1. chinese

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

2. chinese

a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

3. chinese

of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures

Example Sentences:
'Chinese food'

4. chinese, formosan, taiwanese

of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

Example Sentences:
'the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh'

• formosan
• taiwanese