Definitions for chinese

Overview of noun chinese

The noun chinese has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) Chinese

(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)

2. Chinese

(a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)

Overview of adj chinese

The adj chinese has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (5) Chinese

(of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food")

2. Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan

(of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh")