Chinese
English
Etymology
From China + -ese under influence of Portuguese chinês, replacing older Chinish. Doublet of chinois. In its orientalist sense of "generically exotic, backwards, or poorly organized", sometimes a deliberate marketing strategy to increase sales, as with the German Chinese checkers. In its sense related to the orientation of stage lighting's barn doors, a racist reference to a supposed resemblance to East Asian eyes.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/; (sometimes) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪniːz/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/; (sometimes) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪˌniz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Adjective
Chinese (not generally comparable, comparative more Chinese, superlative most Chinese)
- Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
- 1980 November 30, “Communist China's 'Pin Yin' system causes confusion among foreigners”, in Free China Weekly[1], volume XXI, number 47, Taipei, page 1:
- In this instance, when the Chairman of the "Accuracy in Media" spoke out strongly against the Chinese Communist system of "pin yin" spelling, he was not criticizing any bias or unreliability of news presentation but specifically the inconvenience and confusion caused by the "pin yin" spelling of Chinese names.
- China has been led by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
- Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
- Important Chinese holidays celebrated around the world include the Chinese New Year ("Spring Festival"), Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
- 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants[2], Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 72-73:
- In the early 1870’s anti-Chinese agitation in California became organized and focused under the leadership of Denis Kearney, who was, ironically, an immigrant from Ireland. A campaign of organized violence against Chinese communities took form, and the hysteria led to political pressure too violent to be resisted. President Hayes vetoed an act of Congress restricting Chinese immigration, but he did force renegotiation of the Burlingame Treaty under which the government of China agreed to restrict emigration voluntarily.
- Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 82:
- The construction of a verbal system which is fairly regular and at the same time based on existing languages is a most difficult task, because in no other domain of the grammar do languages retain a greater number of ancient irregularities and differ more fundamentally from one another. Still an attempt will be made here to conciliate the two points of view and to bring about something which resembles the simple Chinese grammar without, however, losing its European character or the power of expressing nuances to which we are accustomed in our own languages.
- There are four Chinese tones... five, if you count the neutral one.
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 82:
- (in phrases, sometimes offensive) As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
- (of film and video lighting, offensive, dated) Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
- Coordinate term: English
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Chinese abacus
- Chinese ace
- Chinese alchemy
- Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
- Chinese American
- Chinese angelica (Angelica sinensis)
- Chinese angelica tree (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese anise (Illicium verum)
- Chinese arborvitae (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Army technique
- Chinese artichoke (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese aster (China aster, Callistephus chinensis)
- Chinese auction
- Chinese auricular therapy
- Chinese Australian
- Chinese-balance
- Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
- Chinese bamboo torture
- Chinese banyan (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese barbecue sauce
- Chinese BASIC
- Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra ⇒ Morella rubra)
- Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
- Chinese bird spider (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese blackjack
- Chinese black mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
- Chinese block
- Chinese blue
- Chinese boxes
- Chinese Brazilian
- Chinese British
- Chinese Briton
- Chinese broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra)
- Chinese brown sauce
- Chinese burn
- Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa varieties)
- Chinese calendar
- Chinese Cambodian
- Chinese Canadian
- Chinese canonical texts
- Chinese-capstan
- Chinese catfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Cayman Islander
- Chinese cedar (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese celery cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
- Chinese celery (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese character
- Chinese character encoding
- Chinese chard (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
- Chinese checkers, Chinese chequers
- Chinese cherry (Prunus spp.)
- Chinese chess
- Chinese chestnut (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese chicken salad
- Chinese chikwando
- Chinese Chippendale
- Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)
- Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
- Chinese classic texts
- Chinese copy
- Chinese cork oak (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese crab (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese crescent
- Chinese Crested
- Chinese Crested Dog
- Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
- Chinese crocodile lizard(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Chinese cucumber (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese cut
- Chinese date (Ziziphus jujuba)
- Chinese deity
- Chinese desert cat (Felis bieti)
- Chinese dormouse (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese dragon
- Chinese egg gooseberry (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese egg noodles
- Chinese eggplant (Solanum melongena varieties)
- Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes)
- Chinese eight-ball
- Chinese elder (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Chinese energetic technique
- Chinese English pidgin
- Chinese evergreen (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese evergreen magnolia(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Chinese export porcelain
- Chinese-eyed
- Chinese fan palm (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese farmer
- Chinese federalism
- Chinese figwort (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Filipino
- Chinese finger cuffs
- Chinese finger prison
- Chinese finger trap
- Chinese fire
- Chinese fire belly newt (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. ⇒ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese fire drill
- Chinese firepot
- Chinese firewall
- Chinese fishing nets
- Chinese five spice
- Chinese five-spice powder
- Chinese flycatcher (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese food therapy
- Chinese forget-me-not (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese fried rice
- Chinese frog
- Chinese fuseki
- Chinese gall(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Chinese gelatin, Chinese gelatine
- Chinese geomancy
- Chinese ginger (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese glue
- Chinese goldthread (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese gong
- Chinese gooseberry (Actinidia spp., esp. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. and Actinidia deliciosa)
- Chinese goose(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Anser cygnoides) - Chinese goshawk (Accipiter soloensis)
- Chinese grapefruit (Citrus maxima)
- Chinese grass (Boehmeria nivea (ramie))
- Chinese gybe
- Chinese hackberry (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese hamster (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese hand analysis
- Chinese handball
- Chinese handcuffs
- Chinese head tax
- Chinese hedge
- Chinese herbal medicine
- Chinese herb tea
- Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
- Chinese holly (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese honey bee (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese house church
- Chinese hypothesis
- Chinese indigo (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. ⇒ Isatis tinctoria)
- Chinese Indonesian
- Chinese ink
- Chinese isinglass
- Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
- Chinese jump rope
- Chinese juniper (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra)
- Chinese keys (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Korean
- Chinese lacquer
- Chinese lacquer tree(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Chinese lantern plant (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
- Chinese laundry
- Chinese layering
- Chinese leaf, Chinese leaves (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
- Chinese leaf warbler (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese lettuce (Lactuca sativa cultivars)
- Chinese linking rings
- Chinese little bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
- Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis)
- Chinese long bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
- Chinese lug
- Chinesely
- Chinese magnolia (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese mantis (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese marble
- Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum) :Template:rel-mid4
- Chinese mauritian
- Chinese melon
- Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus)
- Chinese millet (Setaria italica)
- Chinese mitten crab (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese molasses
- Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti)
- Chinese mulberry
- Chinese mushroom
- Chinese mustard, Chinese mustard cabbage (Brassica juncea)
- Chinese National Standard
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese noodles
- Chinese number gesture
- Chinese numeral
- Chinese okra, Chinese okra squash (Luffa acutangula)
- Chinese opening
- Chinese paddlefish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese painted quail (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. ⇒ Excalfactoria chinensis)
- Chinese paper
- Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese parsley (Coriandrum sativum)
- Chinese pavilion
- Chinese pear(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Pyrus pyrifolia) - Chinese pea tree (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese peony ({Paeonia lactiflora)
- Chinese pepper (Zanthoxylum spp.)
- Chinese Peruvian
- Chinese pheasant
- Chinese phoenix
- Chinese Pidgin English
- Chinese pistache (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese pitcher-plant (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese plum
- Chinese poker
- Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- Chinese portrait
- Chinese postman problem
- Chinese potato (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese primrose (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese privet (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Proficiency Test
- Chinese Puerto Rican
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
- Chinese radish Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. ⇒ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese red
- Chinese red date (Ziziphus jujuba)
- Chinese red head, Chinese red-headed centipede (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese red pine
- Chinese red vinegar
- Chinese remainder theorem
- Chinese restaurant process
- Chinese restaurant syndrome
- Chinese Revolution
- Chinese rhubarb (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese rice wine
- Chinese rings
- Chinese river crab (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese river dolphin (†Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese room
- Chinese room argument
- Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
- Chinese rosewood (Dalbergia odorifera})
- Chinese sacred lily (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese sausage
- Chinese scholar's rocks
- Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
- Chinese seal
- Chinese senna (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Shan
- Chinese Shar Pei
- Chinese silk plant (Boehmeria nivea (ramie))
- Chinese silver
- Chinese silver panda
- Chinese slipper
- Chinese snowball (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese soup spoon
- Chinese Soviet Republic
- Chinese spinach
- Chinese splits :Template:rel-mid4
- Chinese spotbill (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. ⇒ Anas zonorhyncha)
- Chinese squeeze
- Chinese steamed bun
- Chinese steamed eggs
- Chinese strawberry tree (Myrica rubra ⇒ Morella rubra)
- Chinese striped hamster (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese sturgeon (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese style name
- Chinese sugarcane (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese swordfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese tag
- Chinese Taipei
- Chinese takeaway
- Chinese take-out
- Chinese tallow tree (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese temple block
- Chinese tickle torture
- Chinese tobacco
- Chinese toe cuffs
- Chinese tour
- Chinese truffle (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese trumpet creeper, Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
- Chinese tulip tree (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese tumbler
- Chinese Turkestan
- Chinese turnip (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese Valentine's Day
- Chinese vampire
- Chinese varnish
- Chinese vermilion
- Chinese Vietnamese
- Chinese Wall
- Chinese wall doctrine
- Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
- Chinese water deer(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Chinese water-lily
- Chinese watermelon (Benincasa hispida)
- Chinese water therapy
- Chinese water torture
- Chinese wax
- Chinese wheat noodles
- Chinese wheel
- Chinese whispers
- Chinese white
- Chinese white cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
- Chinese white dolphin (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese white pear (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese white pine (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese wildman
- Chinese willow (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese windlass
- Chinese windmill palm (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese winter squash
- Chinese wistaria, Chinese wisteria (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese wood block
- Chinese wood oil
- Chinese yam (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. ⇒ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Chinese yellow
- Chinese yew
- Chinese yo-yo
- Chinese zither
- Chinese zodiac
Translations
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Proper noun
Chinese
- (uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly Han Chinese citizens of the People's Republic of China.
- 1900, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge, The North American Review, volume 171, page 390:
- If the Chinese were a people like the Russians, the Germans or the French, we (I address chiefly American and British readers) would observe any marked increase in their industrial activity or in their national aggressiveness with some misgiving, possibly, but […]
- 1934, Chinese Affairs, volume 65, page 23:
- I have given these points to make it clear that the Chinese are a people of strong emotion; and that this emotion is highest and purest when running in the channels of filial piety and loyalty.
- 2002, Sino-American Relations, volume 28, page 60:
- After Pearl Harbor, American sympathy for the Chinese grew even stronger, for the Chinese were a people who had long been bravely resisting Japanese aggressors.
- 2019 September 30, Jiang Jiang, “I am proud of my country”, in Times of Malta:
- China is a country with a 5,000 year uninterrupted civilisation, and the Chinese are a people that keep moving forward amid trials and tribulations.
- The Chinese have an incredible history.
- (uncountable, collective) The Han Chinese, whether in China or overseas.
- The Chinese are present in all parts of the world.
- (uncountable) The Standard Chinese language, written in Chinese characters and spoken and spelled using Standard Mandarin pronunciation.
- (uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Minnan, and other closely related dialects.
- Suzhounese and Hakka are lesser-known varieties of Chinese.
- (uncountable) The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.
- Hong Kong still uses traditional Chinese.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Translations
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Noun
Chinese (countable and uncountable, plural Chinese or Chineses)
- (countable) A person from China or of Chinese descent.
- 1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE IV. FO-KYEN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet[3], volume I, London, →OCLC, page 88:
- If the Chineſe had Liberty to ſettle in Formoſa, ſeveral Families would gladly tranſplant themſelves thither ; but in order thereto they muſt obtain Paſsports from the Mandarins of China, who grant them with Difficulty, and not without taking Security.
The Mandarins are very careful to examine all that paſs into or out of the Iſland, and ſome of them extort Money under-hand. This extraordinary Precaution is the Effect of good Policy eſpecially as the Tartars are Maſters of China ; for Formoſa is a Place of great Importance, and if a Chineſe ſhould ſeize it, he might raiſe great Troubles in the Empire : ſo that the Emperor keeps a Garriſon there of ten thouſand Men, commanded by a Tſong-ping, or Lieutenant-General, two Fû-tſyang, or Major-General, and ſeveral inferior Officers; who are chang’d duely every three years, or oftner, if there be Occaſion.
- (uncountable) Chinese cuisine.
- 1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 73:
- "Do you like to eat Chinese?
- Please don't eat the Chinese. I'm saving it for later.
- (UK, countable, informal) A meal consisting of Chinese cuisine.
- We're going out tonight for a Chinese.
Usage notes
As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Chinese", "writing about Chinese cuisine as a Chinese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Chinese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Chinese cuisine as a Chinese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun. However, it is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonym of the country written 中國人/中国人 (Zhōngguórén) (lit. person from China) in Chinese or 中国人 (chūgokujin) in Japanese. The ethnicity is referred to differently by different people, notably 華人/华人 (Huárén) or 漢人/汉人 (Hànrén)
Synonyms
- (Chinese person): Han (ethnic Chinese regardless of the residence), Chinaman (properly of a man only, now usually considered an offensive slur); Chinee (archaic, offensive); chink (offensive slur); Sinese, Chinean, Chinian, Chinish, Chinesian (rare, archaic)
Related terms
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Anagrams
See also
References
- “Chinese”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ISO 639-1 code zh, ISO 639-3 code zho (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Chinese, zho , a language family including:
- 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
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Chinese f (plural Chinesen, masculine Chinees)
- woman from China
Related terms
Adjective
Chinese
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çiˈneːzə/, /ʃiˈneːzə/
Audio: (file)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Southern Germany" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kiˈneːzə/
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- Hyphenation: Chi‧ne‧se
Noun
Chinese m (weak, genitive Chinesen, plural Chinesen)
- person from China
Declension
Derived terms
- Chinesin f (female person from China)
Further reading
- English terms suffixed with -ese
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːz
- Rhymes:English/iːz/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- English offensive terms
- en:Film
- English dated terms
- English proper nouns
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- English collective nouns
- English nouns
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- British English
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- en:Ethnonyms
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- en:Chinese
- Dutch terms suffixed with -e
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːsə
- Dutch lemmas
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- de:China
- de:Nationalities