Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃaɪniːz/
ipa: /ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃaɪˌniz/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ˌt͡ʃʌɪˈniz/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌɪˌniz/
ipa: [(ˌ)t͡ʃəɪˈniːz]
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃəɪˌniːz]
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: more Chinese
form: most Chinese
Etymology: From China + -ese under influence of Portuguese chinês, replacing older Chinish. Doublet of chinois. In its orientalist sense of "generically exotic, backwards, or poorly organized", sometimes a deliberate marketing strategy to increase sales, as with the German Chinese checkers. In its sense related to the orientation of stage lighting's barn doors, a reference to a supposed resemblance to East Asian eyes.
Senses: examples: text: China has been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
text: In this instance, when the Chairman of the "Accuracy in Media" spoke out strongly against the Chinese Communist system of "pin yin" spelling, he was not criticizing any bias or unreliability of news presentation but specifically the inconvenience and confusion caused by the "pin yin" spelling of Chinese names.
ref: 1980 November 30, “Communist China's 'Pin Yin' system causes confusion among foreigners”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 47, Taipei, page 1:
text: Experts told CNN it could take weeks to address the vulnerabilities and that suspected Chinese hackers are already attempting to exploit it.
ref: 2021 December 13, Sean Lyngaas, “US warns hundreds of millions of devices at risk from newly revealed software vulnerability”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
examples: text: Important Chinese holidays celebrated around the world include the Chinese New Year ("Spring Festival"), Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
text: In the early 1870’s anti-Chinese agitation in California became organized and focused under the leadership of Denis Kearney, who was, ironically, an immigrant from Ireland. A campaign of organized violence against Chinese communities took form, and the hysteria led to political pressure too violent to be resisted. President Hayes vetoed an act of Congress restricting Chinese immigration, but he did force renegotiation of the Burlingame Treaty under which the government of China agreed to restrict emigration voluntarily.
ref: 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 72–73:
glosses: Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
examples: text: There are four Chinese tones... five, if you count the neutral one.
text: The construction of a verbal system which is fairly regular and at the same time based on existing languages is a most difficult task, because in no other domain of the grammar do languages retain a greater number of ancient irregularities and differ more fundamentally from one another. Still an attempt will be made here to conciliate the two points of view and to bring about something which resembles the simple Chinese grammar without, however, losing its European character or the power of expressing nuances to which we are accustomed in our own languages.
ref: 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 82:
text: The DPRK (Joseon Minjujui Inmin Konghuaguk 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國) is read in Chinese as Chaoxian minzhu zhuyi renmin gonghe guo, and its capital, Pyeonyang, is pronounced Pingrang 平壤.
ref: 2012, Endymion Wilkinson, “Introduction”, in Chinese History: A New Manual, 3rd revised edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.
examples: text: It's all Chinese to me.
glosses: As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
examples: Chinese apple, Chinese checkers, Chinese snooker
glosses: Used with a noun to indicate a referent different from, and seemingly more exotic or unusual than, the base noun's referent.
raw_tags: in set phrases
coordinate_terms: English
glosses: Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
raw_tags: of film and video lighting
Synonyms: sense: of China, its language or people
word: Sinic
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Sino-
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Seric
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Serian
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Serican
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Sinaean
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Sinesian
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Cathayan
sense: of China, its language or people
word: Chinesian
Derived terms: word: Anglo-Chinese
word: Chinese abacus
word: Chinese ace
word: Chinese alchemy
taxonomic: Alligator sinensis
word: Chinese alligator
word: Chinese American
word: Chinese anemone
taxonomic: Angelica sinensis
word: Chinese angelica
taxonomic: Aralia chinensis
word: Chinese angelica tree
taxonomic: Illicium verum
word: Chinese anise
taxonomic: Platycladus orientalis
word: Chinese arborvitae
word: Chinese Army technique
taxonomic: Stachys affinis
word: Chinese artichoke
alt: China aster, Callistephus chinensis
word: Chinese aster
word: Chinese auction
word: Chinese auricular therapy
word: Chinese Australian
word: Chinese-balance
word: Chinese balance
taxonomic: Bambusicola thoracicus
word: Chinese bamboo partridge
word: Chinese bamboo torture
taxonomic: Ficus microcarpa
word: Chinese banyan
word: Chinese barbecue sauce
word: Chinese BASIC
alt: Myrica rubra ⇒ Morella rubra
word: Chinese bayberry
taxonomic: Platycodon grandiflorus
word: Chinese bellflower
word: Chinese bezique
alt: Haplopelma
word: Chinese bird spider
word: Chinese blackjack
taxonomic: Lentinula edodes
word: Chinese black mushroom
word: Chinese block
word: Chinese blue
word: Chinese boxes
word: Chinese Brazilian
word: Chinese British
word: Chinese Briton
taxonomic: Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
word: Chinese broccoli
word: Chinese brown sauce
word: Chinese burn
taxonomic: Brassica rapa varieties
word: Chinese cabbage
word: Chinese calendar
word: Chinese Cambodian
word: Chinese Canadian
word: Chinese canonical texts
word: Chinese-capstan
taxonomic: Clarias fuscus
word: Chinese catfish
word: Chinese Cayman Islander
taxonomic: Toona sinensis
word: Chinese cedar
taxonomic: Apium graveolens var. secalinum
word: Chinese celery
taxonomic: Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
word: Chinese celery cabbage
word: Chinese character
word: Chinese character encoding
taxonomic: Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
word: Chinese chard
word: Chinese checkers
word: Chinese chequers
taxonomic: Prunus spp.
word: Chinese cherry
word: Chinese chess
taxonomic: Castanea mollissima
word: Chinese chestnut
word: Chinese chicken salad
word: Chinese chikwando
word: Chinese Chippendale
taxonomic: Allium tuberosum
word: Chinese chives
taxonomic: Cinnamomum cassia
word: Chinese cinnamon
word: Chinese classic texts
word: Chinese compass
word: Chinese copy
taxonomic: Quercus variabilis
word: Chinese cork oak
taxonomic: Malus prunifolia
word: Chinese crab
word: Chinese crescent
word: Chinese Crested
word: Chinese Crested Dog
taxonomic: Thalasseus bernsteini
word: Chinese crested tern
taxonomic: Shinisaurus crocodilurus
word: Chinese crocodile lizard
word: Chinese Cuban
taxonomic: Trichosanthes kirilowii
word: Chinese cucumber
word: Chinese cut
word: Chinese cymbal
taxonomic: Ziziphus jujuba
word: Chinese date
taxonomic: Felis bieti
word: Chinese desert cat
taxonomic: Cornus kousa
word: Chinese dogwood
taxonomic: Chaetocauda sichuanensis
word: Chinese dormouse
word: Chinese dragon
word: Chinese Dream
taxonomic: Actinidia coriacea
word: Chinese egg gooseberry
word: Chinese egg noodles
taxonomic: Solanum melongena varieties
word: Chinese eggplant
taxonomic: Egretta eulophotes
word: Chinese egret
word: Chinese eight-ball
taxonomic: Sambucus javanica
word: Chinese elder
taxonomic: Ulmus parvifolia
word: Chinese elm
word: Chinese Empire
word: Chinese energetic technique
word: Chinese English
word: Chinese English pidgin
taxonomic: Aglaonema spp.
word: Chinese evergreen
taxonomic: Magnolia delavayi
word: Chinese evergreen magnolia
word: Chinese exclusion
word: Chinese export porcelain
word: Chinese-eyed
taxonomic: Livistona chinensis
word: Chinese fan palm
word: Chinese farmer
word: Chinese federalism
word: Chinese fermented rice
word: Chinese fermented sweet rice
word: Chinese fighting stick
taxonomic: Scrophularia ningpoensis
word: Chinese figwort
word: Chinese-Filipino
word: Chinese Filipino
word: Chinese finger cuffs
word: Chinese finger prison
word: Chinese finger trap
word: Chinese fire
alt: Cynops orientalis ⇒ Hypselotriton orientalis
word: Chinese fire belly newt
word: Chinese fire drill
word: Chinese firepot
word: Chinese firewall
word: Chinese fishing nets
word: Chinese five spice
word: Chinese five-spice powder
taxonomic: Ficedula elisae
word: Chinese flycatcher
word: Chinese food therapy
taxonomic: Cynoglossum amabile
word: Chinese forget-me-not
word: Chinese fried rice
word: Chinese frog
word: Chinese full stop
word: Chinese fuseki
taxonomic: Rhus chinensis
word: Chinese gall
word: Chinese garden
word: Chinese garter
word: Chinese gelatin
word: Chinese gelatine
word: Chinese geomancy
taxonomic: Boesenbergia rotunda
word: Chinese ginger
word: Chinese glue
taxonomic: Coptis chinensis
word: Chinese goldthread
word: Chinese gong
taxonomic: Anser cygnoides
word: Chinese goose
taxonomic: Actinidia spp.
alt: especially Actinidia chinensis and Actinidia deliciosa
word: Chinese gooseberry
taxonomic: Accipiter soloensis
word: Chinese goshawk
taxonomic: Citrus maxima
word: Chinese grapefruit
taxonomic: Boehmeria nivea (ramie)
word: Chinese grass
taxonomic: Eophona migratoria
word: Chinese grosbeak
word: Chinese gybe
taxonomic: Celtis sinensis
word: Chinese hackberry
word: Chinese hamburger
taxonomic: Cricetulus griseus
word: Chinese hamster
word: Chinese hamster ovary cell
word: Chinese hand analysis
word: Chinese handball
word: Chinese handcuffs
word: Chinese hat snail
word: Chinese head tax
word: Chinese hedge
word: Chinese herbal medicine
word: Chinese herb tea
taxonomic: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
word: Chinese hibiscus
taxonomic: Ilex cornuta
word: Chinese holly
word: Chinese homer
taxonomic: Apis cerana
word: Chinese honey bee
word: Chinese house church
word: Chinese hypothesis
alt: Isatis indigotica ⇒ Isatis tinctoria
word: Chinese indigo
word: Chinese Indonesian
word: Chinese ink
word: Chinese-ish
word: Chinese isinglass
taxonomic: Ziziphus jujuba
word: Chinese jujube
word: Chinese jump rope
taxonomic: Juniperus chinensis
word: Chinese juniper
taxonomic: Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
word: Chinese kale
taxonomic: Boesenbergia rotunda
word: Chinese keys
word: Chinese knotweed
word: Chinese Korean
word: Chinese lacquer
taxonomic: Toxicodendron vernicifluum
word: Chinese lacquer tree
word: Chinese lantern
alt: syn. Physalis alkekengi
word: including Alkekengi officinarum
taxonomic: Alkekengi officinarum
alt: syn. Physalis alkekengi
word: Chinese lantern plant
word: Chinese laundry
word: Chinese layering
word: Chinese leaf
taxonomic: Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
word: Chinese leaves
taxonomic: Phylloscopus yunnanensis
word: Chinese leaf warbler
taxonomic: Lactuca sativa cultivars
word: Chinese lettuce
taxonomic: Syringa × chinensis
word: Chinese lilac
word: Chinese linking rings
taxonomic: Ixobrychus sinensis
word: Chinese little bittern
taxonomic: Clonorchis sinensis
word: Chinese liver fluke
taxonomic: Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis
word: Chinese long bean
word: Chinese lug
word: Chinesely
word: Chinese macaroni
taxonomic: Magnolia coco
word: Chinese magnolia
word: Chinese Malaysian
word: Chinese mallow
taxonomic: Tenodera sinensis
word: Chinese mantis
word: Chinese marble
taxonomic: Lycium barbarum
word: Chinese matrimony vine
word: Chinese Mauritian
word: Chinese melon
taxonomic: Mergus squamatus
word: Chinese merganser
word: Chinese mestiza
word: Chinese mestizo
word: Chinese Mestizo
taxonomic: Setaria italica
word: Chinese millet
taxonomic: Eriocheir sinensis
word: Chinese mitten crab
word: Chinese molasses
taxonomic: Felis bieti
word: Chinese mountain cat
word: Chinese mulberry
word: Chinese mushroom
word: Chinese mustard
taxonomic: Brassica juncea
word: Chinese mustard cabbage
word: Chinese National Standard
word: Chinese New Year
word: Chinese noodles
word: Chinese number gesture
word: Chinese numeral
word: Chinese okra
taxonomic: Luffa acutangula
word: Chinese okra squash
taxonomic: Allium chinense
word: Chinese onion
word: Chinese opening
word: Chinese opera
taxonomic: Psephurus gladius
word: Chinese paddlefish
alt: Coturnix chinensis ⇒ Excalfactoria chinensis
word: Chinese painted quail
word: Chinese paper
word: Chinese parasol
taxonomic: Firmiana simplex
word: Chinese parasol tree
taxonomic: Coriandrum sativum
word: Chinese parsley
word: Chinese pavilion
taxonomic: Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa
word: Chinese peach
word: Chinese pearleaf crabapple
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: Chinese pear
taxonomic: Caragana arborescens
word: Chinese pea tree
taxonomic: Paeonia lactiflora
word: Chinese peony
taxonomic: Zanthoxylum spp.
word: Chinese pepper
word: Chinese Peruvian
word: Chinese pheasant
word: Chinese phoenix
word: Chinese Pidgin English
word: Chinese pie
taxonomic: Pistacia chinensis
word: Chinese pistache
taxonomic: Nepenthes mirabilis
word: Chinese pitcher-plant
word: Chinese plum
word: Chinese poker
taxonomic: Ardeola bacchus
word: Chinese pond heron
word: Chinese pond turtle
word: Chinese portrait
word: Chinese postman problem
taxonomic: Coleus rotundifolius
alt: syn. Plectranthus rotundifolius
word: Chinese potato
word: Chinese preserving melon
taxonomic: Primula sinensis
word: Chinese primrose
taxonomic: Ligustrum sinense
word: Chinese privet
word: Chinese Proficiency Test
word: Chinese Puerto Rican
word: Chinese puzzle
taxonomic: Pseudocydonia sinensis
word: Chinese quince
word: Chinese radish Raphanus sativus var. niger ⇒ Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
word: Chinese red
taxonomic: Ziziphus jujuba
word: Chinese red date
word: Chinese red head
taxonomic: Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans
word: Chinese red-headed centipede
word: Chinese red pine
word: Chinese red vinegar
word: Chinese remainder theorem
word: Chinese restaurant process
word: Chinese restaurant syndrome
word: Chinese Revolution
taxonomic: Rheum officinale
word: Chinese rhubarb
word: Chinese rice wine
word: Chinese rings
taxonomic: Eriocheir sinensis
word: Chinese river crab
alt: †Lipotes vexillifer
word: Chinese river dolphin
word: Chinese room
word: Chinese room argument
word: Chinese ropes
taxonomic: Rosa chinensis
word: Chinese rose
taxonomic: Dalbergia odorifera
word: Chinese rosewood
word: Chinese row
taxonomic: Narcissus tazetta
word: Chinese sacred lily
word: Chinese sage
word: Chinese sausage
word: Chinese scholar's rocks
taxonomic: Styphnolobium japonicum
word: Chinese scholar tree
word: Chinese seal
taxonomic: Senna obtusifolia
word: Chinese senna
word: Chinese Shan
word: Chinese Shar Pei
word: Chinese Sign Language
taxonomic: Boehmeria nivea (ramie)
word: Chinese silk plant
word: Chinese silver
word: Chinese silver panda
word: Chinese Singaporean
word: Chinese slipper
word: Chinese snake gourd
taxonomic: Viburnum macrocephalum
word: Chinese snowball
word: Chinese soup spoon
word: Chinese Soviet Republic
word: Chinese spinach
word: Chinese splits
alt: Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha ⇒ Anas zonorhyncha
word: Chinese spotbill
word: Chinese squeeze
word: Chinese steamed bun
word: Chinese steamed eggs
alt: Myrica rubra ⇒ Morella rubra
word: Chinese strawberry tree
taxonomic: Cricetulus barabensis
word: Chinese striped hamster
taxonomic: Acipenser sinensis
word: Chinese sturgeon
word: Chinese style name
taxonomic: Saccharum sinense
word: Chinese sugarcane
taxonomic: Glyptostrobus pensilis
word: Chinese swamp cypress
word: Chinese sweet fermented rice
taxonomic: Psephurus gladius
word: Chinese swordfish
word: Chinese tag
word: Chinese Taipei
word: Chinese takeaway
word: Chinese take-out
taxonomic: Triadica sebifera
word: Chinese tallow tree
word: Chinese Tartary
word: Chinese temple block
word: Chinese three-banded box turtle
word: Chinese three-striped box turtle
word: Chinese tickle torture
word: Chinese tobacco
word: Chinese toe cuffs
word: Chinese tour
taxonomic: Tuber sinense
word: Chinese truffle
word: Chinese trumpet creeper
taxonomic: Campsis grandiflora
word: Chinese trumpet vine
word: Chinese trumpetfish
taxonomic: Liriodendron chinense
word: Chinese tulip tree
word: Chinese tumbler
word: Chinese Turkestan
word: Chinese Turkistan
taxonomic: Pachyrhizus erosus
word: Chinese turnip
word: Chinese Valentine's Day
word: Chinese vampire
word: Chinese varnish
word: Chinese vermilion
word: Chinese Vietnamese
taxonomic: Asystasia gangetica
word: Chinese violet
word: Chinese violin
word: Chinese Wall
word: Chinese wall doctrine
taxonomic: Eleocharis dulcis
word: Chinese water chestnut
taxonomic: Hydropotes inermis inermis
word: Chinese water deer
taxonomic: Physignathus cocincinus
word: Chinese water dragon
word: Chinese water-lily
taxonomic: Benincasa hispida
word: Chinese watermelon
word: Chinese water therapy
word: Chinese water torture
word: Chinese wax
word: Chinese wheat noodles
word: Chinese wheel
word: Chinese whispers
word: Chinese whist
word: Chinese white
taxonomic: Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
word: Chinese white cabbage
taxonomic: Sousa chinensis
word: Chinese white dolphin
alt: Pyrus ×bretschneideri
word: Chinese white pear
taxonomic: Pinus armandii
word: Chinese white pine
word: Chinese wildman
taxonomic: Salix matsudana
word: Chinese willow
word: Chinese windlass
taxonomic: Trachycarpus fortunei
word: Chinese windmill palm
word: Chinese winter squash
word: Chinese wistaria
taxonomic: Wisteria sinensis
word: Chinese wisteria
word: Chinese wolf
taxonomic: Lycium chinense
word: Chinese wolfberry
word: Chinese wood block
word: Chinese wood oil
alt: Dioscorea opposita ⇒ Dioscorea polystchya
word: Chinese yam
word: Chinese yellow
taxonomic: Taxus spp.
word: Chinese yew
word: Chinese yo-yo
word: Chinese zither
word: Chinese zodiac
word: Chinesian
word: Filipino-Chinese
word: Hàn Chinese
word: have got more chins than a Chinese phone book
word: have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook