Definitions for Chinese

Definitions for (noun) Chinese

Main entry: Chinese

Definition: 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


Main entry: Chinese

Definition: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China


Definitions for (adj) Chinese

Main entry: Chinese

Definition: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures

Usage: Chinese food


Main entry: Taiwanese, Formosan, Chinese

Definition: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

Usage: the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh


Visual thesaurus for Chinese