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learning Chinese

learning Chinese is the present participle and gerund of learn Chinese.

Meaning of learn Chinese

Verb

learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)

  1. (derogatory, slang) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.
    • Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.2024 January 7, @UTDTrey, Twitter
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese.

Questions about learning Chinese

What is learning Chinese the present participle and gerund of?
Learning Chinese is the present participle and gerund of learn Chinese.

Words near learning Chinese in the dictionary

  1. learnify
  2. learnifying
  3. learnin'
  4. learning
  5. learning by teaching
  6. learning Chinese
  7. learning content management system
  8. learning content management systems
  9. learning curve
  10. learning curves
  11. learning diffculty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: learning Chinese (page history and authors); learn Chinese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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