Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [chahy-neez, -nees]
- /tʃaɪˈniz, -ˈnis/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [chahy-neez, -nees]
- /tʃaɪˈniz, -ˈnis/
Definitions of chinese's word
- noun plural chinese's the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin. 1
- noun plural chinese's a group of languages of the Sino-Tibetan family, including standard Chinese and most of the other languages of China. Abbreviation: Chin., Chin. 1
- noun plural chinese's any of the Chinese languages, which vary among themselves to the point of mutual unintelligibility. 1
- noun plural chinese's a native or descendant of a native of China. 1
- adjective chinese's of or relating to China, its inhabitants, or one of their languages. 1
- adjective chinese's noting or pertaining to the partly logographic, partly phonetic script used for the writing of Chinese, Japanese, and other languages, consisting of thousands of brushstroke characters written in vertical columns from right to left. 1
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Origin of chinese's
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; Chin(a) + -ese
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Chinese's
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chinese's popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
See also
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