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acupuncture	a traditional Chinese practice of pricking certain parts of the body with fine needles to relieve pain or cure disease. [1/2 definitions]
alligator	a large reptile with short legs, a long body and tail, and a long, wide snout. Alligators are protected by thick skin with many hard bumps. They live in rivers, lakes, swamps, and other bodies of water in the southeast United States and in China. They usually eat insects, fish, turtles, snakes, birds, and other water animals, but have been known to attack small land mammals. They are closely related to crocodiles. Chinese alligators are endangered because their habitat is being changed by people.
bamboo curtain	(sometimes cap.) a barrier to trade and diplomacy, based on ideological and political differences, that formerly existed between the People's Republic of China and the West, attributed by the latter to the secrecy and censorship practiced by the Chinese. (Cf. iron curtain.)
Boxer	a member of a Chinese secret society that in 1900 tried unsuccessfully to oust foreigners from the country.
Cantonese	the Chinese language spoken in the region of Guangzhou and in Hong Kong. [1/3 definitions]
celestial	(cap.) of or pertaining to the former Chinese Empire or to Chinese people. [2/6 definitions]
cheongsam	a fitted Chinese dress having a high neck, usu. short sleeves, and side slits to the thighs.
chi²	vital energy that, according to Taoist and other Chinese philosophies, is inherent in all things and whose free and balanced flow around the body is the basis of good health.
Chinatown	any neighborhood or region inhabited by Chinese in a foreign city.
Chinese	the main language of China, which is based on the language spoken in the region of the capital, Beijing. This language is also called Mandarin Chinese or Mandarin. [1/4 definitions]
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882	an act signed into law in 1882 that barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a period of ten years and, in addition, prohibited all Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens. Immigrants from China were not permitted naturalized citizenship until 1943.
Chink	(offensive slang) a Chinese person.
chinoiserie	(sometimes cap.) an intricate, elaborate style of decoration using Chinese motifs, esp. in eighteenth-century Europe. [1/2 definitions]
chop suey	a Chinese-American dish of bean sprouts, other vegetables, and small bits of meat, chicken, or fish cooked and poured over rice.
chow²	a Chinese breed of dog. Chows are sturdy dogs of medium size with a thick red or black coat, a black tongue, and a tail that curls over the back.
chow mein	a Chinese-American dish of stewed bean sprouts, other vegetables, and bits of chicken, seafood, or meat, poured over fried noodles.
Confucius	a Chinese philosopher whose ethical teachings were introduced into Chinese religion; K'ung Fu-tzu (551?-479? B.C.).
dawn redwood	a Chinese tree, cultivated in the United States, that resembles the redwood and bears cones but has deciduous twigs and needles.
dim sum	any of various Chinese dishes served in appetizer portions, esp. small dumplings filled with minced vegetables, meat, or seafood and steamed or fried, or a variety of such dishes served together.
feng shui	the Chinese art of creating harmony in one's environment through placement of objects in a building or in space generally such that the natural flow and balance of chi, or vital energy, is maintained.
fortune cookie	a hollow cookie often served in Chinese restaurants in the United States and in various other countries outside China. Fortune cookies are made from a folded circle of thin dough and contain a slip of paper with a proverb, prediction, lucky numbers, or the like. Though typically associated with China in western countries, fortune cookies are virtually unknown in China itself.

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