Chinese
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Base: China
Affixes: -ese
Inflected forms:
form: more Chinese
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Chinese
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: China has been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
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.
Experts told CNN it could take weeks to address the vulnerabilities and that suspected Chinese hackers are already attempting to exploit it.
gloss: Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: Important Chinese holidays celebrated around the world include the Chinese New Year ("Spring Festival"), Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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.
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: There are four Chinese tones... five, if you count the neutral one.
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.
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.
gloss: As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
offensive
sometimes
usually
examples: It's all Chinese to me.
gloss: Used with a noun to indicate a referent different from, and seemingly more exotic or unusual than, the base noun's referent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
offensive
sometimes
usually
examples: Chinese apple, Chinese checkers, Chinese snooker
gloss: Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
pos: adj
tags: dated
not-comparable
offensive
usually
Synonyms: Sinic
Sino-
Seric
Serian
Serican
Sinaean
Sinesian
Cathayan
Chinesian
Derived words: Chinese abacus
Chinese ace
Chinese alchemy
Chinese alligator
Chinese American
Chinese anemone
Chinese angelica
Chinese angelica tree
Chinese anise
Chinese arborvitae
Chinese Army technique
Chinese arrowroot
Chinese artichoke
Chinese aster
Chinese auction
Chinese auricular therapy
Chinese Australian
Chinese balance
Chinese-balance
Chinese bamboo partridge
Chinese bamboo torture
Chinese banyan
Chinese barbecue sauce
Chinese BASIC
Chinese bayberry
Chinese bellflower
Chinese bezique
Chinese bird spider
Chinese blackjack
Chinese black mushroom
Chinese block
Chinese blue
Chinese boxes
Chinese Brazilian
Chinese British
Chinese Briton
Chinese broccoli
Chinese brown sauce
Chinese burn
Chinese cabbage
Chinese calendar
Chinese Cambodian
Chinese Canadian
Chinese canonical texts
Chinese-capstan
Chinese catfish
Chinese Cayman Islander
Chinese cedar
Chinese celery
Chinese celery cabbage
Chinese character
Chinese character encoding
Chinese chard
Chinese checkers
Chinese chequers
Chinese cherry
Chinese chess
Chinese chestnut
Chinese chicken salad
Chinese chikwando
Chinese Chippendale
Chinese chives
Chinese cinnamon
Chinese classic texts
Chinese compass
Chinese copy
Chinese cork oak
Chinese crab
Chinese crescent
Chinese Crested
Chinese Crested Dog
Chinese crested tern
Chinese crocodile lizard
Chinese Cuban
Chinese cucumber
Chinese cut
Chinese cymbal
Chinese date
Chinese desert cat
Chinese dogwood
Chinese dormouse
Chinese dragon
Chinese Dream
Chinese egg gooseberry
Chinese egg noodles
Chinese eggplant
Chinese egret
Chinese eight-ball
Chinese elder
Chinese elm
Chinese Empire
Chinese energetic technique
Chinese English
Chinese English pidgin
Chinese evergreen
Chinese evergreen magnolia
Chinese exclusion
Chinese export porcelain
Chinese-eyed
Chinese fan palm
Chinese farmer
Chinese federalism
Chinese fermented rice
Chinese fermented sweet rice
Chinese fighting stick
Chinese figwort
Chinese Filipino
Chinese finger cuffs
Chinese finger prison
Chinese finger trap
Chinese fire
Chinese fire belly newt
Chinese fire drill
Chinese firepot
Chinese firewall
Chinese fishing nets
Chinese five spice
Chinese five-spice powder
Chinese fleece vine
Chinese fleecevine
Chinese flycatcher
Chinese food therapy
Chinese forget-me-not
Chinese fried rice
Chinese frog
Chinese full stop
Chinese fuseki
Chinese gall
Chinese garden
Chinese garter
Chinese gelatin
Chinese gelatine
Chinese geomancy
Chinese ginger
Chinese glue
Chinese goldthread
Chinese gong
Chinese goose
Chinese gooseberry
Chinese goshawk
Chinese grapefruit
Chinese grass
Chinese grosbeak
Chinese gybe
Chinese hackberry
Chinese hamburger
Chinese hamster
Chinese hamster ovary cell
Chinese hand analysis
Chinese handball
Chinese handcuffs
Chinese hat snail
Chinese head tax
Chinese hedge
Chinese hedgehog
Chinese herbal medicine
Chinese herb tea
Chinese hibiscus
Chinese hog-peanut
Chinese holly
Chinese homer
Chinese honey bee
Chinese hound's tongue
Chinese house church
Chinese hypothesis
Chinese indigo
Chinese Indonesian
Chinese ink
Chinese-ish
Chinese isinglass
Chinese jujube
Chinese jump rope
Chinese juniper
Chinese kale
Chinese keys
Chinese knotweed
Chinese Korean
Chinese lacquer
Chinese lacquer tree
Chinese lantern
including Alkekengi officinarum
Chinese lantern plant
Chinese laundry
Chinese layering
Chinese leaf
Chinese leaves
Chinese leaf warbler
Chinese lettuce
Chinese lilac
Chinese linking rings
Chinese little bittern
Chinese liver fluke
Chinese long bean
Chinese lug
Chinese macaroni
Chinese magnolia
Chinese Malaysian
Chinese mallow
Chinese mantis
Chinese marble
Chinese matrimony vine
Chinese Mauritian
Chinese melon
Chinese merganser
Chinese mestiza
Chinese mestizo
Chinese Mestizo
Chinese millet
Chinese mitten crab
Chinese molasses
Chinese mountain cat
Chinese mulberry
Chinese mushroom
Chinese mustard
Chinese mustard cabbage
Chinese National Standard
Chinese New Year
Chinese noodles
Chinese number gesture
Chinese numeral
Chinese okra
Chinese okra squash
Chinese onion
Chinese opening
Chinese opera
Chinese paddlefish
Chinese painted quail
Chinese paper
Chinese parasol
Chinese parasol tree
Chinese parsley
Chinese pavilion
Chinese peach
Chinese pearleaf crabapple
Chinese pear
Chinese pea tree
Chinese peony
Chinese pepper
Chinese Peruvian
Chinese pheasant
Chinese phoenix
Chinese Pidgin English
Chinese pie
Chinese pistache
Chinese pitcher-plant
Chinese plum
Chinese poker
Chinese pond heron
Chinese pond turtle
Chinese portrait
Chinese postman problem
Chinese potato
Chinese preserving melon
Chinese primrose
Chinese privet
Chinese Proficiency Test
Chinese Puerto Rican
Chinese puzzle
Chinese quince
Chinese radish Raphanus sativus var. niger ⇒ Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Chinese red
Chinese red date
Chinese red head
Chinese red-headed centipede
Chinese red pine
Chinese red vinegar
Chinese remainder theorem
Chinese restaurant process
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese Revolution
Chinese rhubarb
Chinese rice wine
Chinese rings
Chinese river crab
Chinese river dolphin
Chinese room
Chinese room argument
Chinese ropes
Chinese rose
Chinese rosewood
Chinese row
Chinese sacred lily
Chinese sage
Chinese sausage
Chinese scholar's rocks
Chinese scholar tree
Chinese screen
Chinese seal
Chinese senna
Chinese Shan
Chinese Shar Pei
Chinese Sign Language
Chinese silk plant
Chinese silver
Chinese silver panda
Chinese Singaporean
Chinese slipper
Chinese snake gourd
Chinese snowball
Chinese soup spoon
Chinese Soviet Republic
Chinese spinach
Chinese splits
Chinese spotbill
Chinese squeeze
Chinese steamed bun
Chinese steamed eggs
Chinese strawberry tree
Chinese striped hamster
Chinese sturgeon
Chinese style name
Chinese sugarcane
Chinese sugar cane
Chinese sumac
Chinese swamp cypress
Chinese sweet fermented rice
Chinese swordfish
Chinese tag
Chinese Taipei
Chinese takeaway
Chinese take-out
Chinese tallow tree
Chinese Tartary
Chinese temple block
Chinese three-banded box turtle
Chinese three-striped box turtle
Chinese tickle torture
Chinese tobacco
Chinese toe cuffs
Chinese tour
Chinese truffle
Chinese trumpet creeper
Chinese trumpet vine
Chinese trumpetfish
Chinese tulip tree
Chinese tumbler
Chinese Turkistan
Chinese turnip
Chinese Valentine's Day
Chinese vampire
Chinese varnish
Chinese vermilion
Chinese VietnameseChinese violet
Chinese violin
Chinese Wall
Chinese wall doctrine
Chinese water chestnut
Chinese water deer
Chinese water dragon
Chinese water-lily
Chinese watermelon
Chinese water therapy
Chinese water torture
Chinese wax
Chinese wheat noodles
Chinese wheel
Chinese whispers
Chinese whist
Chinese white
Chinese white cabbage
Chinese white dolphin
Chinese white pear
Chinese white pine
Chinese wildman
Chinese willow
Chinese windlass
Chinese windmill palm
Chinese winter squash
Chinese wistaria
Chinese wisteria
Chinese wolf
Chinese wolfberry
Chinese wood block
Chinese wood oil
Chinesey
Chinese yam
Chinese yellow
Chinese yew
Chinese yo-yo
Chinese zither
Chinese zodiac
hard as Chinese arithmetic
have got more chins than a Chinese phone book
have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: sjinese
lang: Albanian
word: kinez
lang: Arabic
word: صِينِيّ
roman: ṣīniyy
lang: Arabic
word: صيني
roman: ṣīni
lang: Aragonese
word: chino
lang: Aragonese
word: chinés
lang: Armenian
word: չինական
roman: čʻinakan
lang: Assamese
word: চীনা
roman: sina
lang: Asturian
word: chinu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çin
lang: Basque
word: txinatar
lang: Belarusian
word: кіта́йскі
roman: kitájski
lang: Bengali
word: চীনদেশীয়
roman: cindeśiẏo
lang: Bengali
word: চীনা
roman: cina
lang: Breton
word: sinaat
lang: Bulgarian
word: кита́йски
roman: kitájski
lang: Burmese
word: တရုတ်
roman: ta.rut
lang: Catalan
word: xinès
lang: Chechen
word: Цийн
roman: Ciı̇n
lang: Chechen
word: Цийчоьнан
roman: Ciı̇čönan
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 中國 /中国
roman: zung¹ gwok³
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 中華 /中华
roman: zung¹ waa⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 中國 /中国
roman: Zhōngguó
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 中國的 /中国的
roman: Zhōngguó de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 中華 /中华
roman: Zhōnghuá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 中-
roman: Zhōng-
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 漢 /汉
roman: Hàn-
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 華 /华
roman: Huá
lang: Czech
word: čínský
lang: Danish
word: kinesisk
lang: Daur
word: niaken
lang: Dutch
word: Chinees
lang: Dutch
word: Chinese
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉina
lang: Estonian
word: hiina
lang: Faroese
word: kinverskur
lang: Faroese
word: kinesiskur
lang: Finnish
word: kiinalainen
lang: French
word: chinois
lang: Friulian
word: cinês
lang: Galician
word: chinés
lang: Galician
word: chino
lang: Georgian
word: ჩინური
roman: činuri
lang: German
word: chinesisch
lang: Greek
word: κινέζικος
roman: kinézikos
lang: Greek
word: κινεζικός
roman: kinezikós
lang: Hawaiian
word: Pākē
lang: Hawaiian
word: Kina
lang: Hebrew
word: סִינִי
roman: síni
lang: Hebrew
word: סִינִית
roman: sínit
lang: Hindi
word: चीनी
roman: cīnī
lang: Hungarian
word: kínai
lang: Icelandic
word: kínverskur
lang: Ido
word: china
lang: Indonesian
word: Tionghoa
lang: Indonesian
word: Tiongkok
lang: Interlingua
word: chinese
lang: Irish
word: Síneach
lang: Italian
word: cinese
lang: Japanese
word: 中国
lang: Japanese
word: 中国の
roman: Chūgoku no
lang: Japanese
word: 中華
roman: Chūka
lang: Kazakh
word: қытай
roman: qytai
lang: Khmer
word: ចិន
roman: cən
lang: Korean
word: 중국
roman: Jungguk
lang: Korean
word: 중화
roman: Junghwa
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кытай
roman: kıtay
lang: Lao
word: ຈີນ
roman: chīn
lang: Latin
word: Sinensis
lang: Latvian
word: ķīniešu
lang: Latvian
word: ķīnisks
lang: Lithuanian
word: kiniškas
lang: Lithuanian
word: kiniška
lang: Lushootseed
word: čaydi
lang: Macedonian
word: кине́ски
roman: kinéski
lang: Malay
word: Cina
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ
roman: dulimbai gurun-i
lang: Manchu
word: ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ
roman: nikan
lang: Mirandese
word: chinés
lang: Classical Mongolian
word: ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ
roman: kitad
lang: Mongolian
word: хятад
roman: xjatad
lang: Nanai
word: ника̄н
roman: nikān
lang: Negidal
word: никан
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kinesisk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kinesisk
lang: Occitan
word: chinés
lang: Pashto
word: چيني
roman: ciní
lang: Pashto
word: چينايي
roman: činayí
lang: Pashto
word: چینایی
roman: čināyáy
lang: Persian
word: چینی
roman: čini
lang: Piedmontese
word: cinèis
lang: Polish
word: chiński
lang: Portuguese
word: chinês
lang: Portuguese
word: sino
lang: Romanian
word: chinezesc
lang: Russian
word: кита́йский
roman: kitájskij
lang: Russian
word: ха́ньский
roman: xánʹskij
lang: Northern Sami
word: kiinnálaš
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: Sìonach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кѝне̄скӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kìnēskī
lang: Slovak
word: čínsky
lang: Slovene
word: kitájski
lang: Spanish
word: chino
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: Sneisi
lang: Swahili
word: Kichina
lang: Swedish
word: kinesisk
lang: Tagalog
word: Intsik
lang: Tagalog
word: Tsino
lang: Tagalog
word: Tsekwa
lang: Tajik
word: чинӣ
roman: čini
lang: Tamil
word: சீன
roman: cīṉa
lang: Thai
word: จีน
roman: jiin
lang: Tibetan
word: རྒྱ་ནག་གི
roman: rgya nag gi
lang: Tibetan
word: ཀྲུང་གོའི
roman: krung go'i
lang: Turkish
word: Çinli
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چینی
roman: çini
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سینی
roman: sini
lang: Turkmen
word: çin
lang: Udihe
word: ниӈка
lang: Ukrainian
word: кита́йський
roman: kytájsʹkyj
lang: Urdu
word: چینی
roman: cīnī
lang: Uyghur
word: خىتاي
roman: xitay
lang: Uyghur
word: جۇڭگو
roman: junggo
lang: Uzbek
word: xitoy
lang: Vietnamese
word: Trung Quốc
lang: Vietnamese
word: Trung Hoa
lang: Vietnamese
word: Tàu
lang: Vietnamese
word: Trung
lang: Vietnamese
word: Hán
lang: Vietnamese
word: Hoa
lang: Walloon
word: chinwès
lang: Welsh
word: Tsieineaidd
lang: Xibe
word: ᡪᡠᡢᡬᠣ ᡞ
roman: jungg'o -i
lang: Yiddish
word: כינעזיש
roman: khinezish
lang: Zhuang
word: Cunghgoz
lang: Chechen
word: цийн
roman: ciı̇n
lang: Chechen
word: цийхойн
roman: ciı̇xojn
lang: Esperanto
word: hano
lang: Tamil
word: சீன
roman: cīṉa
lang: Tibetan
word: རྒྱ་མིའི
roman: rgya mi'i