Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: Chinese

'Chinese'

[chinese.n.01] as in: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

'Chinese'

[chinese.n.02] as in: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

'Chinese'

[chinese.a.01] as in: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures

Examples:
Chinese food

'Chinese'

[taiwanese.a.01] as in: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

Examples:
the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh

Origins

					Chinese (English)
├── -ese (English)
│   └── -eis (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│       └── -ensis (Latin)
└── China (English)
    └── چینی (Persian)