Chinese

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: chī-nēzʹ, IPA: /ˌtʃaɪˈniːz/, X-SAMPA: /tSaI"ni:z/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Etymology

From China +‎ -ese.

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Chinese

1. Any of several Sinitic languages spoken in China, especially Literary Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, or Min Nan.
2. The class of Sino-Tibetan dialects including Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min Nan and others.
3. The logographic writing system shared by this language family.

   Hong Kong uses traditional Chinese.

4. Mandarin: the official language of the People's Republic of China

Derived terms

• (language): Classical Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Middle Chinese, Old Chinese, Standard Written Chinese, Vernacular Chinese
• (writing system): Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Translations

Any language spoken in China — See also translations at : Literary Chinese,‎ Mandarin,‎ Cantonese,‎ Wu,‎ Min Nan

Afrikaans: Sjinees (af) Albanian: Kineze (sq) American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack Arabic: صينية (ar) (Siníyya) f, الصينية (ar) (al-Siníyya) f, صيني (ar) (Siiniy) m Armenian: չինարեն (hy) (činaren) Asturian: chinu (ast) m Azeri: чин (az) (čin) Basque: txinera (eu) Belarusian: кітайская (be) (kitájskaja) f Bengali: চীনা ভাষা (bn) (Cina bhasha) Breton: sinaeg (br) m Bulgarian: китайски (bg) (kitájski) m Burmese: တရုတ်စကား (my) (tăyokzăga:) Catalan: xinès (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 中文 (zung1 man4/man2); 普通話 (pou2 tung1 waa2); 國語 (gwok3 jyu5); 漢語 (hon3 jyu5); 華語 (waa4 jyu5) Mandarin: 中文 (cmn) (Zhōngwén), 普通話 (cmn), 普通话 (cmn) (Pǔtōnghuà), 國語 (cmn), 国语 (cmn) (Gúoyǔ), 華語 (cmn), 华语 (cmn) (Huáyǔ) Min Nan: Hàn-gí (nan) Cornish: Chenek (kw) Czech: čínština (cs) f Danish: kinesisk (da) Dutch: Chinees (nl) n Esperanto: Ĉinia (eo) Estonian: hiina (et) Faroese: kinesiskur (fo), kinesiskt (fo), kinverskur (fo) Finnish: kiina (fi) French: chinois (fr) m Galician: chinés (gl) m, chino (gl) m Georgian: ჩინური (ka) (činuri) German: Chinesisch (de) n Greek: κινέζικα (el) (kinézika) n pl Greenlandic: Kineserisut (kl) Gujarati: ચીની (gu) (chīnī) Hebrew: סינית (he) (sínit) f Hindi: चीनी (hi) (cīnī) f Hungarian: kínai (hu) Icelandic: kínverska (is) f Indonesian: bahasa China (id), bahasa Cina (id), bahasa Mandarin (id), China (id), Cina (id) Irish: Sínis (ga) Italian: cinese (it) m Japanese: 中国語 (ja) (ちゅうごくご, Chūgokugo) Jèrriais: Chinnouais m Kabardian: Хъутеибзэ Kazakh: қытай тілі (kk) (qıtay tili) m, қытай (kk) (qıtay) m Khmer: ភាសាចិន (km) (pʰiesaa cən), ចិន (km) (cən) Korean: 중국어 (ko) (Jungguk-eo) (中國語 (ko)), 중국말 (ko) (Junggung-mal) Kurdish: Çînî (ku), چینی (ku) Lao: ພາສາຈີນ (lo) (phaa-saa ciin)

Latin: sinensis (la) m, lingua sinica (la) f Latvian: ķīniešu (lv), ķīniešu valoda (lv) f Limburgish: Sjineesj‎ (li) n Lithuanian: kinų (lt) m and f, kinų kalba (lt) f Macedonian: кинески (mk) (kínеski) Malagasy: sinoa (mg) Malay: bahasa Cina (ms) Maltese: Ċiniż (mt) Manchu: nikan i gisun Marathi: चीनी भाषा (mr) (chīnī bhāsā) Moksha: Китаень (Kitaen’) Mongolian: хятад хэл (mn) (hyátad hel) Navajo: Tsiiʼyiishbizhí dinéʼiʼ bizaad Nepali: चीनियाँ (ne) (chīniyān) Norwegian: kinesisk (no) m Bokmål: kinesisk (nb) m Nynorsk: kinesisk (nn) m Occitan: chinès (oc) m} Persian: چینی (fa) (Čini), زبان چینی (fa) (zabân-e čini) Polish: chiński (pl) Portuguese: chinês (pt) m Romanian: chineză (ro) Russian: китайский язык (ru) (kitájskij jazýk) m, китайский (ru) (kitájskij) m colloq, путунхуа (ru) (putunxuá) m Scottish Gaelic: Sìonais (gd) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кинески (sh) m Roman: kineski (sh) m Sinhalese: චීන (si) (čīna), චීන භාෂාව (si) (čīna bhāṣāva) Slovak: čínština (sk) f Slovene: kitájščina (sl) f Spanish: chino (es) Swahili: Kichina (sw) 7 Swedish: kinesiska (sv) Tagalog: Intsik (tl), Tsino (tl), Tsekwa (tl) Tajik: чинӣ (tg) (činī), забони чинӣ (tg) (zaboni činī) Tamil: சீனம் (ta) (chīnam) Tatar: Кытай (tt) (Kıtay) Thai: ภาษาจีน (th) (paasăa jiin) Turkish: Çince (tr) Turkmen: hytaý dili (tk) Ukrainian: китайська (uk) (kytájs’ka) f Urdu: چینی (ur) (cīnī) f Uyghur: خەنزۇچە (ug) (xenzuche) Uzbek: xitoy (uz) Vietnamese: tiếng Trung Quốc (vi), tiếng Hoa (vi), tiếng Hán (vi), tiếng Tàu (vi), Hán ngữ (vi) Walloon: Chinwès (wa) Welsh: Tsieineeg (cy), Tseineg (cy) West Frisian: Sineesk (fy) Yiddish: כינעזיש (yi) (kinezish) n Zulu: Ishayina (zu)

Class of languages

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 華語 (waa⁴ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 華語 (cmn) (huáyǔ)

Writing system of Chinese

• American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
• Arabic: صينية (ar) (Siníyya) f
• Armenian: չինարեն (hy) (činaren)
• Burmese: တရုတ်စာ (my) (tăyoksa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中文字 (zung1 man4/man2 zi6)

  Mandarin: 中文字 (cmn) (zhōngwén zì)

• Czech: čínština (cs) f
• Dutch: Chinees (nl)
• Finnish: kiina (fi)
• Italian: cinese (it) m, ideogrammi cinesi (it) m pl
• Japanese: 中国語 (ja) (Chūgokugo)

• Kabardian: Хъутеибзэ
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kinesisk (nb) m

  Nynorsk: kinesisk (nn) m

• Scottish Gaelic: Sìonais (gd) f
• Spanish: chino (es)
• Swahili: Kichina (sw)
• Swedish: kinesiska (sv)
• Tagalog: Intsík (tl), Tsino (tl)
• Turkish: Çince (tr), Çin alfabesi (tr)
• Vietnamese: chữ Trung Quốc (vi), chữ Hán (vi), chữ Tàu (vi), Hán tự (vi)

Mandarin — see Mandarin

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: 중국보통어 (ko) (Jungguk-botong-eo), 북경어 (ko) (Buggyeong-eo)
• Manchu: ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ (nikan)

Noun

Chinese (countable and uncountable; plural Chinese)

1. (uncountable) The people of China.

   The Chinese have an incredible history.

2. (uncountable) All people of Chinese descent or self-identity

   The Chinese are present in all parts of the world.

3. (countable) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

   The place was empty till two Chinese walked in.

4. Chinese food or meal.
   1. (UK, countable, informal) A Chinese meal.

      We're going out tonight for a Chinese.

   2. (North America, uncountable, informal) Chinese food.

      Please don't eat the Chinese ... I'm saving it for later.

Synonyms

• (person born in China): Chinaman (of a man only; now considered offensive), Chinee (archaic, informal), chink (person or people who comes from China or its descent; ethnic slur; derogatory)

Derived terms

terms derived from Chinese

American-born Chinese American Chinese Archaic Chinese British-born Chinese British Chinese Burmese Chinese Chinee Chinese abacus Chinese alligator Chinese American Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree Chinese anise Chinese arborvitae Chinese Army technique Chinese artichoke Chinese auction Chinese auricular therapy Chinese Australian Chinese-balance Chinese bamboo partridge Chinese bamboo torture Chinese banyan Chinese barbecue sauce Chinese BASIC Chinese bayberry Chinese bellflower Chinese bird spider Chinese black mushroom Chinese blackjack Chinese block Chinese blue Chinese boxes Chinese Brazilian Chinese British Chinese Briton Chinese broccoli Chinese brown sauce Chinese burn Chinese cabbage Chinese calendar Chinese Cambodian Chinese Canadian Chinese canonical texts Chinese-capstan Chinese catfish Chinese Cayman Islander Chinese cedar Chinese celery Chinese celery cabbage Chinese character Chinese character encoding Chinese chard Chinese checkers, Chinese chequers Chinese cherry Chinese chess Chinese chestnut Chinese chicken salad Chinese chikwando Chinese Chippendale Chinese chives Chinese cinnamon Chinese classic texts Chinese copy Chinese cork oak Chinese crab Chinese crescent Chinese Crested Chinese Crested Dog Chinese Crested Tern Chinese crocodile lizard Chinese Cuban Chinese cucumber Chinese cut Chinese date Chinese deity Chinese desert cat Chinese dormouse Chinese dragon Chinese egg noodles Chinese eggplant Chinese egret Chinese eight-ball Chinese elm

Chinese Empire Chinese energetic technique Chinese English pidgin Chinese evergreen Chinese evergreen magnolia Chinese exclusion Chinese export porcelain Chinese-eyed Chinese fan palm Chinese farmer Chinese federalism Chinese figwort Chinese Filipino Chinese finger cuffs, Chinese finger prison, Chinese finger trap Chinese fire Chinese fire belly newt Chinese fire drill Chinese firepot Chinese fishing nets Chinese five spice, Chinese five-spice powder Chinese flycatcher Chinese food therapy Chinese forget-me-not Chinese fried rice Chinese frog Chinese fuseki Chinese gall Chinese garden Chinese gelatin, Chinese gelatine Chinese ginger Chinese glue Chinese gong Chinese goose Chinese gooseberry Chinese goshawk Chinese grapefruit Chinese grass Chinese gybe Chinese hackberry Chinese hamster Chinese hand analysis Chinese handball Chinese handcuffs Chinese head tax Chinese hedge Chinese herbal medicine Chinese herb tea Chinese hibiscus Chinese holly Chinese honey bee Chinese house church Chinese hypothesis Chinese indigo Chinese Indonesian Chinese ink Chinese isinglass Chinese jujube Chinese jump rope Chinese juniper Chinese kale Chinese key Chinese Korean Chinese lacquer Chinese lacquer tree Chinese lantern Chinese lantern plant Chinese laundry Chinese layering Chinese leaf Chinese leaf warbler Chinese leaves Chinese lettuce Chinese linking rings Chinese little bittern Chinese liver fluke Chinese long bean Chinese lug Chinese magnolia Chinese mantis Chinese marble Chinese matrimony vine

Chinese mauritian Chinese melon Chinese merganser Chinese millet Chinese mitten crab Chinese molasses Chinese mountain cat Chinese mulberry Chinese mushroom Chinese mustard Chinese mustard cabbage Chinese National Standard Chinese New Year Chinese noodles Chinese number gesture Chinese numeral Chinese okra Chinese okra squash Chinese opening Chinese paddlefish Chinese painted quail Chinese paper Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree Chinese parsley Chinese pavilion Chinese pear Chinese pea tree Chinese peony Chinese pepper Chinese Peruvian Chinese pheasant Chinese phoenix Chinese Pidgin English Chinese pistache Chinese pitcher-plant Chinese plum Chinese poker Chinese pond heron Chinese portrait Chinese postman problem Chinese potato Chinese primrose Chinese privet Chinese Proficiency Test Chinese Puerto Rican Chinese puzzle Chinese quince Chinese radish Chinese red Chinese red head, Chinese red-headed centipede Chinese red date Chinese red pine Chinese red vinegar Chinese remainder theorem Chinese restaurant process Chinese restaurant syndrome Chinese Revolution Chinese rhubarb Chinese rice wine Chinese rings Chinese Rites controversy Chinese river crab Chinese river dolphin Chinese room argument Chinese rose Chinese sacred lily Chinese sausage Chinese scholar's rocks Chinese scholar tree Chinese seal Chinese senna Chinese Shan Chinese Shar-Pei, Chinese shar-pei Chinese silk plant Chinese silver Chinese silver panda Chinese slipper Chinese snowball Chinese soup spoon Chinese Soviet Republic Chinese spinach Chinese splits

Chinese spotbill Chinese squeeze Chinese steamed bun Chinese steamed eggs Chinese strawberry tree Chinese striped hamster Chinese sturgeon Chinese style name Chinese sugarcane Chinese swordfish Chinese tag Chinese Taipei Chinese takeaway, Chinese take-away, Chinese take-out Chinese tallow tree Chinese temple block Chinese tickle torture Chinese tobacco Chinese toe cuffs Chinese tour Chinese truffle Chinese trumpet creeper Chinese trumpet vine Chinese tulip tree Chinese tumbler Chinese Turkestan Chinese turnip Chinese Valentine's Day Chinese vampire Chinese varnish Chinese vermilion Chinese Vietnamese Chinese wall, Chinese walls Chinese wall doctrine Chinese water chestnut Chinese water deer Chinese water dragon Chinese water-lily Chinese watermelon Chinese water therapy Chinese water torture Chinese wax Chinese wheat noodles Chinese wheel Chinese whispers Chinese white Chinese white cabbage Chinese white dolphin Chinese white pear Chinese white pine Chinese wildman Chinese willow Chinese windlass Chinese windmill palm Chinese winter squash Chinese wistaria, Chinese wisteria Chinese wolfberry Chinese wood block Chinese wood oil Chinese yam Chinese yellow Chinese yo-yo Cochinchinese C-pop General Chinese hacked by Chinese Han Chinese Indo-Chinese Korean Chinese Literary Chinese Malaysian Chinese overseas Chinese Singaporean Chinese South African Chinese Straits Chinese Thai Chinese Vietnamese Chinese

Related terms

• China
• Chinean, Chinian
• Chinish
• Sineish, Sinish
• chinesery
• Chinesian

Translations

the people of China

• American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
• Arabic: صيني (ar) (Siniy) m, صينية (ar) (Siníyya) f, صينيون (ar) (Siniyuun) m pl, صينيات (ar) (Siniyaat) f pl
• Burmese: တရုတ်လူမျိုး (my) (tăyoklumyo:)
• Catalan: els xinesos (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中國人/中国人 (zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴); 華人/华人 (waa⁴ jan⁴); 漢人/汉人 (hon³ jan⁴); 唐人 (tong⁴ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: (Chinese citizens) 中國人 (cmn), 中国人 (cmn) (Zhōngguórén); (ethnic Chinese) 華人 (cmn), 华人 (cmn) (Huárén), 漢族 (cmn), 汉族 (cmn) (Hànzú), 漢人 (cmn), 汉人 (cmn) (Hànrén), 唐人 (cmn) (Tángren)

  Min Nan: Tiong-kok-lâng

• Czech: Číňané (cs) m pl
• Danish: kinesere (da) pl
• Dutch: Chinezen (nl)
• Estonian: hiinlased (et)
• Finnish: kiinalaiset (fi) pl
• French: les Chinois (fr) m pl
• Galician: os chineses (gl) m pl
• German: die Chinesen (de) pl
• Greek: Κινέζοι (el) (Kinézoi) m pl
• Hebrew: סיני (he) (syni) m, סינית (he) (synit) f
• Hindi: चीनी (hi) (cīnī) m and f
• Hungarian: kínai (hu)

• Italian: i cinesi (it) m pl
• Japanese: 中国人 (ja) (ちゅうごくじん, Chūgokujin)
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Korean: 중국인 (ko) (Jungguk-in) (中國人 (ko))
• Lithuanian: kinas or kinietis m, kinė or kinietė f
• Macedonian: Кинези (mk) (Kínezi) pl
• Malay: Cina (ms)
• Navajo: Tsiiʼyiishbizhí dinéʼiʼ
• Norwegian: kinesere (no) pl
• Polish: Chińczycy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: os chineses (pt) m pl
• Romanian: chinezi (ro) pl, chinezoaice (ro) f pl
• Russian: китаец (ru) (kitájec) m, китаянка (ru) (kitajánka) f, китайцы (ru) (kitájcy) m pl, хань (ru) (xan') (generic term)
• Scottish Gaelic: na Sìonaich (gd) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: kinezi (sh) pl
• Slovene: Kitájci (sl) m pl
• Spanish: los chinos (es) m pl
• Swahili: Mchina (sw)
• Swedish: kineser (sv) pl
• Tagalog: Intsík (tl), Tsino (tl)
• Thai: คนจีน (th) (kon jeen)
• Turkish: Çinli (tr)
• Urdu: چینی (ur) (cīnī) m and f
• Vietnamese: người Trung Quốc (vi), người Tàu (vi)

all people of Chinese descent or self-identity

• Finnish: kiinalaiset (fi) pl
• Greek: Κινέζοι (el) (Kinézoi) m pl
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)

• Malay: Cina (ms)
• Swahili: Mchina (sw)

person born in China

• American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
• Arabic: صيني (ar) (Siniy) m, صينية (ar) (Siníyya) f
• Armenian: չինացի (hy) (činac'i)
• Asturian: chinu (ast) m
• Catalan: xinès (ca) m, xinesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中國人 (zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 中國人 (cmn), 中国人 (cmn) (Zhōngguórén)

• Czech: Číňan (cs) m
• Danish: kineser (da) c
• Dutch: Chinees (nl) m, Chinese (nl) f
• Estonian: hiinlane (et) m and f, hiinlanna (et) f
• Faroese: kinverji (fo) m, kinesari (fo) m
• Finnish: kiinalainen (fi)
• French: Chinois (fr) m, Chinoise (fr) f
• Galician: chinés (gl) m
• German: Chinese (de) m, Chinesin (de) f, Chinesen (de) m pl, Chinesinnen (de) f pl
• Greek: Κινέζος (el) (Kinézos) m, Κινέζα (el) (Kinéza) f
• Hebrew: סיני (he) (syni) m, סינית (he) (synit) f
• Hindi: चीनी (hi) (cīnī) m and f
• Hungarian: kínai (hu)

• Icelandic: Kínverji (is) m
• Italian: cinese (it) m and f
• Japanese: 中国人 (ja) (ちゅうごくじん, Chūgokujin)
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Korean: 중국인 (ko) (Jungguk-in) (中國人 (ko))
• Macedonian: Кинез (mk) (Кínez) m, Кинеска (mk) (Kíneska) f
• Malay: Cina (ms)
• Norwegian: kineser (no) c
• Polish: Chińczyk (pl) m, Chinka (pl) f
• Portuguese: chinês (pt) m, chinesa (pt) f
• Russian: китаец (ru) (kitájec) m, китаянка (ru) (kitajánka) f, китайцы (ru) (kitájcy) m pl
• Scottish Gaelic: Sìonach (gd) m
• Slovene: Kitájec (sl) m, Kitájka (sl) f
• Spanish: chino (es) m, china (es) f
• Swahili: Mchina (sw)
• Swedish: kines (sv) c (male), kinesiska (sv) c (female)
• Tagalog: Intsík (tl), Tsino (tl)
• Thai: คนจีน (th) (kon jeen)
• Turkish: Çinli (tr)
• Urdu: چینی (ur) (cīnī) m and f
• Vietnamese: người Trung Quốc (vi), người Tàu (vi)

Chinese food or meal

• American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
• Arabic: صيني (ar) (Siniy) m
• Burmese: တရုတ်အစာ (my) (tăyok-ăsa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中菜 (zung¹ coi³), 中國料理 (zung¹ gwok³ liu⁶ lei⁵)

  Mandarin: 中國菜 (cmn), 中国菜 (cmn) (Zhōngguó-cài), 中餐 (cmn) (Zhōng-cān)

• Czech: čína (cs) f
• Danish: kinesisk (da)
• Dutch: Chinees (nl)
• Estonian: hiina toit (et)
• Finnish: kiinalainen (fi)
• French: chinois (fr) m
• Greek: κινέζικο (el) (kinéziko)
• Italian: cibo cinese (it) m

• Japanese: 中華料理 (ja) (ちゅうかりょうり, Chūka-ryōri)
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Korean: 중국식 (ko) (Jungguk-sik) (中國食 (ko))
• Lithuanian: kinų maistas
• Marathi: चायनीज (mr) (cāyanīza) n
• Navajo: Náátsʼósí bichʼiyąʼ
• Norwegian: kinamat (no) kinesisk (no)
• Polish: chińszczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: comida chinesa (pt) f
• Russian: китайская кухня (ru) (kitájskaja kúxnja) f
• Spanish: comida china (es) f
• Swahili: chakula cha kichina (sw)
• Swedish: kinamat (sv)
• Turkish: Çin yemeği (tr)
• Vietnamese: đồ (ăn) Tàu

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: kinez m, kineskinja f
• Breton: Sinaad m, Sinaiz pl
• Bulgarian: китаец (kitaets) m, китайка (kitajka) f
• Indonesian: orang cina

• Latin: Sinesis
• Persian: چینی (chini)
• Serbo-Croatian:

• Cyrillic: кинез m, кинескиња f
• Roman: kinez m, kineskinja f

Adjective

Chinese (not comparable)

1. Of China, its languages or people
2. Unexpected, as used in the phrases Chinese whispers, Chinese burn, Chinese auction.

Synonyms

• (of China, its language or people): Sinic, Sino- (prefix)

Translations

relating to China

• Afrikaans: sjinese (af)
• American Sign Language: 1@ContraShoulder-FingerBack 1@IpsiShoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
• Arabic: صيني (ar) (Síniy)
• Armenian: չինական (hy) (činakan)
• Asturian: chinu (ast)
• Belarusian: кітайскі (be) (kitájski)
• Breton: sinaat (br)
• Bulgarian: китайски (bg) (kitájski)
• Burmese: တရုတ် (my) (tăyok)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中國/中国 (zung¹ gwok³); 中國嘅/中国嘅 (zung¹ gwok³ ge³); 中國的/中国的 (zung¹ gwok³ dik¹) written form; 中華/中华 (zung¹ waa⁴)

  Mandarin: 中國 (cmn), 中国 (cmn) (Zhōngguó), 中國的 (cmn), 中国的 (cmn) (Zhōngguó de), 中華 (cmn), 中华 (cmn) (Zhōnghuá), (as a component) 中- (cmn) (Zhōng-), (language, ethnicity) 漢 (cmn), 汉 (cmn) (Hàn-), 華 (cmn), 华 (cmn) (Huá)

• Czech: čínský (cs)
• Danish: kinesisk (da)
• Dutch: Chinees (nl), Chinese (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉina (eo)
• Faroese: kinverskur (fo), kinesiskur (fo)
• Finnish: kiinalainen (fi)
• French: chinois (fr)
• Galician: chinés (gl)
• German: chinesisch (de)
• Greek: σινικός (el) (sinikós) m, κινέζικος (el) (kinézikos) m
• Hindi: चीनी (hi) (cīnī)
• Hungarian: kínai (hu)
• Icelandic: kínverskur (is)
• Italian: cinese (it)
• Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku), 中国の (ja) (ちゅうごくの, Chūgoku-no), 中華 (ja) (ちゅうか, Chūka), (as a prefix) 中- (ja) (ちゅう-, Chū-)

• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən), នៃចិន (km) (ney cən), របស់ចិន (km) (rɔbɑh cən), ភាសាចិន (km) (pʰiesaa cən)
• Korean: 중국 (ko) (Jungguk) (中國 (ko)), (as a prefix) 중- (ko) (Jung-) (中- (ko))
• Latin: Sinica (la)
• Lithuanian: kiniškas (lt) m, kiniška (lt) f
• Macedonian: кинески (mk) (kinéski)
• Malay: Cina (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kinesisk (nb)

  Nynorsk: kinesisk (nn)

• Persian: چینی (fa) (čini)
• Polish: chiński (pl)
• Portuguese: chinês (pt), sino (pt)
• Romanian: chinezesc (ro)
• Russian: китайский (ru) (kitájskij) m, (also, of ethnicity) ханьский (ru) (xán'skij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Sìonach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѝне̄скӣ (sh)

  Roman: kìnēskī (sh)

• Slovene: kitájski (sl)
• Spanish: chino (es)
• Swahili: Kichina (sw)
• Swedish: kinesisk (sv)
• Tajik: чинӣ (tg) (činī)
• Thai: จีน (th) (jiin)
• Turkish: Çin (tr)
• Ukrainian: китайський (uk) (kytájs'kyj)
• Urdu: چینی (ur) (cīnī)
• Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國 (vi)), Tàu (vi), Trung (vi) (中 (vi)), Hán (vi) (漢 (vi)), Hoa (vi) (華 (vi))
• Yiddish: כינעזיש (yi) (khinezish)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Mandarin terms
• Putonghua
• Guoyu
• Huayu
• Guanhua
• Hanyu
• Zhongwen

External links

• Chinese–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary
• ISO 639-1 code zh, ISO 639-3 code zho. It's a family or related languages. The individual ones are:

• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Gan, gan
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Hakka, hak
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Huizhou, czh
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Jinyu, cjy
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Mandarin, cmn
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Min Bei, mnp
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Min Dong, cdo

• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Min Nan, nan
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Min Zhong, czo
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Pu-Xian, cpx
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Wu, wuu
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Xiang, hsn
• Ethnologue entry for Chinese Yue, yue

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA: /ʃi.ˈne.sə/
• (Netherlands) IPA: /ʃi.ˈne.sə/
• Hyphenation: Chi‧ne‧se

Noun

Chinese f (plural Chinesen)

1. female person from China

Related terms

• China n (China)
• Chinees m (person from China, male or female)
• Chinees n (the Chinese language)

Anagrams

• Chinees

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /çiˈneːzə/

• Audio (Austria)

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Noun

Chinese m (genitive Chinesen, plural Chinesen)

1. male person from China

Related terms

• Chinesin f (female person from China)