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.]