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