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- Chinese - a. - Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
- Chinese - n. sing. & pl. - A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
- Chinese - n. sing. & pl. - The language of China, which is monosyllabic.
- Lorcha - n. - A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
- King - n. - A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.
- Li - n. - A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See Cash.
- Dzeron - n. - The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.
- Soy - n. - A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
- Badian - n. - An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.
- Galangal - n. - The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
- Fo - n. - The Chinese name of Buddha.
- Insularity - n. - Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.
- Crackle - n. - A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.
- Ginseng - n. - A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.
- Feitsui - n. - The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.
- Ting - n. - The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
- Packfong - n. - A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
- Cerotene - n. - A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.
- Crocin - n. - The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora.
- Yin - n. - A Chinese weight of 2/ pounds.
- Chopstick - n. - One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
- Li - n. - A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.
- Cerotin - n. - A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.
- Confucianism - n. - The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god.
- Crocetin - n. - A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow.
- Swanpan - n. - The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
- Calin - n. - An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.
- Ceryl - n. - A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.