Chinese

Etymology
From under influence of Portuguese, replacing older. . In its orientalist sense of "generically exotic, backwards, or poorly organized", sometimes a deliberate marketing strategy to increase sales, as with the German. In its sense related to the orientation of stage lighting's barn doors, a reference to a supposed resemblance to East Asian eyes.

Adjective

 * Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
 * Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
 * Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.
 * 1)  As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
 * 2)  Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
 * Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.
 * 1)  As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
 * 2)  Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
 * 1)  As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
 * 2)  Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
 * 1)  As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
 * 2)  Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
 * 1)  Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sjinese
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: 1@ContraShoulder-FingerBack 1@IpsiShoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
 * Arabic: صِينِيّ
 * Gulf Arabic: صيني
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: চীনা
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: çin
 * Belarusian: кіта́йскі
 * Bengali: চীনদেশীয়,
 * Breton: sinaat
 * Bulgarian: кита́йски
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 中華
 * Mandarin:, , , ,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: kinverskur, kinesiskur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: cinês
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჩინური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Pākē, Kina
 * Hebrew:, סִינִית
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kínverskur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: Síneach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kazakh: қытай
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: Sinensis
 * Latvian: ķīniešu, ķīnisks
 * Lithuanian: kiniškas, kiniška
 * Lushootseed: čaydi
 * Macedonian: кине́ски
 * Malay: Cina
 * Manchu: ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хятад
 * Nanai: никан
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: چینی, سینی
 * Pashto:, چينايي, چینایی
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: cinèis
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Sìonach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кѝне̄скӣ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kichina
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, , Tsekwa
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག, ཀྲུང་གོ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: çin
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: چینی
 * Uyghur: خىتاي, جۇڭگو
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:,  , ,  ,  ,  (華)
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: Tsieineaidd
 * Yiddish: כינעזיש
 * Zhuang: Cunghgoz

Proper noun

 * 1)  The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.
 * 2)  The Han Chinese, whether in China or overseas.
 * 3)  The Standard Chinese language, written in Chinese characters and spoken and spelled using Standard Mandarin pronunciation.
 * 4)  The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
 * 5)  The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.
 * 1)  The Han Chinese, whether in China or overseas.
 * 2)  The Standard Chinese language, written in Chinese characters and spoken and spelled using Standard Mandarin pronunciation.
 * 3)  The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
 * 4)  The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.
 * 1)  The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
 * 2)  The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.
 * 1)  The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.
 * 1)  The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.

Translations

 * American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
 * Arabic: صِينِيّ,, صِينِيُّون, صِينِيَّات
 * Assamese: চীনা
 * Belarusian: кіта́йцы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: တရုတ်လူမျိုး
 * Buryat: хитадууд
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 中國人,  華人, 漢人, 唐人
 * Dungan: җунгуйжын, җунгуәжын, ханзў, ханжын
 * Hokkien: 中國人
 * Mandarin:,  , , ,
 * Czech: Číňané
 * Danish: kinesere, hankinesere
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĉinoj, ĥinoj
 * Estonian: hiinlased
 * Farefare: sinsi
 * Finnish: kiinalaiset
 * French:
 * Galician: os chineses
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Σῆρες
 * Hawaiian: Pākē, Kina
 * Hebrew:, סינית
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: orang Tiongkok, orang Cina,, orang Tionghoa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: 중국 사람,
 * Lao:
 * Lithuanian:, , , kinietė
 * Macedonian: Кинез, Кинези, Кинезинка, Кинезинки
 * Malay: Cina, orang Cina
 * Manchu: ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠰᠠ
 * Mon:
 * Navajo: Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kinesere
 * Bokmål: kinesarar
 * Occitan: chineses
 * Polish: Chińczycy
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Sìonaich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Кѝне̄з
 * Roman:
 * Shan:
 * Slovene: Kitájci
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Mchina
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, , Tsekwa
 * Telugu: చైనీయులు
 * Thai: คนจีน
 * Tibetan: རྒྱ་མི
 * Turkish: Çinliler
 * Ukrainian: кита́йці
 * Urdu: چینی
 * Vietnamese:, người Tàu , người Hán , người Hoa
 * Yakut: кытайдар, китайдар, китаецтар
 * Yiddish: כינעזער


 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan: Kyaena kasa
 * Albanian: Kineze, gjuha kineze
 * American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
 * Amharic: ቻይንኛ
 * Arabic:, صِينِيّ
 * Gulf Arabic: صيني
 * Armenian:, չինարեն լեզու
 * Assamese: চীনা ভাষা
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: çin dili,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:, кіта́йская мо́ва
 * Bengali: চীনা ভাষা
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: кита́йски, китайски език
 * Burmese: တရုတ်စကား
 * Buryat: хитад хэлэн
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 漢語
 * Dungan: ханйү
 * Eastern Min: 中文, 漢語
 * Hakka: 中文, 漢語
 * Hokkien:, 漢語
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 中文, 漢語
 * Cornish: Chenek
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Daur: някэн хэль
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Farefare: sinne
 * Faroese:, kinverskt
 * Finnish:
 * French:, langue chinoise
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ჩინური, ჩინური ენა
 * German:, chinesische Sprache
 * Greek:, κινεζική γλώσσα
 * Greenlandic: kineserisut
 * Gujarati:
 * Hausa: harshen Sin
 * Hebrew: סִינִית
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, kínai nyelv
 * Icelandic:
 * Igbo: asụsụ China
 * Indonesian: bahasa China, bahasa Cina, bahasa Tionghoa
 * Irish: Sínis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Japhug: kupaskɤt
 * Kabardian: хъутеибзэ
 * Kazakh:
 * Arabic: حانزۋ ٴتىلى, حانزۋشا; حان ٴتىلى, حانشا
 * Cyrillic: қытай тілі, қытайша
 * Khmer: ភាសាចិន,
 * Korean:, 중국말,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: Çînî
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Cyrillic: кытай тили,
 * Lao: ພາສາຈີນ
 * Latin: sinēnsis, sinica
 * Latvian: ķīniešu, ķīniešu valoda
 * Limburgish: Sjineesj
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Lü:
 * Macedonian: кинески, кинески јазик
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: bahasa Cina
 * Maltese: Ċiniż
 * Manchu: ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
 * Marathi: चीनी भाषा
 * Moksha: китаень
 * Mongolian:
 * Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
 * Cyrillic: хятад хэл
 * Modern Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
 * Navajo: Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé bizaad
 * Nepali: चीनियाँ
 * Norman: Chinnouais
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan: chinès
 * Persian:, زبان چینی
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, limba chineză
 * Russian:, кита́йский язы́к
 * Scots: Cheenese
 * Scottish Gaelic: Sìonais
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кинески, кинески језик
 * Roman:, kineski jezik
 * Shona: chiChinese
 * Sinhalese:, චීන භාෂාව
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: af Shiinaha
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kichina
 * Swedish:, kinesiskt språk
 * Tagalog: wikang Intsik, wikang Tsino, salitang Intsik, salitang Tsino
 * Tajik:, забони чинӣ
 * Tamil:, சீன மொழி
 * Thai: ภาษาจีน
 * Tibetan: རྒྱ་སྐད
 * Turkish:, Çin dili
 * Turkmen: Hytaý dili
 * Tuvan: кыдат дыл
 * Ukrainian:, кита́йська мо́ва
 * Urdu: چینی
 * Uyghur: خەنزۇچە,
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, , , , Hán ngữ
 * Walloon: Chinwès
 * Welsh: Tsieineeg, Tseineg
 * West Frisian:
 * Wutunhua: hahua, jjhayek
 * Xhosa: isiTshayina
 * Yakut: кытай тыла, кытайдыы; китай тыла, китайдыы
 * Yiddish: כינעזיש
 * Yoruba: èdè Ṣáínà
 * Zazaki:
 * Zhuang: Vahgun, hanyij
 * Zulu: isiShayina


 * American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: চীনা ভাষা
 * Bulgarian: китайска писменост, китайски йероглифи
 * Burmese: တရုတ်စာ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 中文字,
 * Mandarin: ;
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, kinesiske tegn
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:, ideogrammi cinesi
 * Japanese:
 * Kabardian: хъутеибзэ
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish: pismo chińskie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: кита́йская пи́сьменность, кита́йский иеро́глиф
 * Scottish Gaelic: Sìonais
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kichina
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sulat Intsik, sulat Tsino
 * Turkish:, Çin alfabesi
 * Vietnamese:, , chữ Tàu,


 * Manchu:

Noun

 * 1)  A person/people from China or of Chinese descent.
 * 2)  Chinese cuisine.
 * 3)  A meal consisting of Chinese cuisine.
 * 1)  Chinese cuisine.
 * 2)  A meal consisting of Chinese cuisine.
 * 1)  A meal consisting of Chinese cuisine.
 * 1)  A meal consisting of Chinese cuisine.

Usage notes
However, it is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonym of the country written (lit. person from China) in Chinese or  (chūgokujin) in Japanese. The ethnicity is referred to differently by different people, notably  or

Synonyms

 * , ; Chinee ; chink ;, , ,  ; , , ,  ;

Translations

 * American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
 * Arabic: صِينِيّ,
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Belarusian: кіта́ец, кітая́нка
 * Bulgarian: кита́ец, кита́йка, кита́йче
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 中國人
 * Mandarin: ; ;
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, kinamand
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ĉino, ĥino, ĉinino ,
 * Estonian:, hiinlanna
 * Faroese: kinverji, kinesari
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, chinesa
 * Georgian: ჩინელი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hawaiian: Pākē, Kina
 * Hebrew:, סִינִית
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: orang Tiongkok, orang Cina
 * Irish: Síneach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 중국 사람,
 * Latin: Sinensis
 * Macedonian: Кинез, Кинеска
 * Malay: Cina
 * Marathi: चिनी
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, kinamann, kineserinne
 * Nynorsk:, kinamann, kinesarinne
 * Occitan:, chinesa
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Sìonach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, Kineskinja, Kinac , Kinica
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: Číňan, Číňanka
 * Slovene:, Kitájka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: Mchina
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, , Tsekwa
 * Thai: คนจีน
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, китая́нка
 * Urdu: چینی
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: người Trung Quốc, người Tàu, người Hán
 * Welsh: Tsieinead
 * Yakut: кытай, китай, китаец
 * Yiddish: כינעזער, כינעזערין


 * American Sign Language: 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Shoulder-FingerBack 1@Abdomen-FingerBack
 * Arabic: صِينِيّ
 * Bulgarian: кита́йска храна́
 * Burmese: တရုတ်အစာ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 中菜, 中國料理
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: čína
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: hiina toit
 * Finnish:, kiinalainen ruoka
 * French:
 * Galician: comida chinesa
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: makanan Tiongkok, makanan Tionghoa, makanan Cina
 * Italian: cibo cinese
 * Japanese: 中華料理
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 중국식(中國食),, 중화요리(中華料理), 중화료리(中華料理)
 * Lithuanian: kinų maistas
 * Marathi: चायनीज
 * Navajo: Náátsʼósí bichʼiyąʼ
 * Norwegian: kinamat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: comida chinesa
 * Romanian: mâncare chinezească
 * Russian: кита́йская ку́хня
 * Sicilian:
 * Spanish: comida china
 * Swahili: chakula cha kichina
 * Swedish:, kinakäk
 * Tagalog: lutong Intsík, lutong Tsino
 * Turkish: Çin yemeği
 * Vietnamese: đồ (ăn) Tàu


 * Breton: ,
 * Persian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) woman from China

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A Chinese person, particularly a Han Chinese person
 * 2) Chinese restaurant