1570s, from China + -ese. As a noun from c. 1600. Chinee (n.) is a vulgar back-formation from this word on the mistaken notion that the word is a plural. As an adjective, Chinish also was used 16c. Ch [..]

A person with ancestral origins in China, who self identifies, or is identified, as Chinese. (In terms of historical racial classifications, Chinese approximate to the group known as Mongolian or Mongoloid.)

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 of or perta [..]

Pertaining to something or someone from China; also the languages used by the people of China and other countries.

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A reference to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. Sometimes a “V” for Vietnamese is added to the acronym.

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Find in Oriental markets. Soak in water before cooking. Trim the stems and save for making soup. Crimini

(n) 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(n) a na [..]

Every February most Cambodians suddenly remember that Great-great-granny arrived on a banana boat from Yunnan, so thus can’t possibly work for that week out of respect for their ancestry. Now the big [..]

Any of several Sinitic languages spoken in China, especially Literary Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu{{,}} or Min Nan. (Peter is from Hong Kong and speaks Chinese.) The class of Sino-Tibetan di [..]

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Chinese is a collective name for the related languages of the Sino-Tibetan family that are spoken in China. Though spoken Chinese languages are not always mutually intelligible, written Chinese (see C [..]