| 释义 |
chi·nese
I. \(ˈ)chī|nēz, -ēs\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: China + English -ese
1.
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of China
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Chinese
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a Chinese language or of the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family
II. noun
Usage: capitalized
1. pl chinese : a native or inhabitant of China or one of his descendants
2. -s : a group of related languages mutually unintelligible in their spoken form but sharing a single system of writing in which the visual symbols directly represent words regardless of the sounds involved used by the people of China and constituting a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family; specifically : mandarin — see amoy, cantonese, foochow, hakka, pekingese, swatow, wu |