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chinese::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | sinitic, sinitic language |
| Has types | mandarin dialect, min, min dialect, hakka, fukkianese, yue, fukien, yue dialect, cantonese dialect, amoy, cantonese, shanghai dialect, beijing dialect, taiwanese, wu, hokkianese, wu dialect, mandarin, hakka dialect, mandarin chinese |
chinese:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of Chinese
Chinese
Chinese censors allow little news of exile politics to filter into Tibet itself.
From the sacbee.com
Chinese journalists outnumbered reporters from mainstream American news outlets.
From the online.wsj.com
Chinese officials have signaled they will continue to tighten to tame inflation.
From the online.wsj.com
Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Indonesian and Indian dishes in ocean-view dining room.
From the sfgate.com
Chinese steel output in 2005 jumped 25%, to some 345 million tons, figures Fyhr.
From the businessweek.com
Chinese manufacturers, though, lack the research capabilities of the foreigners.
From the businessweek.com
Chinese tour operators are notorious for bargaining down travel and hotel costs.
From the economist.com
Chinese basketball great Yao Ming officially announced his retirement Wednesday.
From the washingtonpost.com
Chinese steal our technology, get educated here, then push the envelope further.
From the forbes.com
- 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
- Of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food"
- Taiwanese: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
- A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
- (china) a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
- (china) high quality porcelain originally made only in China
- The Sinitic languages, often synonymous with the Chinese languages, are a language family frequently postulated as one of two primary branches of Sino-Tibetan. ...
- Traditional Chinese characters refers to Chinese characters in any character set which does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. ...
- (China (album)) China is a 1979 album by the Greek artist Vangelis. Although he had never been to China, he employed Chinese instruments and compositional styles on this concept album.
