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Definition of
Chinese noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Chinese
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˌtʃaɪˈniz
/
/
,
NAmE
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/
ˌtʃaɪˈnis
/
/
(
pl.
Chi‧nese
)
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1
[
countable
]
a person from China, or whose family was originally from China
2
[
uncountable
]
the language of China
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Chinese
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