Synonyms for Chinese
tʃaɪˈniz, -ˈnischi·nese

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1. Chinesenoun

   Of China, its languages or people

   The Chinese have an incredible history.

   Synonyms:
   Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Sino-, Sinic

2. Chinesenoun

   Mandarin, the main language spoken in China.

   The place was empty till two Chinese walked in.

   Synonyms:
   Chinese language, chink, Chinaman, Chinee

Princeton's WordNet

1. Chinesenoun

   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

2. Chineseadjective

   a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

3. Chineseadjective

   of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures

   "Chinese food"

4. Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosanadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

   "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"

Matched Categories

1. • Sinitic

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1. chinesenoun

   Associated words:
   sinology, sinologue, sinicism, sinic, yamen, haikwan, hong, canque, sinological, taoism, confucianism, manchu, kotow, li, abacus, chinoiserie, taotai

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1. List of paraphrases for "chinese":

   china, chino, chinese-language, chinaman, sino-, renminbi, eng, chinois, chinamen, prc, china-, chinese-funded, chinese-speaking, chinese-medium

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1. Whitney Tilson:

   In the past week, I've received information that leads me to believe that senior management of Lumber Liquidators wasn't aware that the company was selling Chinese-made laminate that had high levels of formaldehyde.

2. Ian Storey:

   Once (China) has all its facilities up and running, it will put the Philippines in a much more difficult position, the Chinese will be able to harass Philippine coastguard and naval vessels on a more regular basis ... they could try to impose blockades on other Philippine-occupied atolls, including Pagasa.

3. Tursenay Ziawudun Tursenay:

   Ifinallyhave realized that there's no such thing as good Chinese, the torture, mental torture and physical torture… they have no hearts.

4. Jean Yeung:

   Traditionally, Chinese women want to' marry up' -- that means marrying someone with higher education and income than themselves -- and men want to' marry down,'.

5. Tommi Uitto:

   Uncertainty in general is not good for business, some of our customers may be delaying their decisions. If you have an operator who has Nokia and a Chinese supplier, then this current situation may delay their own decision-making.