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 can refer to: Something related to China Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship...
- dynasties. Chinese writing, Chinese classic literature, and the Hundred Schools of Thought emerged during this period and influenced China and its neighbors...
- Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese, the festival is...
- the Han Chinese culture and po****tion. Between eras of multiple kingdoms and warlordism, Chinese dynasties have ruled parts or all of China; in some...
- Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the world's po****tion) speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages...
- The traditional Chinese calendar (also known as the Nongli Calendar (traditional Chinese: 農曆; simplified Chinese: 农历; pinyin: nónglì; lit. 'agricultural...
- The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that ****igns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year...
- "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC)...
- Chinese characters (traditional Chinese: 漢字; simplified Chinese: 汉字; pinyin: hànzì; Wade–Giles: han4 tzŭ4; Jyutping: hon3 zi6; lit. 'Han characters')...
- periodic sequence (cycle) of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rabbit is ****ociated with the...