Chinese
/ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/ adjectif A1En français : chinois
- Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China. · China has been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
- Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas.
- 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. · There are four Chinese tones... five, if you count the neutral one.
- As exotic, unusual, backwards, or unorganized as someone or something from China. · It's all Chinese to me.
- Used with a noun to indicate a referent different from, and seemingly more exotic or unusual than, the base noun's referent. · Chinese apple, Chinese checkers, Chinese snooker
- Having barn doors with a horizontal orientation.
Dans la bibliothèque
When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple.”
The rest of the furniture of this privileged apartment consisted of old cabinets, filled with Chinese porcelain and Japanese vases, Lucca della Robbia faïences, and Palissy platters; of old armchairs, in which perhaps had sat Henry IV.
He was passing the Chinese Baths, and appeared to have come from the direction of the Porte Saint-Martin, and to be going towards the Madeleine.
Meanwhile, Chinese laborers faced the daunting challenge of the steep Sierra Nevada mountains.
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