chinese (language), n.All

Mandarin Chinese is the most commonly spoken language on earth.

Nüshu, a woman-only Chinese script, used it to write letters, poetry, and even autobiographies. Woman who knew Nüshu arguably had far more intellectual freedom because men could not read it.

Chinese (language) is German, only more so.

Chinese (language) is a picture book drawn by people who forgot they were drawing pictures.

The Chinese poem "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den," or "Shī shì shí shī shǐ" is solely composed of "shi" 92 times, but pronounced with different tones.

Herbert Hoover and his wife spoke Mandarin in the White House to avoid eavesdroppers.

Chinese (language) is a language in which very wise things have been said, but that sounds to a Westerner like the sound of a moving bicycle wheel.

Chinese (language) is a people who think all Caucasians look alike.

Chinese (language) is Symbolic Logic spoken as a tonal language.

Chinese (language) is just like any other language, except that there's no tense, gender, conjugation, grammar, or logic, and all the words sound the same.