Chinese 5347 205518997 2008-04-14T09:24:22Z Ary29 64395 it {{Wiktionary}} '''Chinese''' refers to anything pertaining to '''[[China]]'''. Specifically, it may refer to: * [[Chinese people]], people of Chinese ethnicity and/or nationality ** ''[[Zhonghua minzu]]'', the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality ** [[Han Chinese]], the dominant ethnic group in China ** [[Ethnic minorities in China]], the non-Han Chinese population in [[People's Republic of China|mainland China]] and [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] ** [[Overseas Chinese]], people of Chinese ancestry who live outside China * [[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 * [[Written Chinese]], the writing system of China. ''See also'' [[Chinese character]] ** [[Hanja]] Chinese characters used in writing [[Korean language]] ** [[Kanji]] Chinese characters used in writing [[Japanese language]] ** [[Romanization of Chinese]], with several systems ** [[Simplified Chinese character]], officially used in [[Mainland China]], [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]], and used in some [[Overseas Chinese]] communities. ** [[Traditional Chinese character]], officially used in [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]], and used by many Overseas Chinese communities. * [[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 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 poker]] *[[Chinese whispers]] *[[Chinese pie]] (Pâté chinois) For the etymology of the word '''Chinese''', see [[Names of China]]. <!-- Please do not remove these comments. They are extremely helpful for repairing links to this disambiguation page, using CorHomo software: [[People's Liberation Army]] [[Military history of China]] [[Military of the People's Republic of China]] [[Military of the Republic of China]] [[Sports in China]] [[Cinema of China]] [[Media of the People's Republic of China]] [[Chinese martial arts]] --> {{disambig}} [[de:Chinesisch]] [[fr:Chinois]] [[gl:Chinés]] [[it:Cinese]] [[ms:Cina]] [[nl:Chinees]] [[nn:Kinesisk]] [[pt:Chinês]] [[sk:Čínsky]]