Chinese
From the Orient
Chinese refers to anything related to China—its people, languages, or culture.
As a noun, it means a person from China or of Chinese descent, or the family of languages spoken there, especially Mandarin: She's learning Chinese.
As an adjective: Chinese food, Chinese medicine, Chinese characters.
The phrase Chinese fire drill (chaotic confusion) is considered offensive.
High-ranking government official
- tonesDistinct sound qualities
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
simplified · traditional · strokes · logograms · homophones · Shanghainese · Hokkien · classifiers
Successive family rulers
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
- scholar-officialsExam-selected Chinese administrators
- pagodaTiered Asian temple tower
Filled dough parcels
- noodlesBoiled dough strands
- hotpotShared simmering broth meal
- SichuanSouthwestern Chinese province
- stirfryQuick high-heat cooking
rice · tea · baozi · chopsticks · wok · tofu · congee · mooncake
Philosophy of the Way
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- ConfucianismChinese ethical philosophy
- DaoismPhilosophy of natural harmony
- yinyangDual force emblem
qi · Laozi · Mencius · Analects · filial piety · harmony · virtue · meditation
China's largest ethnicity
Ornate autumn festival pastry
Bristled cleaning tool
- inkstoneSlab for grinding pigment
- strokesGentle touches, swimming styles
- coupletsPaired rhyming verse lines
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
cursive · clerical · regular · running · scrolls · hanging scroll · red ink · chop
In foreign countries
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- laundryItems needing cleaning
- railroadPermanent track for trains
remittance · homeland · sojourner · exclusion · assimilation
Mandarin
High-ranking government official
- tonesDistinct sound qualities
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- charactersPersons in a narrative
radicals · simplified · traditional · strokes · logograms · homophones · Shanghainese · Hokkien · classifiers · Hanzi
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
- scholar-officialsExam-selected Chinese administrators
dumplings
Filled dough parcels
stirfry · rice · tea · baozi · chopsticks · wok · tofu · congee · mooncake · ginger
Taoism
Philosophy of the Way
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- ConfucianismChinese ethical philosophy
- DaoismPhilosophy of natural harmony
yinyang · qi · Laozi · Mencius · Analects · filial piety · harmony · virtue · meditation · Zen
Han
China's largest ethnicity
- ManchuTungusic people of Manchuria
- UyghurTurkic Muslim ethnic group
- MongolCentral Asian pastoral people
Tibetan · Korean · Li · Kazakh · minority · autonomous · diversity
mooncake
Ornate autumn festival pastry
brush
Bristled cleaning tool
- inkstoneSlab for grinding pigment
- strokesGentle touches, swimming styles
- coupletsPaired rhyming verse lines
seal · cursive · clerical · regular · running · scrolls · hanging scroll · red ink · chop
overseas
In foreign countries
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- laundryItems needing cleaning
railroad · remittance · homeland · sojourner · exclusion · assimilation
- AsiaIndia, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam
- cuisinesItalian cuisine, French cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Mexican cuisine, Indian cuisine
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, German, French, Japanese
- NationalitiesAmerican, Australian, Brazilian, British, Canadian
- school subjectsmath, English, science, history, reading
- architecture stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, minimalism, modernism, Modernism
ChineseJapanese
Of or from Nippon
Korean · Taiwanese · Vietnamese · Mongolian · Tibetan
- Chinese foodCuisine from the East
- Chinese New YearEast Asian lunar celebration
- Chinese astrologyAnimal-based birth year system
- mainland ChineseFrom the continent, not islands
- Chinese medicineTraditional Asian healing system
- Chinese nationalismPride in China's identity