What is the meaning of Chinese?

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.
  • A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China.

adjective

  • Of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures.
    • usage: "Chinese food"
  • Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.
    • usage: "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
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