Chinese refers to anything pertaining to China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Specifically, it may refer to:
- Chinese people, people of Chinese ethnicity and/or nationality
- Zhonghua minzu, the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality
- Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in China
- Ethnic minorities in China, the non-Han Chinese population in mainland China and Taiwan
- Overseas Chinese, people of Chinese ancestry who live outside China
- Chinese language, a language or language family that forms part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages
- Standard Mandarin, the standard spoken form of the Chinese and most commonly taught as a foreign language. The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Zhonghua minzu ( Traditional Chinese: 中華民族 ( Simplified Chinese: 中华民族 Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú sometimes translated as Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. Ethnic minorities in China refer to the non- Han Chinese population in Mainland China and Taiwan. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan It is also an official language in the predominately Chinese Singapore. Singapore
- Standard Cantonese, often officially referred to as "Chinese" in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China
- Spoken Chinese, many regional variants of the Chinese language
- Written Chinese, the writing system of China. Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. Spoken Chinese ( comprises many regional variants the largest of which are Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, and Min. Written Chinese comprises the written symbols used to represent Spoken Chinese and the rules about how they are arranged and punctuated See also Chinese character
- Hanja Chinese characters used in writing Korean language
- Kanji Chinese characters used in writing Japanese language
- Romanization of Chinese, with several systems
- Simplified Chinese character, officially used in Mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia, and used in some Overseas Chinese communities. A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with Hiragana (ひらがな 平仮名 Katakana is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities The Romanization of Chinese is the use of the Latin alphabet to write Chinese Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction Singapore For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and
- Traditional Chinese character, officially used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, and used by many Overseas Chinese communities. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics.
- Chinese cuisine, styles of cooking originating from China
See also
- Culture of China, including:
- Chinese name
Chinese may also used as a modifier for Western activities and items that are most likely not of Chinese origin, such as:
- Chinese auction
- Chinese checkers
- Chinese fire drill
- Chinese poker
- Chinese whispers
- Chinese pie (Pâté chinois)
For the etymology of the word Chinese, see Names of China. Chinese cuisine ( Traditional Chinese: 中國菜 Simplified Chinese: 中国菜 originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in The Culture of China (traditional Chinese 中國文化 simplified Chinese 中国文化 is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex Civilizations covering a history Chinese art ( Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术 has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling Dynasties of China and changing Chinese folklore has a long history going back several thousand years Chinese literature extends back thousands of years from the earliest recorded dynastic court Archives to the mature fictional Novel that arose during the Ming Dynasty Chinese mythology is a collection of Cultural history, Folktales, and Religions that have been passed down in oral or written form Chinese Poetry is the most highly regarded literary genre in China. Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River ( valley in the Neolithic era The Music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artefacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as C-pop () is an abbreviation for " Chinese Popular music ". Personal Names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. A Chinese auction is a type of Raffle (actually a combination of raffle and auction that is typically featured at charity church festival and numerous other events Chinese Checkers is a Board game that can be played by two to six people A Chinese fire drill is a Pejorative expression usually referring to a prank or perhaps an expression of high spirits that was popular in the United States during Chinese Poker, also called Russian poker or Pusoy (but not Pusoy Dos) is a card game that has been played in the Asian community Chinese Whispers is a 1987 Novella by Maurice Leitch published as a Hutchinson Novella in Australia and the United Chinese pie, ( pâté chinois) is a French Canadian dish similar to English Cottage pie and French Hachis Parmentier In China, common names for China include " Zhonghua " (zh-Hans [[wiktionary中华 中华]]/zh-Hant [[wiktionary中華 中華]] and " Zhongguo
Dictionary
Chinese
-noun
- (uncountable) The class of Sino-Tibetan dialects including Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min Nan and others. Abbreviation: Chin or Chin.
- (uncountable) The logographic writing system shared by this language family.
- (uncountable) Mandarin, the main language spoken in China.
- (used as a plural and always preceded by the) The people of China.
- All people of Chinese descent or self-identity
- (countable) A person born in China.
- (UK, countable, informal) A Chinese meal.
- (US, uncountable, informal) Chinese food.
-adjective
- Of China, its languages or people
- Unexpected, as used in the phrases Chinese whispers, Chinese burn, Chinese auction.
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