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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While Chinese, Ukrainian, and Russian investors are heavily investing in Africa, Black Americans are largely absent from these opportunities.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
Last week a Chinese Coast Guard ship and a Chinese destroyer collided in that region while pursuing a Coast Guard vessel belonging to the Philippines, a major U.S. military partner.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Last year, ByteDance’s Chinese ChatGPT competitor, Doubao, became China’s most popular chatbot.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Many Fears of an AI bubble had hit a fever pitch at the start of this year when Chinese start-up DeepSeek released a competitive reasoning model.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
Last week a Chinese Coast Guard ship and a Chinese destroyer collided in that region while pursuing a Coast Guard vessel belonging to the Philippines, a major U.S. military partner.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Last year, ByteDance’s Chinese ChatGPT competitor, Doubao, became China’s most popular chatbot.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Many Fears of an AI bubble had hit a fever pitch at the start of this year when Chinese start-up DeepSeek released a competitive reasoning model.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Chinese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinese. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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