Chinees

See also: chinees, chinées, and chineés

English

Noun

Chinees

1. plural of Chinee

Anagrams

• Chinese, Eischen, seechin'

Dutch

Etymology

From China +‎ -ees.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈneːs/

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• Hyphenation: Chi‧nees
• Rhymes: -eːs

Proper noun

Chinees n

1. Chinese (language)

Adjective

Chinees (comparative Chineser, superlative meest Chinees or Chineest)

1. Chinese

Declension

Declension of Chinees
uninflected	Chinees
inflected	Chinese
comparative	Chineser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Chinees	Chineser	het Chineest het Chineeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Chinese	Chinesere	Chineeste
	n. sing.	Chinees	Chineser	Chineeste
	plural	Chinese	Chinesere	Chineeste
definite		Chinese	Chinesere	Chineeste
partitive		Chinees	Chinesers	—

Derived terms

• Chineesheid
• Chinees-Indisch
• Chinese
• Chinese kool
• Chinese vrijwilliger
• Chinese zaagbek
• Chinese zilverreiger
• orichinees

Noun

Chinees m (plural Chinezen, diminutive Chineesje n, feminine Chinese)

1. a Chinese person
2. (Netherlands, colloquial) a Chinese or Chinese-Indonesian restaurant
3. (Suriname, colloquial) a corner store or supermarket run by an ethnic Chinese person

Derived terms

• afhaalchinees
• Chinezin
• meeneemchinees

Descendants

• Javindo: Sinees
• → Lokono: sjinésji
• → Sranan Tongo: Sneisi
  • → Kari'na: sinesi
  • → Wayana: sineisi

Noun

Chinees n (uncountable)

1. Chinese food

   Oh zo, ik dacht dat je het Chinees bedoelde. ― Ah like that, I thought you were talking about the Chinese food.

Derived terms

• chinezen

Anagrams

• Chinese

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Chinese 秦 (*zin)der.?

Sanskrit चीन (cīna)bor.

Hindi चीन (cīn)bor.?

Portuguese China

Portuguese -ês

Brazilian Portuguese chinêsbor.

Hunsrik Chinees

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese chinês.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈneːs/
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Syllabification: Chi‧nees

Noun

Chinees m (plural Chineese)

1. Chineseman