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CHINESE

Definition:

1. [noun] 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
   Synonyms: Chinese
   
   
2. [noun] a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
   Synonyms: Chinese
   
   
3. [adjective] of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food"
   Synonyms: Chinese
   
   
4. [adjective] of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
   Synonyms: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan
   
   

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Related Words:

• Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect
• Wu, Wu dialect, Shanghai dialect
• Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese dialect
• Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese
• Hakka, Hakka dialect
• chink, Chinaman
• Boxer
• mandarin

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