Chinese
German, noun/çiˈneːzə/
Chinese is spelled C-H-I-N-E-S-E (7 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chinese is a German masculine noun meaning “A Chinese person, particularly a Han Chinese person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Staatsbürger von China”.
What does Chinese mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA Chinese person, particularly a Han Chinese person
- 2
masculineChinese restaurant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Staatsbürger von China 2. Mensch, dessen Vorfahren aus China kommen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Chinese
- Chinesen genitive
- Chinesin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chinese?
- /çiˈneːzə/
- /ʃiˈneːzə/
- Austria /kiˈneːzə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Chinese
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Chinese in German?
Chinese appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).