interwiktionary|codezh|nameMandarin Chinese
interwiktionary|codezh-min-nan|nameMin Nan
English

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|Chinese|-

1. uncountable The class of Sino-Tibetan dialects including Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min Nan and others. Abbreviation: Chin or Chin.
2. rfv-senseuncountable The logographic writing system shared by this language family.

#:* Hong Kong uses traditional Chinese.

1. uncountable Mandarin, the main language spoken in China.
2. (used as a plural and always preceded by the) The people of China.

#:* The Chinese have an incredible history.

1. countable A person born in China.

#:* The place was empty till two Chinese walked in.

1. context|UK|countable|informal A Chinese meal.

#:* We're going out tonight for a Chinese.

1. context|US|uncountable|informal Chinese food.

#:* Do you care for Chinese tonight?

Usage notes
A determiner is required in the sense of "the Chinese people".

Synonyms
i-c|language Chinese language
i-c|writing system Chinese writing system
i-c|Mandarin Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese
i-c|the people of China Chinese people
i-c|person born in China Chinaman (of a man only; now considered offensive), Chinee (archaic, informal)
i-c|Chinese meal Chinese meal
i-c|Chinese food Chinese food

Derived terms
rel-top4|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
rel-mid4
w:Chinese Empire|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
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 language
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
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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
w:Chinese Proficiency Test|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
w:Chinese Revolution|Chinese Revolution
Chinese rhubarb
Chinese rice wine
Chinese rings
w:Chinese Rites controversy|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
w:Chinese Soviet Republic|Chinese Soviet Republic
Chinese spinach
Chinese splits
rel-mid4
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
w:Chinese Turkestan|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
Classical Chinese
Cochinchinese
C-pop<!--sic-->
General Chinese
hacked by Chinese
Han Chinese
Indo-Chinese
Korean Chinese
Literary Chinese
Malaysian Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Middle Chinese
Old Chinese
Overseas Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Singaporean Chinese
South African Chinese
Standard Written Chinese
Straits Chinese
Thai Chinese
Vernacular Chinese
Vietnamese Chinese
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Related terms
China<!--"Chinese" is derived from this-->
Chinean, Chinian
Chinish
Sineish, Sinish
chinesery
Chinesian

Catalan: xinès m, xinesa f
Cornish: Chenek
Croatian: Kineski
Czech: �ínština, �ínský jazyk
Danish: kinesisk
Dutch: Chinees n
Esperanto: �inia
Estonian: hiina
Faroese: Kinesiskt
Filipino: Intsik, Tsino
Finnish: kiina
French: chinois m
Frisian: Sineesk
Georgian: ������ (�inuri)
German: Chinesisch n
Greek: κινέζικα (kinézika) n|p
Gujarati: ��ન� (chīnī)
Hebrew: ס�נ�ת romanization of Hebrew|sinít f
Hindi: ��न� (chīnī)
Hungarian: kínai
Icelandic: Kínverska
Indonesian: bahasa china, bahasa mandarin
Irish: Sínis
Italian: cinese m
Japanese: 中��, 中�� (������, Chūgokugo)
Kazakh: RUchar|���ай (Qıtay)
Korean: �국� (中��, jungguk-eo)
trans-mid
Kurdish: �înî, KUchar|����
Latin: Sinesis, lingua Sinica
Latvian: Ķīniešu
Lithuanian: Kinų, Kiniškai, Kinietiškai
Macedonian: �ине�ки (Kinéski)
Malay: bahasa Cina, Cina
Maltese: �iniż
Manchu: nikan i gisun
Marathi: ��न� भाषा (chīnī bh�s�)
Moksha: �и�аен� (Kitaen�)
Mongolian: ���ад (hyatad)
Nepali: ��निया� (chīniy�n)
Norwegian: kinesisk
Occitan: chinès
Persian: FAchar|Ú�Û�Ù�Û� (Chini)
Polish: chi�ski
Portuguese: chinês m
Romanian: chinez�
Russian: ки�ай�кий �з�к (kitájskij jazýk) m, ки�ай�кий (kitájskij) m colloq
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: кине�ки m
:* Roman: kineski m
Slovak: �ínsky
Slovene: kitajš�ina f
Spanish: chino
Swahili: Kichina (noun 7)
Swedish: kinesiska
Tagalog: Intsík, Tsino
Tamil: ��னம� (chīnam)
Tatar: ���ай (Kıtay)
Thai: THchar|ภาษา�ี� (paas�a jiin)
Turkish: �ince
Ukrainian: ки�ай��кий (kytájs�kyj)
Urdu: URchar|Ú�Û�Ù�Û� (Chini)
Vietnamese: tiếng Trung Qu�c, tiếng Hoa, tiếng Hán, tiếng Tàu, Hán ngữ
Walloon: Chinwès
Welsh: Tsieineeg, Tseineg
Yiddish: ��נע��ש (kinezish)
Zulu: Ishayina
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trans-top|writing system of Chinese
Arabic: ARchar|ص���ة IPAchar|(�iníyya) f
Dutch: Chinees
Filipino: Intsik, Tsino
Italian: cinese m, ideogrammi cinesi m|p
Norwegian: kinesisk
trans-mid
Spanish: chino
Swedish: kinesiska
Tagalog: Intsík, Tsino
Vietnamese: chữ Trung Qu�c, chữ Hán, chữ Tàu, Hán tự
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trans-top|Mandarin
Arabic: ARchar|ص���ة IPAchar|(�iníyya) f
Dutch: Mandarijns
Estonian: mandariini
Filipino: Intsik, Tsino
Italian: cinese m, mandarino m
Japanese: �京�話 (������, pekinkanwa)
Korean: �국보�� (中����, junggukbotong-eo)
Norwegian: mandarin
Portuguese: mandarim m
trans-mid
Russian: манда�ин�кий диалек� (mandarínskij dialékt) m
Spanish: mandarín, dialecto mandarín
Swedish: mandarin, mandarinkinesiska
Tagalog: Intsík, Tsino
Vietnamese: Quan thoại, tiếng Bắc Kinh
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Danish: kinesere p
Dutch: Chinezen
Estonian: hiinlased
Filipino: Intsik, Tsino
French: les Chinois m|p
German: die Chinesen p
Italian: i cinesi m|p
Japanese: 中�人 (�������, chūgokujin)
trans-mid
Korean: �국� (中�人, junggukin)
Lithuanian: kinas or kinietis m, kin� or kiniet� f
Norwegian: kinesere p
Portuguese: os chineses m|p
Romanian: chinezi p, chinezoaice f|p
Russian: ки�ай�� (kitájcy) m|p
Slovene: Kitajci m|p
Spanish: los chinos
Swedish: kineser#Swedish|kineser p
Tagalog: Intsík, Tsino
Thai: THchar|���ี� (khon jiin)
Vietnamese: ngư�i Trung Qu�c, ngư�i Tàu
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trans-top|person born in China
Arabic: ARchar|ص��� IPAchar|(�īni) m, ARchar|ص���ة IPAchar|(�iníyya) f
Chinese: 中�人 (Zh�ngguórén)
Danish: kineser c
Dutch: Chinees m, Chinese f
Estonian: hiinlane m|f, hiinlanna f
Filipino: Intsik, Tsino
Finnish: kiinalainen
French: Chinois m, Chinoise f
Greek: �ινέζο� (Kinézos) m, �ινέζα (Kinéza) f
Hebrew: ס�נ� (syni) m, ס�נ�ת (synit) f
trans-mid
German: Chinese m, Chinesin f, Chinesen m|p, Chinesinnen f|p
Italian: cinese m|f
Japanese: 中�人 (�������, chūgokujin)
Korean: �국� (中�人, junggukin)
Norwegian: kineser c
Portuguese: chinês m, chinesa f
Russian: ки�ае� (kitájec) m, ки�а�нка (kitajánka) f
Slovene: Kitajec m, Kitajka f
Spanish: chino m, china f
Swedish: kines (male) c, kinesiska (female) c
Tagalog: Intsík, Tsino
Vietnamese: ngư�i Trung Qu�c, ngư�i Tàu
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trans-top|US informal: Chinese food
Arabic: ARchar|ص��� IPAchar|(�īni) m
Dutch: Chinees
Estonian: hiina toit
Italian: cibo cinese m
Lithuanian: kinų maistas
Japanese: 中��� (��������, chūkary�ri)
trans-mid
Korean: �국� (中��, jungguksik)
Norwegian: kinamat kinesisk
Portuguese: comida chinesa f
Spanish: comida china f
Swedish: kinamat
Vietnamese: �� (�n) Tàu
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Translations to be checked
Original note: "Note: The translations for the language apply for the the people for all languages above except the following:"<br>
These translations were given for the sense "the people". It is insufficient to say "see above" because this makes the tables dependent on one another and relies on both being kept up to date and in synch. Further, many of these translations give singular and plural forms or singular forms alone, when they should probably give plural forms only.
ttbc|Bosnian: kinez m, kineskinja f
ttbc|Breton: Sinaad m, Sinaiz p
ttbc|Bulgarian: ки�ае� (kitaets) m, ки�айка (kitajka) f
ttbc|Hungarian: kínai
ttbc|Indonesian: orang cina
ttbc|Latin: Sinesis
ttbc|Manchu: (nikan)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|Ú�Û�Ù�Û� (chini)
ttbc|Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: кинез m, кине�ки�а f
:* Roman: kinez m, kineskinja f
ttbc|Turkish: �inli

Adjective
en-adj

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

Synonyms
i-c|of China|its language or people Sinic, Sino- (prefix)

Danish: kinesisk
Dutch: Chinees, Chinese
Filipino: Tsina
Finnish: kiinalainen
French: chinois m, chinoise f
German: chinesisch
Greek: �ινικ�� (sinikós) m (f �ινική (sinikí), n �ινικ� (sinikó)), κινέζικο� (kinézikos) m (f κινέζικη (kinéziki), n κινέζικο (kinéziko))
trans-mid
Hungarian: kínai
Icelandic: kínverskur m, kínversk f, kínverskt n, kínverskir p, kínverskar fp, kínversk np
Italian: cinese m|f
Japanese: 中� (�����, chūgoku) (in composite words), 中�� (������, chūgoku no)
Korean: �국 (中�, Jungguk; associative noun); �- (中-, Jung-; as prefix)
Latin: Sinica
Lithuanian: kiniškas m, kiniška f
Persian: FAchar|Ú�Û�Ù�Û� (Chini)
Polish: chi�ski m, chi�ska f, chi�skie n
Portuguese: chinês m, chinesa f, sino m
Romanian: chinezesc m, chinezeasc� f, chineze�ti p
Russian: ки�ай�кий (kitájskij) m
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: кине�ки m sg/pl
:* Roman: kineski m sg/pl
Slovene: kitajski m, kitajska f, kitajsko n
Spanish: chino m, china f
Swedish: kinesisk
Thai: THchar|�ี� (jiin)
Vietnamese: Trung Qu�c, Tàu
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External links
websters-online
ethnologue|langChinese Gan|codegan
ethnologue|langChinese Hakka|codehak
ethnologue|langChinese Huizhou|codeczh
ethnologue|langChinese Jinyu|codecjy
ethnologue|langChinese Mandarin|codecmn
ethnologue|langChinese Min Bei|codemnp
ethnologue|langChinese Min Dong|codecdo
ethnologue|langChinese Min Nan|codenan
ethnologue|langChinese Min Zhong|codeczo
ethnologue|langChinese Pu-Xian|codecpx
ethnologue|langChinese Wu|codewuu
ethnologue|langChinese Xiang|codehsn
ethnologue|langChinese Yue|codeyue

German

Noun
de-noun-m|genitiveChinesen|pluralChinesen

1. male person from China

Related terms
Chinesin f (female person from China)

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gu:Chinese
ko:Chinese
hy:Chinese
hi:Chinese
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it:Chinese
ku:Chinese
hu:Chinese
nl:Chinese
no:Chinese
pt:Chinese
ru:Chinese
fi:Chinese
sv:Chinese
vi:Chinese
tr:Chinese
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