chinese
/tʃaɪnˈiz/
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Definitions
Adjective
of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food"
Adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
Noun
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
Noun
a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China