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.
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Back in Hollywood, the mothership event is celebrating its 21st edition Aug. 7-17 at the TCL Chinese Theatres, with global streaming via Bitpix.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Wherever Proto-Indo-European originated, its linguistic offspring spread throughout Europe, to Iceland and Ireland in the west, and eastward to India and what is now part of Chinese Turkestan.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
However, while Chinese AI developers will be happy to have increased access to Nvidia chips, Beijing isn’t expected to slow its efforts to steer companies toward homegrown AI infrastructure, according to Goujon.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Shortly before the sequel's announcement, Brolin reunited with Cohen, Feldman, Columbus, and Kerri Green to support Quan at his hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Wherever Proto-Indo-European originated, its linguistic offspring spread throughout Europe, to Iceland and Ireland in the west, and eastward to India and what is now part of Chinese Turkestan.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
However, while Chinese AI developers will be happy to have increased access to Nvidia chips, Beijing isn’t expected to slow its efforts to steer companies toward homegrown AI infrastructure, according to Goujon.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Shortly before the sequel's announcement, Brolin reunited with Cohen, Feldman, Columbus, and Kerri Green to support Quan at his hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Chinese
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“Chinese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinese. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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