Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the PRC as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number of strokes, etc.) compared to their pre-reform shapes.

A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.

(obsolete) A Chinese person. / (obsolete) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney. / (botany) Clipping of China rose: various flowers.

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.

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China. / (uncountable, collective) The Han Chinese, whether in China or overseas.

(countable) A person from China or of Chinese descent. / (uncountable) Chinese cuisine. / (UK, countable, informal) A meal consisting of Chinese cuisine.

The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.

An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols.

A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. / A chip or dent in something metallic. / (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.

(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. / (intransitive) To crack; to open. / (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.