Main Entry: Chi·nese

Pronunciation: \chī-ˈnēz, -ˈnēs\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Chinese

Date: 1606

1 a : a native or inhabitant of China b : a person of Chinese descent
2 : a group of related languages used by the people of China that are often mutually unintelligible in their spoken form but share a single system of writing and that constitute a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family; especially : mandarin

— Chinese adjective