How to Use Chinese in a Sentence

Chinese

noun

• He is learning to speak Chinese.
• Sesame Chinese One of the best hole-in-the-wall local Chinese restaurants in town.
  — Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
• On a trip to Malaysia, I was introduced to a dish called Chinese Steamboat.
  — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Egg fried rice is a staple of Chinese home cooking and one of the first dishes many Chinese learn to cook.
  — Li Yuan, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Old posters, in English and Chinese, still line the deserted halls.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• The Padres also are the team with Hader, a star with more usage rules than Mandarin Chinese.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• Mandarin, a form of Chinese, is the most common language in Taiwan.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
• And in the last few years, as the city’s Asian population has boomed, Chinese Americans have joined them.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Her mother is Jamaican and Chinese while her father is Black and Polish.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
• Most of the takers were Chinese seeking better jobs, better schools and greater freedom.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• Most of the takers were Chinese seeking better jobs, better schools and greater freedom.
  — Joy Dong, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• So did Chen, who translated the funeral sermon from Chinese to English and brought Kao’s old friends to tears.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Former player Fan Zhiyi, dubbed a trailblazer for being one of the first Chinese who played in the English leagues in the 1990s, said the loss was predictable, but not to that extent.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• Throngs of college students joined the overnight ride, the latest trend involving young Chinese traveling on the cheap.
  — Peter Guo, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
• Woods' mother once referred to her ancestry as Thai, Chinese and Dutch.
  — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
• Red chiles and Sichuan pepper mingle to create the fiery, mouth-numbing flavor profile known in Chinese as mala.
  — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 28 Sep. 2023
• Adding to its unusual status, the play is performed in Chinese by a cast of Western actors who are based in the Middle Kingdom.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• Mao thought sparrows were a pest, exterminated them, and caused a famine that killed millions of Chinese.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
• Saweetie’s mom is Filipino and Chinese, and the former culture has always been an integral part of the rapper’s life.
  — Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• In 2022, Trump claimed Youngkin couldn’t have won without him and suggested the governor’s name sounded Chinese.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• Mental health in Mandarin Chinese: a starter kit for dialogue.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• Speaking of the Padres, figuring them out has proved as tricky as mastering Mandarin Chinese.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
• Indeed, many Chinese and analysts alike are watching and waiting to see whether the government backs up its words with actions.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
• Today, 78% of islanders describe themselves as Taiwanese, rather than Chinese or some mix.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 20 May 2024
• That’s meant affluent Chinese have long looked for alternative ways to grow wealth outside the country.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
• There are six books in this series, all of which have bilingual settings and can alternate between English and Spanish or English and Chinese.
  — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024
• The tour features diverse local cuisines ranging from Chinese to Mexican and Filipino food.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
• On Tuesday, Hong pointed to slowing rates of urbanization, with fewer rural Chinese moving to the cities for work.
  — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
• Those Sunday nights were the starting point of my long-lasting love affair with many Asian cuisines, particularly Chinese.
  — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
• So too have his attempts to learn Mandarin Chinese and collaborations with Chinese talent.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024