Chinese
- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪniːz/
- Will my children have to learn Chinese in order to even have a career?
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- One speaks fluent Chinese and writes it as well.
- And you know, we had one scene where there was people spoke Chinese, Thai, French.
Examples
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They are like Chinese boxes, one inside the other.
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You just had Chinese food again.
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This is the root of a Chinese word and it means water.
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I enjoy Thai food and Chinese food and Indian food.
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Put up the post on the Chinese social media site Weibo.
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Many students struggle to learn Chinese, especially the different tones.
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The book provided helpful tips for understanding Chinese grammar.
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When I visited China, I was amazed by how many dialects of Chinese were spoken.
Synonyms
A language from the Chinese group, like Mandarin or Cantonese
An old name for the Chinese language used in past texts
Idioms
- Offensive
A person who has many chins because they gained weight
Compounds
A board game on a star with six points where players move marbles to the opposite point
The main form of Chinese spoken in Beijing and used as China's official language
A vegetable with long pale green leaves and thick white stalks used in Asian cooking
A slow, very annoying experience that makes you feel anxious, like drops falling again and again
- Jargon
A rule to keep people in different teams from sharing secret information to avoid conflicts of interest
A 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty and created the Republic of China
A fast-growing tree from Asia with small leaves often planted for shade or as a garden tree
- Offensive
A game where people whisper a message along a line and it often changes
- Specialized
A strong white paint used to make colours lighter in paintings and drawings
A group of symptoms like headache and tingling after eating food with MSG
- Specialized
A small alligator that lives in China's Yangtze valley and has toes without webbing
A mushroom from East Asia used in cooking with a dark cap and a tough, inedible stem
A dish of cooked rice quickly fried with egg, green onions and meat or shrimp
A plant with large green or patterned leaves that grows well in low light indoors
A tree that loses its leaves and has dark green leaf groups and creamy-white fragrant flowers
- Specialized
A large freshwater fish from the Yangtze River with a long paddle-shaped snout
An evergreen shrub or small tree with pointed leaves and white flowers often grown in gardens
A leafy vegetable with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking
- Specialized
A tree from Asia with large maple-like leaves, yellow-green flower clusters, and seed pods that look like leaves
A small tree from China and Japan that makes a poisonous sap used to make a hard shiny coating
A plant with bright orange, papery, lantern-shaped coverings around its small fruit
A dark, salty sauce made with soy sauce and broth and used on Chinese dishes
A shrub from northern China with dark green shiny leaves and pale yellow flowers grown in gardens
A small flowering plant from China that people grow in gardens for its bright flowers
A tree from China and Japan that loses its leaves and has dark green leaves and fragrant white flower clusters
A tall plant from tropical Asia that people grow for strong fiber like flax from its woody stems
- Specialized
A yellow liquid from tung tree seeds that dries quickly and protects wood
A California plant with white and pale purple flowers that grow in rings around the stem like a small tower
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chinese for the language comes from the name China, itself from Qin, said like 'Chin'. So Chinese means the language or languages spoken by people 'from China'.