Chinese

noun

Chi·nese chī-ˈnēz

-ˈnēs

plural Chinese

: a native or inhabitant of China

: a person of Chinese descent

: 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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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024 This article has been updated to include additional comments by Chinese Embassy to the U.S. spokesperson Liu Pengyu and a new headline. —

Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024 The killers stuffed the playing card, with a club suit that looked like a plum blossom, down her back along with a note written in Chinese, saying her family failed to pay the ransom and taunting cops to find them. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024 The accusations about Tian in the blog post mirror ones detailed in another, earlier GitHub blog published in Chinese on October 18. —

Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Chinese