Chinese can refer to:

• Something of, from, or related to China
• Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, or one of several Chinese ethnicities
  • Zhonghua minzu （中華民族）, the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality
  • Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia
  • Ethnic minorities in China, the non-Han Chinese population in China
  • Overseas Chinese, people of Chinese ancestry who live outside mainland China and Taiwan

• Chinese language, a language or family of languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China
  • Standard Chinese, the standard form of the Chinese language in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore, and the variety most commonly taught as a foreign language
  • other varieties of Chinese
• Written Chinese, the writing system of China
• Chinese cuisine, styles of cooking originating from China