Kilo Lingo

/ˌtʃaɪˈniːz/

Line drawing of Chinese
Coloured illustration of Chinese
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Translation

From China, or the language that people in China speak. It always takes a capital letter.

Word origin

From China plus the ending -ese, which English uses to name where people and languages come from.

Origin
English
Root
China

Examples

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Here "Chinese" is the name of the language.

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"Chinese" also means from China.

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"Chinese" always keeps its capital letter.

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This word is part of lesson 27.