kinesisk

Danish

Etymology

Kina (“China”) +‎ -esisk (“-ese”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰinɛsisɡ̊]

Noun

kinesisk

1. Chinese language
2. Chinese food

Adjective

kinesisk

1. Chinese

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çɪˈneːsɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

Adjective

kinesisk (neuter singular kinesisk, definite singular and plural kinesiske)

1. Chinese (relating to China and the Chinese people)

Derived terms

• Den kinesiske mur

Related terms

• Kina, Folkerepublikken Kina
• kineser

Noun

kinesisk m (definite singular kinesisken) (uncountable)

1. Chinese (the language)

References

• “kinesisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çɪˈneːsɪsk/

Adjective

kinesisk (neuter singular kinesisk, definite singular and plural kinesiske)

1. Chinese (relating to China and the Chinese people)

Derived terms

• den kinesiske muren

Related terms

• Kina, Folkerepublikken Kina
• kinesar

Noun

kinesisk m (definite singular kinesisken) (uncountable)

1. Chinese (the language)

References

• “kinesisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɪˈneːsɪsk/

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Adjective

kinesisk

1. Chinese (of, from, or pertaining to China)

Declension

Inflection of kinesisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kinesisk	—	—
neuter singular	kinesiskt	—	—
plural	kinesiska	—	—
masculine plural2	kinesiske	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kinesiske	—	—
all	kinesiska	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• Kina
• kines
• kinesiska

References

• “kinesisk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kinesisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kinesisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)