With a stick, running in, set on the Chinese (9)
I believe the answer is:
cantonese
'the chinese' is the definition.
(Cantonese is an example)
'with a stick running in set' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'one' and 'one' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'set' is 'tse' which is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'can' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'on' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cantonese that I've seen before include "Asian language?" , "tongue" , "Chinese language" , "Oriental" , "Form of Chinese" .)