| chinese | (n) 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 |
| chinese | (n) a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China |
| chinese | (adj) of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures |
| chinese alligator | (n) small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits, Syn. Alligator sinensis |
| chinese angelica | (n) similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China, Syn. Aralia stipulata, Chinese angelica tree |
| chinese anise | (n) anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine, Syn. star aniseed, star anise |
| chinese brown sauce | (n) a sauce based on soy sauce, Syn. brown sauce |
| chinese cabbage | (n) plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia, Syn. pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis, napa, celery cabbage |
| chinese cabbage | (n) elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves, Syn. Chinese celery, celery cabbage |
| chinese checkers | (n) a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point, Syn. Chinese chequers |
| Chinese | a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chinese paper. See India paper, under India. --
Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccidæ especially Coccus Sinensis. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Chinese | n. sing. & pl. 1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | . Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reënacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Chinese-red | adj. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
Syn. -- vermilion, vermillion, cinibar. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| 元 | [yuán, ㄩㄢˊ, 元] Chinese monetary unit; dollar; primary; first; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368); surname Yuan #55 [Add to Longdo] |
| 里 | [lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ, 里] Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km); neighborhood; hometown; surname Li #83 [Add to Longdo] |
| 正 | [zhēng, ㄓㄥ, 正] Chinese 1st month of year #379 [Add to Longdo] |
| 合 | [hé, ㄏㄜˊ, 合] Chinese musical note; fit; to join #1,458 [Add to Longdo] |
| 中国人 | [Zhōng guó rén, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ, 中 国 人 / 中 國 人] Chinese person; Chinese people #2,108 [Add to Longdo] |
| 北京时间 | [Běi jīng Shí jiān, ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ, 北 京 时 间 / 北 京 時 間] Chinese Standard Time #2,279 [Add to Longdo] |
| 汉 | [Hàn, ㄏㄢˋ, 汉 / 漢] Chinese; the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) #2,772 [Add to Longdo] |
| 中文 | [Zhōng wén, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ, 中 文] Chinese language #3,482 [Add to Longdo] |
| 汉语 | [Hàn yǔ, ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ, 汉 语 / 漢 語] Chinese language #5,366 [Add to Longdo] |
| 艾 | [ài, ㄞˋ, 艾] Chinese mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris); surname Ai #5,740 [Add to Longdo] |
| 社 | [やしろ, yashiro] (n, n-suf) (1) (abbr) (See 会社) company; association; society; (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr, suf) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc. #189 [Add to Longdo] |
| 子 | [ね, ne] (n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...) #443 [Add to Longdo] |
| 子 | [ね, ne] (n) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November) #443 [Add to Longdo] |
| 星 | [ほし, hoshi] (n) (See 星宿) Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) #574 [Add to Longdo] |
| 女 | [じょ, jo] (n, n-suf) (1) woman; girl; daughter; (2) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) #598 [Add to Longdo] |
| 書 | [しょ, sho] (n, n-suf) (1) document; book; (n) (2) penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese) #622 [Add to Longdo] |
| 頃 | [ころ(P);ごろ(P), koro (P); goro (P)] (n) (obsc) (See 畝・ほ) qing (Chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu) #651 [Add to Longdo] |
| 字 | [じ, ji] (n) (1) Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); (2) nickname; (3) section of a village #676 [Add to Longdo] |
| 室 | [むろ, muro] (n, n-suf) (1) room; (2) (obsc) wife (of someone of high rank); (3) (obsc) scabbard; (4) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (P) #684 [Add to Longdo] |
| 台 | [だい, dai] (n, n-suf) (1) stand; rack; table; (2) support; (3) belt; (ctr) (4) counter for machines, incl. vehicles; (n) (5) setting (e.g. in jewellery); (n, n-suf, ctr) (6) (See 代・だい・2, 代・だい・6) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life); (P) #686 [Add to Longdo] |
