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kiinalainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Chinese adj Relating to China, its people, or their culture.

Senses

kiinalainen is used for these senses in English:

  • Chinese (countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.
  • Chinese (uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.
  • Chinese (uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.
  • Sino- A combining form relating to China or the Chinese, in those terms' various senses.
  • made in China (idiomatic) Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, (especially) if made in East Asia.

Chinese — full definition

  1. adj Relating to China, its people, or their culture.
  2. name The Chinese language, especially Standard Mandarin, written in Chinese characters.

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