No. 1,176 in Portuguese
chinês
Chinese.
In a sentence
Eu quero aprender chinês.
I want to learn Chinese.
In this sentence, 'chinês' is used as a noun to refer to the Chinese language.
Aquele rapaz é chinês.
That boy is Chinese.
Here, 'chinês' acts as an adjective to describe the nationality of the boy, indicating that he is from China.
Comprei um livro chinês.
I bought a Chinese book.
In this case, 'chinês' is used as an adjective to describe the book, indicating its origin or type as being related to China.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “chinês” in actual Portuguese podcasts.
Find “chinês” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Portuguese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into português, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Portuguese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).