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 |