Chinese

/tʃaɪˈniːz/

adjectivenounChi · nese

Think: “China needs ESE” — Chi + nese ends with -nese (like JapaNESE).

Yes, it's Chinese. The tricky part is the ending: it’s **-nese**, not **-nees** or **-neese**.

Definitions

  1. adjectiveRelating to China, its people, or its languages.
  2. nounA person from China.
  3. nounA language (or group of languages) spoken in China, such as Mandarin or Cantonese.

Examples

  • “We ate Chinese food for dinner and tried dumplings.”
  • “My neighbor is Chinese and taught me how to write a few characters.”
  • “In school, she chose to study Chinese because she loves the sound of the language.”

Synonyms

MandarinCantoneseSiniticfrom ChinaChina-related

Translations

ES chino/aPT chinês/chinesaFR chinois/chinoise

Common misspellings

ChineeseChinesChiniseChineaseChineesChinneseChinesseChineesee

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