Overview of noun chinese

The noun chinese has 2 senses

• Chinese -- (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)


• Chinese -- (a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)

Overview of adj chinese

The adj chinese has 2 senses

• Chinese -- (of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food")


• Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan -- (of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh")