Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin Dialect, Shanghai Dialect, Wu, Wu Dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese Dialect, Yue, Yue Dialect, Amoy, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min, Min Dialect, Taiwanese, Hakka, Hakka Dialect
Geographical relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Specialized synonyms: Beijing Dialect, Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin Dialect, Shanghai Dialect, Wu, Wu Dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese Dialect, Yue, Yue Dialect, Amoy, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min, Min Dialect, Taiwanese, Hakka, Hakka Dialect
Geographical relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures. "Chinese food"
Partainyms: China
3. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China.
Group relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China, China, Nationalist China, Republic Of China, Taiwan
Generic synonyms: Asian, Asiatic
Specialized synonyms: Chinaman, Chink, Boxer, Hakka, Mandarin
Generic synonyms: Asian, Asiatic
Specialized synonyms: Chinaman, Chink, Boxer, Hakka, Mandarin
4. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language. "The Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
Definition of Chinese
1. a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
2. n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
Definition of Chinese
1. of China [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese
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