1. (

• Chinese

) any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system ;

2. (

• Chinese

) a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China ;

1. (

• Chinese

) of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food" ;

2. (

• Taiwanese ,
• Chinese ,
• Formosan

) of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" ;