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Chinese refers to anything pertaining to China. Specifically, it may refer to:

  • 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
    • 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

See also

Chinese may also used as a modifier for Western activities that are most likely not of Chinese origin, such as:

For the etymology of the word Chinese, see Names of China.