Chinese (disambiguation)

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Chinese refers to anything or anyone originating in China:

Politics

  • China [r]: Large and populous nation, with a long tradition of scholarship [e]
  • People's Republic of China [r]: A large, one-party state in East Asia; the most populous nation on Earth, third largest by area. [e]
  • Republic of China [r]: The political state in China from 1912 to 1949, and which since then has administered Taiwan and its territories only. [e]

Language

  • Chinese language [r]: Collective term for varieties of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken in China; linguistically several different languages, but in broad cultural terms often seen as a single form. [e]
  • Mandarin language [r]: (traditional Chinese 官話, simplified 官话; pinyin Guānhuà) Sino-Tibetan language, the standard form of which constitutes 'Standard Chinese'; world's largest language by speakers, with approximately 900,000,000 users. [e]
  • Cantonese language [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Chinese characters [r]: (simplified Chinese 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字) are symbols used to write varieties of Chinese and - in modified form - other languages; world's oldest writing system in continuous use. [e]

Culture