Chinese
[,tʃai'ni:z]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China.
(adj.) of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; 'Chinese food' .
Typist: Nigel--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
(n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
(n. sing. & pl.) The language of China, which is monosyllabic.
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Examples
- The Chinese have little respect for foreign trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There was no such settling down behind a final frontier on the part of the Chinese as we see in the case of the Romans at the Rhine and Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Korea long ago went a step farther and developed a true alphabet from the same Chinese origins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- So it was that by the middle of the eighteenth century the Russians and Chinese were in contact in Mongolia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the Roman world was divided into the eastern and western halves, so was the Chinese world into the southern and the northern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is nothing in Latin to compare with the early descriptions of India and Siberia that are to be found in Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The principle of selection I find distinctly given in an ancient Chinese encyclopaedia. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The empire of Kin had the resources of half China behind it, and in the struggle the Mongols learnt very much of the military science of the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the Manchus who obliged the Chinese to wear pig-tails as a mark of submission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Son of Heaven offered sacrifices for all the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Chinese history is still very imperfectly known to European students, and our accounts of the early records are particularly unsatisfactory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Partly the Huns were civilized and assimilated by the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chinese, the Hindoos, Egyptians, and other Orientals had Invented Both Arts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Chinese have little respect for foreign trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There was no such settling down behind a final frontier on the part of the Chinese as we see in the case of the Romans at the Rhine and Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Korea long ago went a step farther and developed a true alphabet from the same Chinese origins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- So it was that by the middle of the eighteenth century the Russians and Chinese were in contact in Mongolia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the Roman world was divided into the eastern and western halves, so was the Chinese world into the southern and the northern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is nothing in Latin to compare with the early descriptions of India and Siberia that are to be found in Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The principle of selection I find distinctly given in an ancient Chinese encyclopaedia. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The empire of Kin had the resources of half China behind it, and in the struggle the Mongols learnt very much of the military science of the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the Manchus who obliged the Chinese to wear pig-tails as a mark of submission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Son of Heaven offered sacrifices for all the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Chinese history is still very imperfectly known to European students, and our accounts of the early records are particularly unsatisfactory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Partly the Huns were civilized and assimilated by the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chinese, the Hindoos, Egyptians, and other Orientals had Invented Both Arts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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