English Dictionary

Chinese

/t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/

adj

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.

She bought a beautiful Chinese dress.

意味（1）

Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.

In this instance, when the Chairman of the Accuracy in Media spoke out strongly against the Chinese Communist system of pin yin spelling, he was not criticizing any bias or unreliability of news presentation but specifically the inconvenience and confusion caused by the pin yin spelling of Chinese names.

意味（2）

Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.

Important Chinese holidays celebrated around the world include the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

意味（3）

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.

The construction of a verbal system which is fairly regular and at the same time based on existing languages is a most difficult task, because in no other domain of the grammar do languages retain a greater number of ancient irregularities and differ more fundamentally from one another. Still an attempt will be made here to conciliate the two points of view and to bring about something which resembles the simple Chinese grammar without, however, losing its European character or the power of expressing nuances to which we are accustomed in our own languages.

意味（4）

(in phrases, sometimes offensive) As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.

It's all Chinese to me.

意味（5）

(of film and video lighting, offensive, dated) Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.

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