Chinese

අමතර අවධානයට: chinese

ඉංග්‍රීසි

නිරුක්තිය

From China +‎ -ese under influence of Portuguese chinês, replacing older Chinish. Doublet of chinois. In its orientalist sense of "generically exotic, backwards, or poorly organized", sometimes a deliberate marketing strategy to increase sales, as with the German Chinese checkers. In its sense related to the orientation of stage lighting's barn doors, a reference to a supposed resemblance to East Asian eyes.

උච්චාරණය

(UK) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/; (sometimes) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪniːz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/; (sometimes) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪˌniz/
(Canada, idle-idol split) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃʌɪˈniz/, /ˈt͡ʃʌɪˌniz/
- (Ontario) IPA^(key): [(ˌ)t͡ʃəɪˈniːz], [ˈt͡ʃəɪˌniːz]
ඕඩියෝ (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːz

නාම විශේෂණ පදය

Chinese (not generally comparable, comparative more Chinese, superlative most Chinese)

චීන
China has been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
(මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 1980 නොවැම්බර් 30, “Communist China's 'Pin Yin' system causes confusion among foreigners”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXI, number 47, Taipei, page 1:
  In this instance, when the Chairman of the "Accuracy in Media" spoke out strongly against the Chinese Communist system of "pin yin" spelling, he was not criticizing any bias or unreliability of news presentation but specifically the inconvenience and confusion caused by the "pin yin" spelling of Chinese names.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 2021 දෙසැම්බර් 13, Sean Lyngaas, “US warns hundreds of millions of devices at risk from newly revealed software vulnerability”, in CNN‎:
  Experts told CNN it could take weeks to address the vulnerabilities and that suspected Chinese hackers are already attempting to exploit it.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

සංඥා නාම පදය

Chinese

(නොගැණිය හැකි, collective) චීන ජාතිකයෝ.
The Chinese have an incredible history.
(මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 1900, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge, The North American Review, volume 171, page 390:
  If the Chinese were a people like the Russians, the Germans or the French, we (I address chiefly American and British readers) would observe any marked increase in their industrial activity or in their national aggressiveness with some misgiving, possibly, but […]
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 1934, Chinese Affairs, volume 65, page 23:
  I have given these points to make it clear that the Chinese are a people of strong emotion; and that this emotion is highest and purest when running in the channels of filial piety and loyalty.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 2002, Sino-American Relations, volume 28, page 60:
  After Pearl Harbor, American sympathy for the Chinese grew even stronger, for the Chinese were a people who had long been bravely resisting Japanese aggressors.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 2019 සැප්තැම්බර් 30, Jiang Jiang, “I am proud of my country”, in Times of Malta:
  China is a country with a 5,000 year uninterrupted civilisation, and the Chinese are a people that keep moving forward amid trials and tribulations.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

නාම පදය

Chinese (countable and uncountable, බහුවචන Chinese or Chineses)

(countable, chiefly in the plural) A person/people from China or of Chinese descent.
- 1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE IV. FO-KYEN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎, volume I, London, →OCLC, page 88:
  If the Chineſe had Liberty to ſettle in Formoſa, ſeveral Families would gladly tranſplant themſelves thither ; but in order thereto they muſt obtain Paſsports from the Mandarins of China, who grant them with Difficulty, and not without taking Security.
  The Mandarins are very careful to examine all that paſs into or out of the Iſland, and ſome of them extort Money under-hand. This extraordinary Precaution is the Effect of good Policy eſpecially as the Tartars are Maſters of China ; for Formoſa is a Place of great Importance, and if a Chineſe ſhould ſeize it, he might raiſe great Troubles in the Empire : ſo that the Emperor keeps a Garriſon there of ten thouſand Men, commanded by a Tſong-ping, or Lieutenant-General, two Fû-tſyang, or Major-General, and ſeveral inferior Officers; who are chang’d duely every three years, or oftner, if there be Occaſion.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 1999, Lydia Laube, Bound for Vietnam‎, →ISBN, page 24:
  But I had the unmitigated pleasure of watching a family of four Chinese struggle to use knives and forks to [eat] their bacon and eggs.
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
(නොගැණිය හැකි) Chinese cuisineEllipsis of .
Please don't eat the Chinese. I'm saving it for later.
(මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
- 1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 73:
  "Do you like to eat Chinese?
  (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
(UK, countable, colloquial) Chinese meal (“meal consisting of Chinese cuisine”)Ellipsis of .
We're going out tonight for a Chinese.
(මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
(UK, countable, colloquial) Chinese restaurant (“restaurant serving Chinese cuisine”)Ellipsis of .
Want to go to the Chinese after work?
(මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

භාවිත සටහන්

සැකිල්ල:U:en:-ese However, -ese used in this sense is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation.