CHINESE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China
   • regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
   Hypernyms(s) Chinese is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Sinitic (what does Sinitic mean?)
   • Sinitic language (what does Sinitic language mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Mandarin (what does Mandarin mean?)
   • Mandarin Chinese (what does Mandarin Chinese mean?)
   • Mandarin dialect (what does Mandarin dialect mean?)
   • Beijing dialect (what does Beijing dialect mean?)
   • Wu (what does Wu mean?)
   • Wu dialect (what does Wu dialect mean?)
   • Shanghai dialect (what does Shanghai dialect mean?)
   • Yue (what does Yue mean?)
   • Yue dialect (what does Yue dialect mean?)
   • Cantonese (what does Cantonese mean?)
   • Cantonese dialect (what does Cantonese dialect mean?)
   • Min (what does Min mean?)
   • Min dialect (what does Min dialect mean?)
   • Fukien (what does Fukien mean?)
   • Fukkianese (what does Fukkianese mean?)
   • Hokkianese (what does Hokkianese mean?)
   • Amoy (what does Amoy mean?)
   • Taiwanese (what does Taiwanese mean?)
   • Hakka (what does Hakka mean?)
   • Hakka dialect (what does Hakka dialect mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
   Hypernyms(s) Chinese is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Asian (what does Asian mean?)
   • Asiatic (what does Asiatic mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chink (what does chink mean?)
   • Chinaman (what does Chinaman mean?)
   • Boxer (what does Boxer mean?)
   • mandarin (what does mandarin mean?)

CHINESE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures
   Usage Example(s)
   • Chinese food
   Pertainym(s)
   • Taiwan (what does Taiwan mean?)
   • China (what does China mean?)
   • Nationalist China (what does Nationalist China mean?)
   • Republic of China (what does Republic of China mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language
   Synonym(s)
   • Formosan (what does Formosan mean?)
   • Taiwanese (what does Taiwanese mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh
   Pertainym(s)
   • Taiwan (what does Taiwan mean?)
   • China (what does China mean?)
   • Nationalist China (what does Nationalist China mean?)
   • Republic of China (what does Republic of China mean?)