Chinese
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Chinese/tʃʌɪˈniːz/
▶noun (pl. same)
- 1 the language of China.
- 2 a native or national of China, or a person of Chinese descent.
■ belonging to the dominant ethnic group of China (the Han).
'Chinese' also found in these Oxford entries:
artemisinin
- ba gua
- banksia rose
- Bircher
- bird's nest soup
- bonze
- Boxer
- Cantonese
- Cape jasmine
- cheongsam
- Cherokee rose
- chi
- chimonanthus
- China aster
- China rose
- Chinatown
- Chinese box
- Chinese burn
- Chinese cabbage
- Chinese chequers
- Chinese fire drill
- Chinese gooseberry
- Chinese lantern
- Chinese leaves
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese red
- Chinese wall
- Chinese whispers
- Chinese white
- Chink
- Chinky
- chinoiserie
- chopstick
- chop suey
- chow
- chow chow
- chow mein
- Confucianism
- congee
- cucumber
- Dalai Lama
- dim sum
- dove tree
- dragon boat
- Earl Grey
- egg roll
- erhu
- famille
- fan-tan
