Chinese

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

1. Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
2. Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
3. Of, from, or related to a language native to Han Chinese persons, often used generally of Chinese characters or particularly to refer to Standard Mandarin.
4. As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China.
5. Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.

Name

1. The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.
2. The Han Chinese, whether in China or overseas.
3. The Standard Chinese language, written in Chinese characters and spoken and spelled using Standard Mandarin pronunciation.
4. The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
5. The logographic writing system shared by most Sinitic languages.

Noun

1. A person/people from China or of Chinese descent.
2. Ellipsis of Chinese cuisine.
3. (informal) Ellipsis of Chinese meal (“meal consisting of Chinese cuisine”).

Konzepte

Chinesisch

Chinese

chinesisch

Chinesin

Chinesen

Chinesinnen

die Chinesen

China

Reich der Mitte

Ausländer

Fremder

-n

Chinese <i>m</i> -n

Hochchinesisch

Mandarin

Putonghua

Wu

Kantonese

Kantonesin

Kantonesisch

Yue

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From China + -ese under influence of Portuguese chinês, replacing older Chinish. Doublet of chinois. In its orientalist sense of "generically exotic, backwards, or poorly organized", sometimes a deliberate marketing strategy to increase sales, as with the German Chinese checkers. In its sense related to the orientation of stage lighting's barn doors, a reference to a supposed resemblance to East Asian eyes.

Sätze

Stylistically , the music is a blend of Western avant-garde and Chinese opera .

Stylistisch gesehen ist die Musik eine Mischung aus westlicher Avantgarde und chinesischer Oper.