Chinese

Chinese refers to anything pertaining to the Chinese people.

• Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, or one of several Chinese ethnicities
  • Zhonghua minzu（中華民族）, the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality
  • Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore
  • Ethnic minorities in China, the non-Han Chinese population in mainland China and Taiwan
  • Overseas Chinese, people of Chinese ancestry who live outside mainland China and Taiwan

• Chinese language, a language or language family that is especially associated with China or the Chinese ethnicity, and which may perhaps form part of the hypothetical Sino-Tibetan family of languages
  • Standard Chinese, the standard form of the Chinese language and most commonly taught as a foreign language. It is also an official spoken form in mainland China and Taiwan, and the predominantly Chinese Singapore.
  • other varieties of Chinese

• Written Chinese, the writing system of China
  • Chinese character (Hanzi)
  • Traditional Chinese characters, officially used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, and used by many Overseas Chinese communities.
  • Simplified Chinese characters, officially used in Mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia, and used in some Overseas Chinese communities.
  • Romanization of Chinese, with several systems
  • Hanja, Chinese characters used in writing Korean language
  • Kanji（漢字）, Chinese characters used in writing Japanese language

• Chinese cuisine, styles of cooking originating from China

See also

• Culture of China, including:
  • Chinese art
  • Chinese folklore
  • Chinese literature
  • Chinese mythology
  • Chinese poetry
  • History of China
  • Music of China, including C-pop
  • Chinese dance (disambiguation)
• Chinese name

Chinese may also used as a modifier for Western activities and items that are most likely not of Chinese origin, such as:

• Chinese auction
• Chinese checkers
• Chinese fire drill
• Chinese jump rope
• Chinese poker
• Chinese whispers
• Chinese pie (Pâté chinois)

For the etymology of the word Chinese, see Names of China.

Other

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