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Chinese
Adjective
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If something is Chinese, it comes from China.
Many Chinese goods are sold in the U.S.
We had a Chinese girl in our class.
Australia has a large population of overseas Chinese people.
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If something is Chinese, it is typical of China.
I like Chinese food.
Chinese
Proper noun
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Chinese is any of the languages (ways people talk) in China.
Mandarin, Hokkien, and Cantonese are forms of Chinese.
copy
Noun
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A copy of something looks or acts like it.
They took the diamond and replaced it with a cheap copy.
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A copy of a book, newspaper, painting, etc. is one of many that are exactly the same.
Please bring me the copies of those reports.
copy
Verb
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If you copy something, you make something look exactly the same as it.
Good artists copy. Great artists steal.
She copies the tests on the photocopier.