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chinese | american |

As proper nouns the difference between chinese and american

is that chinese is any of several Sinitic languages spoken in China, especially Literary Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, or Min Nan while American is the English language as spoken in the USA; American English.

As nouns the difference between chinese and american

is that chinese is the people of China while American is an indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; an American Indian. (Now chiefly with qualifying word..

As adjectives the difference between chinese and american

is that chinese is of China, its languages or people while American is of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American..

chinese

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Chinese) (en proper noun)
  • Any of several Sinitic languages spoken in China, especially Literary Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu or Min Nan.
  • The class of Sino-Tibetan dialects including Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min Nan and others.
  • The logographic writing system shared by this language family.
  • Hong Kong uses traditional Chinese .
  • Mandarin: the official language of the People's Republic of China
  • Derived terms

    * (language) Classical Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Middle Chinese, Old Chinese, Standard Written Chinese, Vernacular Chinese * (writing system) Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The people of China.
  • The Chinese have an incredible history.
  • (uncountable) All people of Chinese descent or self-identity
  • The Chinese are present in all parts of the world.
  • (countable) A person from China or of Chinese descent.
  • The place was empty till two Chinese walked in.
  • Chinese food or meal.
  • # (British, countable, informal) A Chinese meal.
  • We're going out tonight for a Chinese .
  • # (North America, uncountable, informal) Chinese food.
  • Please don't eat the Chinese ... I'm saving it for later.
  • Usage notes

    As with all nouns formed from -ese , the countable singular form ("I am a Chinese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect, although it is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonyms written in Chinese characters or Japanese kanji.

    Synonyms

    * (person born in China) Chinaman

    Derived terms

    * American-born Chinese * American Chinese * Archaic Chinese * British-born Chinese * British Chinese * Burmese Chinese * Chinee * Chinese abacus * ) * Chinese American * (species ) * Chinese anise () * ) * Chinese Army technique * ) * Chinese auction * Chinese auricular therapy * Chinese Australian * Chinese-balance * (Bambusicola thoracicus ) * Chinese bamboo torture * ) * Chinese barbecue sauce * Chinese BASIC * Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra'' ? ''Morella rubra ) * (Platycodon grandiflorus ) * ) * (Lentinula edodes ) * Chinese blackjack * Chinese block * Chinese blue * Chinese boxes * Chinese Brazilian * Chinese British * Chinese Briton * Chinese broccoli ( ) * Chinese brown sauce * Chinese burn * Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa varieties) * Chinese calendar * Chinese Cambodian * Chinese Canadian * Chinese canonical texts * Chinese-capstan * ) * Chinese Cayman Islander * ) * Chinese celery () * ( ) * Chinese character * Chinese character encoding * ) * Chinese checkers, Chinese chequers * Chinese cherry * Chinese chess * ) * Chinese chicken salad * Chinese chikwando * Chinese Chippendale * ) * Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia ) * Chinese classic texts * Chinese copy * ) * ) * Chinese crescent * Chinese Crested * Chinese Crested Dog * (Thalasseus bernsteini ) * ) * Chinese Cuban * ) * Chinese cut * Chinese date (Ziziphus jujuba ) * Chinese deity * Chinese desert cat (Felis bieti ) * (Chinese dormouse) () * Chinese dragon * (Chinese egg gooseberry) () * Chinese egg noodles * (Solanum melongena varieties) * (Egretta eulophotes ) * Chinese eight-ball * (Chinese elm) () * ) * Chinese fried rice * Chinese frog * Chinese fuseki * ) * Chinese garden * Chinese gelatin, Chinese gelatine * ) * Chinese glue * Chinese gong * (Anser cygnoides ) * Chinese gooseberry (Actinidia'' spp., esp. and ''Actinidia deliciosa ) * (Accipiter soloensis ) * Chinese grapefruit (Citrus maxima ) * ) * Chinese gybe * ) * Chinese hamster () * Chinese hand analysis * Chinese handball * Chinese handcuffs * Chinese head tax * Chinese hedge * Chinese herbal medicine * Chinese herb tea * ) * ) * ) * Chinese house church * Chinese hypothesis * Chinese indigo () * Chinese Indonesian * Chinese ink * Chinese isinglass * (Ziziphus jujuba ) * Chinese jump rope * Chinese juniper () * Chinese kale ( ) * ) * Chinese Korean * Chinese lacquer * ) * Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi ) * (Physalis alkekengi ) * Chinese laundry * Chinese layering * ( ) * ) * (Lactuca sativa cultivars}) * Chinese linking rings * (Ixobrychus sinensis ) * ) * ) * Chinese lug * ) * Chinese mantis () * Chinese marble * ) * General Chinese * hacked by Chinese * Han Chinese * Indo-Chinese * Korean Chinese * Literary Chinese * Malaysian Chinese * overseas Chinese * Singaporean Chinese * South African Chinese * Straits Chinese * Thai Chinese * Vietnamese Chinese

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of China, its languages or people
  • * 1928 , (Otto Jespersen), An International Language , page 82
  • The construction of a verbal system which is fairly regular and at the same time based on existing languages is a most difficult task, because in no other domain of the grammar do languages retain a greater number of ancient irregularities and differ more fundamentally from one another. Still an attempt will be made here to conciliate the two points of view and to bring about something which resembles the simple Chinese grammar without, however, losing its European character or the power of expressing nuances to which we are accustomed in our own languages.
  • Exotic; unfamiliar; unexpected; used in phrases such as Chinese whispers, Chinese handcuffs, and Chinese checkers.
  • Derived terms

    * Chinese checkers * Chinese handcuffs * Chinese lantern * Chinese paper * Chinese room * Chinese wax * Chinese whispers

    Synonyms

    * (sense) Sinic, Sino- (prefix)

    See also

    * (zh) * Putonghua * Guoyu * Huayu * Guanhua * Hanyu * Zhongwen

    american

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; an American Indian. (Now chiefly with qualifying word.)
  • * 2007 , James Twitchell, Shopping for God, p 47
  • And in the efforts of American Muslims to achieve a more market-savvy Islam. Just look at Wicca
  • * 1711 , (Joseph Addison), The Spectator , 56.1:
  • The Americans believe that all creatures have souls.
  • * 2012 , (Jonathan Keates), ‘Mon Père, ce héros’, Literary Review , 402:
  • Within a few months the ‘slave Alexandre’ had been successfully transformed into what, across the Channel, was called a ‘blackamoor dandy’. Parisians preferred the more politely euphemistic term ‘American ’.
  • An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American'', ''Central American'' or ''South American.
  • Every American' s origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Asia and a migration to the New World over frozen Bering Strait turns out to be correct.
  • Originally, a native or inhabitant of the British North American colonies of European descent; now, a person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
  • * 2008 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 9 Aug 2008:
  • They say Americans don't walk. Well, they do in the Navajo Nation - because even if northern Arizona has gigabytes of photogenic vistas, getting out of the car is the only way to get your boots covered in desert dust and soak up the silence.

    Synonyms

    *Western Hemispherian, New Worlder * Americunt

    Derived terms

    * Central American * North American * South American * Americanoid

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
  • * 1942', We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in '''American . — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
  • Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, .
  • Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
    He married an American''' woman in order to get an '''American passport.
  • *
  • Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor.

    Usage notes

    Sometimes (usually outside of the USA) used pejoratively (see also anti-Americanism).

    Synonyms

    * Western Hemispherian, New Worlder * (US American) United Statesian, USAian, Usanian, Usonian, US American, US-ian; (in Cockney rhyming slang: ) Septic, Usonan

    Hypernyms

    * (US American) North Atlanticist

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from American) * Americanese * Americanism * Americanize * Americanization * American aloe * American ash * American Black English * American chameleon * American crocodile * American dream * American dun-bar * American eagle * American elm * American English * American Falls * American Fork * American foxhound * American fries * American goldfinch * American gothic * American Legion * American option * American pit bull terrier * American plan * American Revised Version * American Revolution * American saddle horse * American share * American shorthair * American Spanish * American Staffordshire terrier * American Standard Version * American style option * American Thanksgiving * American War of Independence * American water spaniel * Latin-American Spanish * US Americans (American)

    See also

    * Yankee * Yank

    References

    * (North America) * (South America) * (United States of America)

    Anagrams

    * * * English eponyms