Definition of CHINESE. Meaning of CHINESE. Synonyms of CHINESE

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Definition of CHINESE

Chinese
Chinese Chi"nese", a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. Chinese paper. See India paper, under India. Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccid[ae] especially Coccus Sinensis.
Chinese
Chinese Chi*nese", n. sing. & pl. 1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China. 2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic. Note: Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton.

Meaning of CHINESE from wikipedia

- Look up Chinese in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinese may refer to: Something related to China Chinese people, people identified with China, through...
- Republic of China" (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó). The shorter form is "China" (中国; 中國;...
- Chinese (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ; lit. 'Han language' or 中文; Zhōngwén; 'Chinese writing') is a group of languages...
- century BCE and 3rd century CE, refers to Chinese silk as "cinam****" (Chinese silk dress) and "cinapatta" (Chinese silk bundle). The Sanmoha Tantra speaks...
- Chinese checkers (US) or Chinese chequers (UK), known as Sternhalma in German, is a strategy board game of German origin that can be pla**** by two, three...
- central plains of China. The Huaxia are the progenitors of Chinese civilization and ancestors of the modern Han Chinese. Han Chinese people and culture...
- The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other...
- Standard Chinese (simplified Chinese: 现代标准汉语; traditional Chinese: 現代標準漢語; pinyin: Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ; lit. 'modern standard Han speech') is a modern...
- Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the...
- "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC)...