китайский

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) +‎ -ский (-skij, “-ese”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲɪˈtajskʲɪj]
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Adjective

кита́йский • (kitájskij) (no comparative)

  1. Chinese
    Synonym: (of ethnicity, characters) ха́ньский (xánʹskij)
    Кита́йская Наро́дная Респу́блика ― Kitájskaja Naródnaja Respúblika ― People's Republic of China
    Кита́йская Респу́блика ― Kitájskaja Respúblika ― Republic of China

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: kitayski (“fake, counterfeit, insincere”)
  • → Yakut: китайскай (kitayskay)

Noun

кита́йский • (kitájskij) m inan (genitive кита́йского, nominative plural кита́йские, genitive plural кита́йских)

  1. (colloquial) the Chinese language (short for кита́йский язы́к (kitájskij jazýk))
    ты зна́ешь кита́йский? ― ty znáješʹ kitájskij? ― Do you know Chinese?

Declension

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