Chinese
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Chinese refers to anything pertaining to China. Specifically, it may refer to:
- Chinese people, people of Chinese ethnicity
- 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 mainland China and 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
- 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
- Chinese cuisine, one of the richest and most diverse culinary cuisines and heritages in the world
- Chinese culture, including:
- Chinese name
Chinese may also used as a modifier for Western activities that are most likely not of Chinese origin, such as: