Chinese (adj.)

  1. of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; Chinese food

    [ Syn: chinese ]

  2. of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh

    [ Syn: taiwanese , chinese , formosan ]

    Chinese (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: chinese ]

  2. a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

    [ Syn: chinese ]

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