Chinese-ish

adjective

Somewhat Chinese.

Meanings

adjectiveChinese-ish (comparative more Chinese-ish, superlative most Chinese-ish)

comparative more Chinese-ish · superlative most Chinese-ish · alternative Chineseish

  1. informalSomewhat Chinese.

    Twinky, yeah... I see traces of ketchup in quite a few Chinese-ish recipes.

    2001 March 14, Jack B, “Soy Sauce Question”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), retrieved 12 Sep 2022
    1 more example

    Thanks but this is a real problem. The chineseish text (which we've since learned is not chinese) appears to be from some problem with the ATI Mach64 X windows server. Anybody with a solution, please respond.

    1996 March 25, Jeff Templon, “Netscape spontaneously changes font to Chinese or Somesuch”, in comp.os.linux.x (Usenet), retrieved 12 Sep 2022
Cite this entry
APA

Chinese-ish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese-ish

MLA

“Chinese-ish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese-ish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chinese-ish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese-ish.

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