Definition of "Chinese" :

noun: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

noun: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

adjective: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures

"Chinese food."

adjective: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language