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CHINESE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chinese" is a kind of...):
Sinitic; Sinitic language (a group of Sino-Tibetan languages)
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Chinese"):
Beijing dialect; Mandarin; Mandarin Chinese; Mandarin dialect (the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China)
Shanghai dialect; Wu; Wu dialect (a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta)
Cantonese; Cantonese dialect; Yue; Yue dialect (the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China)
Amoy; Fukien; Fukkianese; Hokkianese; Min; Min dialect; Taiwanese (any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province)
Hakka; Hakka dialect (a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chinese" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Chinese"):
Chinaman; chink ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)
Boxer (a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China)
Hakka (a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century)
mandarin (a high public official of imperial China)
Holonyms ("Chinese" is a member of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
China; Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan (a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures
Example:
Chinese food
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
China (a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language
Example:
the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
One of the isomers of elemene, a lipid soluble sesquiterpene and the active component isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Rhizoma zedoariae with potential antineoplastic and chemopreventive activities.
(Beta-elemene, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug derived from a betulinic acid-like compound, first isolated from the Chinese herb Syzygium claviflorum, with activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(Bevirimat, NCI Thesaurus)
In traditional Chinese medicine, a condition described as slowing or pooling of blood, which may cause pain or other symptoms.
(Blood stasis, NCI Dictionary)
A dimeglumine formulation of bevirimat, a drug derived from a betulinic acid-like compound, first isolated from the Chinese herb Syzygium claviflorum, with activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(Bevirimat Dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)
Herbs used in Chinese Herbal Therapy for toxicity attenuation.
(Chinese Herbs, NCI Thesaurus)
In traditional Chinese medicine, meridians are channels that form a network in the body, through which qi (vital energy) flows.
(Chinese meridian theory, NCI Dictionary)
In traditional Chinese medicine, one of 20 channels that form a network through which qi (the body's vital energy) flows and that connect the body’s acupuncture sites.
(Meridian, NCI Dictionary)
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is also thought to increase the flow of qi (vital energy).
(Cupping, NCI Dictionary)
In traditional Chinese medicine, a type of heat therapy in which an herb is burned on or above the skin to warm and stimulate an acupuncture point or affected area.
(Moxibustion, NCI Dictionary)
Also called TCM and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
(Oriental medicine, NCI Dictionary)
