Chinese

noun

Chi·​nese chī-ˈnēz  -ˈnēs 

plural Chinese

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

Examples of Chinese in a Sentence

the customs of the Chinese

He is learning to speak Chinese.

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing Chinese

• Chinese boxes
• Chinese cabbage
• Chinese checkers
• Chinese chestnut
• Chinese chive
• Chinese cinnamon
• Chinese copy
• Chinese crested
• Chinese gooseberry
• Chinese lantern
• Chinese money plant
• Chinese New Year
• Chinese parsley
• Chinese puzzle
• Chinese restaurant syndrome
• Chinese shar-pei
• Chinese wall
• Chinese whispers
• Chinese white
• Indo-Chinese
• the Chinese

Rhymes for Chinese

• agrees
• appease
• bailees
• bougies
• burmese
• chemise
• chickpeas
• cowpeas
• curies
• decrees
• degrees
• disease

Kids Definition

Chinese

noun

Chi·​nese chī-ˈnēz  -ˈnēs 

plural Chinese

1

a

: a person born or living in China

b

: a person of Chinese ancestry

2

: a group of related languages used in China

Chinese adjective