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

- Chinese can refer to: Something of, from, or related to China Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, or ethnicity Zhonghua minzu...
- 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" Zhōngguó...
- Chinese (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ; lit.: 'Han language' or especially though not exclusively for written Chinese:...
- Traditional Chinese characters (traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字; simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字, Pinyin: Zhèngtǐzì/Fántǐzì) are Chinese characters in any character...
- in mainland China. Along with Traditional Chinese characters, they are one of the two standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language...
- troops was created. The Chinese armies conquered and occupied Vietnam for around 20 years, while the Chinese fleet sailed the China seas and the Indian Ocean...
- Chinese characters (simplified Chinese: 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字; pinyin: Hànzì) or Hanzi are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. They...
- (listen); simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit.: 'speech of officials') is a group of Sinitic (Chinese) languages spoken...
- po****tion. Outside of China, the terms "Han Chinese" and "Chinese" are often conflated since those identifying or registered as Han Chinese are the most populous...
- (simplified Chinese: 省级行政区; traditional Chinese: 省級行政區; pinyin: Shěng-jí xíngzhèng qū) or first-level administrative divisions (simplified Chinese: 一级行政区;...
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