Chinese
n. 中文, 中国话, 中国人 a. 中国的, 中国话的
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词形变化
别名
教材释义与例句
中文，汉语；中国人
the language used in China
中国的，中国人的；中国话的
relating to China, its people, or its language
释义与例句
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1.
A person from China or of Chinese descent.
中国人
华人
唐人
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2.
Ellipsis of Chinese cuisine.
中国菜
中餐
中菜
中国料理
不可数 可数Please don't eat the Chinese. I'm saving it for later.
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3.
Ellipsis of Chinese meal (“meal consisting of Chinese cuisine”).
英国 非正式 可数 不可数We're going out tonight for a Chinese.
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4.
Ellipsis of Chinese restaurant (“restaurant serving Chinese cuisine”).
英国 非正式 可数 不可数Want to go to the Chinese after work?
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1.
Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
China has been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
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2.
Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
中国
中华
中国的
中-
汉
华
Important Chinese holidays celebrated around the world include the Chinese New Year ("Spring Festival"), Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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3.
Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.
There are four Chinese tones... five, if you count the neutral one.
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4.
As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
冒犯It's all Chinese to me.
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5.
Used with a noun to indicate a referent different from, and seemingly more exotic or unusual than, the base noun's referent.
冒犯Chinese apple, Chinese checkers, Chinese snooker
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6.
Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
过时 冒犯
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1.
The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.
不可数The Chinese have an incredible history.
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2.
The Han Chinese, whether in China or overseas.
中国人
华人
汉人
唐人
汉族
不可数The Chinese are present in all parts of the world.
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3.
The Standard Chinese language, written in Chinese characters and spoken and spelled using Standard Mandarin pronunciation.
中文
汉语
不可数你好 is read “Nǐ hǎo” and means “Hello” in Chinese.
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4.
The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
不可数Suzhounese and Hakka are lesser-known varieties of Chinese.
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5.
The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.
中文
汉字
中文字
不可数Hong Kong still uses traditional Chinese.
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词源
From China + -ese under influence of Portuguese chinês, replacing older Chinish. Doublet of chinois. In its orientalist sense of "generically exotic, backwards, or poorly organized", sometimes a deliberate marketing strategy to increase sales, as with the German Chinese checkers. In its sense related to the orientation of stage lighting's barn doors, a reference to a supposed resemblance to East Asian eyes.
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