Chinois — meaning in English

English meaning

• chinaman noun In cricket, a type of spin delivery bowled by a left-handed bowler that turns unexpectedly toward a right-handed batter.
• Chinese adj Relating to China, its people, or their culture.
• gibberish noun Speech or writing that makes no sense or is impossible to understand.

Senses

Chinois is used for these senses in English:

• Chinaman (dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.
• 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.
• Sinitic Of or pertaining to China or the Chinese peoples
• chinois (cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer.
• gibberish Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

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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