china

IPA: tʃˈaɪnʌ

Root Word: China

noun

  • A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.
  • The principal state in this country, including (historical) an empire under various dynasties and (since 1949) the People's Republic of China.
  • Synonym of mainland China.
  • (rare) A female given name.
  • An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
  • A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
  • A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
  • A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
  • A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • (obsolete) A Chinese person.
  • (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
  • (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
  • (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
  • (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
  • (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
  • (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
  • (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
  • (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
  • (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
  • (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
  • (obsolete) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
  • Clipping of China rose: various flowers. [A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.]
  • (botany, beverages) Clipping of China tea.
  • (rhyming slang) Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend. [(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.]
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Examples of "china" in Sentences

  • Looks like china is smarter than obama – they know gorebal warming is a hoax!
  • KAYE: Officers hope the suspected dealer will lead them to what they call china white.
  • J um, according to dress, I would say first that the clothing in china is very similar to the clothes you would wear in the US.
  • Please ensure your china is at room temperature first – do not bring it in directly from a cold car in winter and plunk it into warm water.
  • It’s not that having things made in china is inherently bad, it’s that * everything* is made in china, and therefore, we are sending our money out the window as fast as we can manage.
  • KAYE: Officers hope the suspected dealer will lead them to what they call china white, heroin so pure, so potent, so powerful it killed 55 people in St. Louis in just the first six months of this year.
  • KAYE: Officers hope the suspected dealer will lead them to what they call china white, heroin so pure, so potent, so powerful, it killed 55 people in St. Louis in just the first six months of this year.
  • All my email's inboxes are down. well from china hotmail and yahoo has been slow .. and they banned youtube in china~~ what a flung 0_o #dinked I heart Creana "True friends walk in, when the rest walk out."
  • Yes | No | Report from the cowboy wrote 2 weeks 4 days ago piece-o-crap gun. made in china for 30$ and the rest is simply shipping and retail add-ons so they can make money. buy a t/c bone collecter you can buy one for 200-300$ if you know how to buy used guns (talk them down) +2 Good Comment?

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