CHINESE Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word chinese. (close relations)
Definition of CHINESE
chinaware
Best Alternative Words for CHINESE
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cantonese | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China | ||||||||
mandarin | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China • shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia • a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group • any high government official or bureaucrat • a high public official of imperial China • a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China | ||||||||
sinitic | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture noun • a group of Sino-Tibetan languages | ||||||||
formosan | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language noun • the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa | ||||||||
taiwanese | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language noun • a native or inhabitant of Taiwan • any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province |