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Chinese refers to anything pertaining to ''' China '''. Specifically, it may refer to:


  • Chinese Language , a language or language family that forms part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages

  • --- Standard Mandarin , the standard spoken form of the Chinese and most commonly taught as a foreign language. It is also an official language in the predominately Chinese Singapore .

  • --- Standard Cantonese , often officially referred to as "Chinese" in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China

  • --- Spoken Chinese , many regional variants of the Chinese language





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

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