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Chinese Definition

Chi·nese (c̸hī nēz′, c̸hī nēs′; for adj., also c̸hī′nēz′)

noun

  1. pl. -·nese′ a person born or living in China or a descendant of the people of China
  2. the standard language of China, based on Beijing speech; Mandarin
  3. any of the various Sino-Tibetan languages of China, including, among others, Mandarin and Cantonese
  4. the group consisting of these languages
  5. Informal Chinese food

Etymology: OFr Chineis (Fr Chinois)

adjective

of China or its people, languages, or culture

Chinese Synonyms

Chinese

modif.

Sinitic, Han, Sino-, Celestial; see Asian 1, 2.

Chinese Quotes

Je suis autant Chinois que Fran c° ais. I am as much Chinese as French.

—Flaubert, Gustave

The imperialists brought the Chinese people cannons rather than flowers, death instead of 'human rights'† How can they be in a position to instruct us on'civil rights'?

—People's Daily

The Chinese are the aristocracy of the East.

—Maugham,W(illiam) Somerset

We are ruined by Chinese cheap labour.

—Harte, (Francis) Bret

Why haven't Igot a real'home'öa real lifeöwhyhaven't Igot a Chinesenurse with green trousers and two babies who rush at me and clasp my knees? I'm not a girlöI'm a woman. I want things†all this love and joy that fights for outletöand all this life drying up, like milk in an old breast.

—Beauchamp

Wesit†and lookout attheboysintheir happy play†we kneel still with one little cheek wistfully pressed against the pane†and we go and stand before the glass.We see the complexion we were not to spoil, and the white frock† Then the curse begins to act upon us. It finishes its work when we are grown women, who no more look out wistfullyat a more healthy life; we are contented.We fit our sphere as a Chinese woman's foot fits her shoe, exactly, as though God made bothöand yet he knows nothing of either.

—Iron

Corruption is more than a poison afflicting Chinese business life. It is Chinese business life.

—The Economist

It's all honourable enough in its way, but it creates societies which simply cannot sustain any kind of democratic structure. It always leads to totalitarian and corrupt tyrannies† There's no tradition of moral individual courage in Chinese culture.

—Mo,Timothy

Frankly speaking, it is difficult to trust the Chinese.Once bitten bya snake, you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.

—Dalai Lama originally Tenzin Gyatso

Which I wish to remarkö And my language is plainö That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar, Which the same I would rise to explain.

—Harte, (Francis) Bret

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. Theyare relentless survivors† They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break.

—Buck, Pearl ne¤  e Sydenstricker

The typical Westerner wishes to be the cause of as many changes as possible in his environment; the typical Chinese wishes to enjoy as much and as delicately as possible.

—Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl

We said to the Chinese,'You have behaved very ill; we have had to teach you better manners; it has cost us something to do it, but we will send our bill in, and you must pay our charges.' That was done, and they have certainly profited by the lesson. They have become free traders too.

—Palmerston, HenryJohnTemple, 3rd Viscount