Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chinese

2 senses of chinese

Sense 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)
       => Sinitic, Sinitic language -- (a group of Sino-Tibetan languages)

Sense 2
Chinese -- (a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)
       => Asian, Asiatic -- (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Similarity of adj chinese

2 senses of chinese

Sense 1
Chinese -- (of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food")

Sense 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")