Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Chinese"

A: The Chinese are winning.

A: There are a lot more people that are Japanese than Chinese.

A: Before the alphabet/letters, primitive writing systems used to be simplified pictures/drawings.
The Chinese character for mountain is 山, which kind of looks like a mountain 🏔. The character for rain is 雨, which looks a bit like rain falling.
I don’t know hieroglyphics so I can’t provide examples 😅

A: Often strippers will use the names of objects/items: Candy, Cherry, Angel...

You can go to Nameberry.com and search for different names. When you select a name, click “comments” and you can read what native speakers think about that name. That might be a good way to make sure there aren’t any negative cultural connotations you weren’t aware of! 🙂

A: (to) "pop up" is a verb. It means "appear (suddenly)".

Chinese is the first one that pops up.

Chinese is the first one that comes to mind.

A: A Chinese Market sells Chinese items.
China's market shows possession so this means it is a market that is owned by China

A: China market sounds like a food store. It's poor English.
Chinese market means that the market is either in China or carries Chinese goods. This is proper English.

A: Chinese means they were born in China. Chinese American means they were born in America but are from Chinese

A: Mandarin is the most popular dialect in China, although people say Chinese referring to a language, actually they are talking about "Mandarin".
In China there are Mandarin, Cantonese and other ones.
I would say you can use either of them when speaking about it

A: An "official" has control over SOMETHING and an "authority" has control over SOMEONE. In America, a "Chinese official" might be a health inspector or building inspector. A "Chinese authority" might be a judge or a police officer. Both "officials" and "authorities" usually work for the government because that is where they get their power from. A "Chinese official" could close your restaurant or condemn your building if you aren't following the health codes or building codes, but they can't arrest you. A "Chinese authority" can arrest you and even send you to jail if you are not following the law.

A: This is hard to translate directly.

I think the most natural way to translate is “work hard at studying Chinese”or “study Chinese diligently”

一般只说“study hard” （比如he studies really hard)

如果说“Study hard at X” 或 “study X hard”，对我来说听起来很别扭，可是我一定能看懂。

A:
the chinese government destroyed the lab in wuhan (to get rid of the evidence )

the chinese government destroyed the lab to get rid of the evidence

A: I have both

A: The world is changing.
Are you the person who will change the world?
Have you ever decided which path the ship of destiny will go?
Straight on, or just go with the flow?
From the first moment to the last,
has the world ever changed because of you?
You yourself, with your backpack,
you already have everything you need going forward.
You shall write your own motto.
You shall create your own legend.
This era belongs to us.

A: Yes, I would say Chinese characters.

A: (How) Chinese foods taste can’t (be) predicted by their appearance.

A: Check the question to view the answer

A: 1.exept to lose - - Instead of the infiniv here you should use the gerund = except for losing your money...
2. Because of - - don't start a sentence with because instead start with that's because not too difficult but more correct
3. Of the quality of teaching - - in English you say teaching standard.
4. Is not as good as you are anticipated - - that's a temporal mistake, meaning you used the wrong time the correct version would : the teaching standard is not as good as 1. you are anticipating. Or 2. As you had anticipated.

A: Of your speaking generally, I’d say:

“Chinese steal other people’s ideas and skills. They ignore intellectual property rights.”

A: I think that sounds a little unnatural. I dont exactly know what you were trying to say. where u referring to the buildings? if so I think is should be "Chinese buildings have symmetrical designs"
I dont think the word "like" should be used because "like" is normally used to comparing 2 things but because you are stating a fact I think is should be "have"