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Chinese-ish

Chinese-ish adjective: somewhat Chinese.

Adjective

Chinese-ish (comparative more Chinese-ish, superlative most Chinese-ish)

  1. (informal) Somewhat Chinese.
    • Thanks but this is a real problem. The chineseish text (which we've since learned is not chinese) appears to be from some problem with the ATI Mach64 X windows server. Anybody with a solution, please respond.1996 March 25, Jeff Templon, “Netscape spontaneously changes font to Chinese or Somesuch”, in comp.os.linux.x (Usenet), retrieved 12 Sep 2022
    • Twinky, yeah... I see traces of ketchup in quite a few Chinese-ish recipes.2001 March 14, Jack B, “Soy Sauce Question”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), retrieved 12 Sep 2022

Forms of Chinese-ish

comparativemore Chinese-ish
superlativemost Chinese-ish
alternative formChineseish

Questions about Chinese-ish

What does Chinese-ish mean?
Chinese-ish means somewhat Chinese.
What part of speech is Chinese-ish?
Chinese-ish is an adjective.

Words near Chinese-ish in the dictionary

  1. Chinese yam
  2. Chinese yo-yo
  3. Chinese yo-yos
  4. Chinese zodiac
  5. Chinese-Filipino
  6. Chinese-ish
  7. Chinese-like
  8. Chineselike
  9. Chinesely
  10. Chineseman
  11. Chinesemen

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