How to Use Chinese in a Sentence

Chinese

noun
Definition of Chinesenext
  • Both messages were written in Chinese and independently translated by The News.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
  • Sesame Chinese One of the best hole-in-the-wall local Chinese restaurants in town.
    — Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
  • On a trip to Malaysia, I was introduced to a dish called Chinese Steamboat.
    — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Egg fried rice is a staple of Chinese home cooking and one of the first dishes many Chinese learn to cook.
    — Li Yuan, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Old posters, in English and Chinese, still line the deserted halls.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The Padres also are the team with Hader, a star with more usage rules than Mandarin Chinese.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • And in the last few years, as the city’s Asian population has boomed, Chinese Americans have joined them.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Her mother is Jamaican and Chinese while her father is Black and Polish.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
  • Most of the takers were Chinese seeking better jobs, better schools and greater freedom.
    — Tiffany May, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • Most of the takers were Chinese seeking better jobs, better schools and greater freedom.
    — Joy Dong, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • So did Chen, who translated the funeral sermon from Chinese to English and brought Kao’s old friends to tears.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Woods' mother once referred to her ancestry as Thai, Chinese and Dutch.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Red chiles and Sichuan pepper mingle to create the fiery, mouth-numbing flavor profile known in Chinese as mala.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Adding to its unusual status, the play is performed in Chinese by a cast of Western actors who are based in the Middle Kingdom.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Mao thought sparrows were a pest, exterminated them, and caused a famine that killed millions of Chinese.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Saweetie’s mom is Filipino and Chinese, and the former culture has always been an integral part of the rapper’s life.
    — Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
  • In 2022, Trump claimed Youngkin couldn’t have won without him and suggested the governor’s name sounded Chinese.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Mental health in Mandarin Chinese: a starter kit for dialogue.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Speaking of the Padres, figuring them out has proved as tricky as mastering Mandarin Chinese.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
  • Today, 78% of islanders describe themselves as Taiwanese, rather than Chinese or some mix.
    — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 20 May 2024
  • There are six books in this series, all of which have bilingual settings and can alternate between English and Spanish or English and Chinese.
    — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The tour features diverse local cuisines ranging from Chinese to Mexican and Filipino food.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • On Tuesday, Hong pointed to slowing rates of urbanization, with fewer rural Chinese moving to the cities for work.
    — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Those Sunday nights were the starting point of my long-lasting love affair with many Asian cuisines, particularly Chinese.
    — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Most sought-after are workers who speak Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese or Chinese.
    — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Another Chinese adoptee with the souvenir, Evangeline Kaley, a college student from the suburbs of Chicago, said her mother has the doll in a keepsake box.
    — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 28 July 2023
  • Many people my grandmother’s age and older struggle to speak Standard Chinese.
    — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • At that time, most diners were only familiar with the much more common Southern Chinese cooking out of Chinatown.
    — Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The film offers a short history, pitting the admirable Taiwanese (and Americans) against the menacing Chinese.
    — Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • The draft legislation, published last year, sparked concerns among many Chinese, who pointed to previous instances where law enforcement officials were believed to go too far in enforcing the rules.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 2 July 2024

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