亚洲网紅露点

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Chinese

[ chahy-neez, -nees ]

noun

plural Chinese.
  1. the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
  2. a group of languages of the Sino-Tibetan family, including standard Chinese and most of the other languages of China. : Chin., Chin
  3. any of the Chinese languages, which vary among themselves to the point of mutual unintelligibility.
  4. Chinese food:

    We usually order Chinese from a place across the street.

  5. Often Offensive. a native or descendant of a native of China.


adjective

  1. of or relating to China, its inhabitants, or one of their languages.
  2. noting or pertaining to the partly logographic, partly phonetic script used for the writing of Chinese, Japanese, and other languages, consisting of thousands of brushstroke characters written in vertical columns from right to left.

Chinese

/ 迟蕛补瑟藞苍颈藧锄 /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of China, its people, or their languages
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. -nese a native or inhabitant of China or a descendant of one
  2. any of the languages of China belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family, sometimes regarded as dialects of one language. They share a single writing system that is not phonetic but ideographic. A phonetic system using the Roman alphabet was officially adopted by the Chinese government in 1966 See also Mandarin Chinese Pekingese Cantonese
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sensitive Note

In the past, the word Chinese has been used as a noun to describe a person or people (the CEO is a Chinese ). This usage is dated and almost always considered offensive today. The adjective Chinese is found in a few set phrases ( Chinese copy, Chinese fire drill, Chinese money, and Chinese tour ) in which it represents inferiority鈥攊mplying that something is less good, useful, or effective, or that it is not authentic. In other set phrases ( Chinese checkers, Chinese tag ), the word represents that something is exotic or unusual. These uses are usually considered offensive.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍路迟颈-颁丑颈路苍别蝉别 adjective noun plural antiChinese
  • 苍辞苍-颁丑颈路苍别蝉别 adjective noun plural nonChinese
  • 辫谤辞-颁丑颈路苍别蝉别 adjective noun plural proChinese
  • 辫蝉别耻路诲辞-颁丑颈路苍别蝉别 adjective noun plural pseudoChinese
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Chinese1

First recorded in 1570鈥80; Chin(a) + -ese
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Example Sentences

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Most analysts believe the impact of the 145% tax on Chinese imports might materialize soon in the form of 鈥渉igher prices and fewer options,鈥 as CNN reports.

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His administration said when the new tariffs were added on to existing ones, the levies on some Chinese goods could reach 245%.

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The manufacturing and export hub, home to more than 30 ports, accounted for 17% of all Chinese sales to the US last year.

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The US president and his 145% tariffs have not instilled fear in many Chinese traders.

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Vietnam was a French colony, a Chinese vassal and for 20 years, the proxy battlefield in America's bloody struggle to stop China spreading communism across South East Asia.

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