Term: 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
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: penetrator: an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance)
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: work-in: occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: frangipani: any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: prompter: someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: shinplaster: paper money of little value issued on insufficient security
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: muckraker: one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: classified stock: common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: cruet-stand: a stand for cruets containing various condiments
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: benthos: organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
Broader: sinitic: a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | Unrelated: karelian: a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia