Chinese: alternatives and connections

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Chinese

Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

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Asian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

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Asiatic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.

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Boxer 76% connected

One who packs boxes.

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Chink 76% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

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Mandarin 76% connected

A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

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