CHINESE


Meaning of CHINESE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ chī-ˈnēz, -ˈnēs ]

noun

( plural Chinese )

Date: 1606

1.

a. : a native or inhabitant of China

b. : a person of Chinese descent

2. : a group of related languages used by the people of China that are often mutually unintelligible in their spoken form but share a single system of writing and that constitute a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family ; especially : mandarin

• Chinese adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.