Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kinesiska

Chinese (language), a female Chinese personAlso the plural of kinesisk./ɕɪˈneːsɪska/

Meaning

Chinese (language); a female Chinese person

Forms

Forms of kinesiska
Singular, indefiniteen kinesiska
Singular, definitekinesiskan
Plural, indefinitekinesiskor
Plural, definitekinesiskorna

kinesiska is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kinesiska, den stora kinesiskan. Check another noun

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Is it en kinesiska or ett kinesiska?

kinesiska in a sentence

  • Talar du kinesiska?
    Do you speak Chinese?
  • Hon är kinesiska
    She is [a female] Chinese [See vara for why there is no article. "Hon är kines" also works.]
  • två kinesiskor
    two Chinese women

Questions

What does kinesiska mean in English?

kinesiska means “Chinese (language), a female Chinese person”.

Is it en kinesiska or ett kinesiska?

It is en kinesiska, and “the Chinese” is kinesiskan.

What is the plural of kinesiska?

The plural of kinesiska is kinesiskor, and the definite plural is kinesiskorna.

Nearby common words

kinesiska is number 3,440 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,436sårbar vulnerable
  • 3,437spindel spider
  • 3,438trupper troops
  • 3,439frivilligt voluntarily, voluntarily, freely, willingly
  • 3,441distrikt district
  • 3,442numera now
  • 3,443fasen the phase, fas
  • 3,444gyllene golden, gold (made of gold (or covered in gold leaf or gold paint or the like)), golden (having a color reminiscent of gold)
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary