Meaning of China | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. A town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
3. 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
4. A cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.
   uncountable, usually
5. A Chinese person.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
   uncountable
7. A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
   uncountable, usually
8. Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
   US, dated, uncountable
9. Synonym of mainland China.
   uncountable, usually
10. China in One China, asserting that there is only one de jure Chinese nation
    uncountable, usually
11. Clipping of China rose, various flowers.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
12. Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
    uncountable
13. Any of the empires occupying similar territory to that of the modern nation of China, ruled under various dynasties up through the early 20th century.
    historical, uncountable, usually
14. Clipping of China tea.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
15. Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
    obsolete, uncountable
16. The Republic of China prior to 1949, and sometimes after that time, particularly up through the early 1970's or so (when the People's Republic of China assumed the United Nations seat allocated to China).
    historical, uncountable, usually
17. Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
    countable
18. A female given name.
    rare, uncountable, usually
19. Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
    Australia, Cockney, South-Africa, countable, slang
20. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
    uncountable, usually
21. Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
    dated, uncountable
22. A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
    uncountable, usually
23. A glazed china marble.
    US, countable, obsolete
24. An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
    uncountable, usually
25. A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
    countable
26. A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
    uncountable, usually
27. A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
    uncountable, usually
28. A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.
    uncountable, usually
29. A surname.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“China has 5000 years of history.”

“The great China, whose kyng is thought... the greatest prince in the worlde.”

“All China is divided into 15 Provinces, which are bigger than large Kingdoms.”

“If he tells them to build a palace forty miles long, out of di'monds, and fill it full of chewing gum, or whatever you want, and fetch an emperor's daughter from China for you to marry, they've got to do it—and they've got to do it before sun-up next morning, too.”

“'Only a Nixon' Could Go to China”

“2017, Donald J. Trump, speech at Make America Great Again Rally, Harrisburg, PA And I met with the President of China at great length in Florida, and we had long, long talks—hours and hours and hours.”

“China is 75 years old as of October 1, 2024.”

“Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.”

“The gambling winnings were transferred from Macau to China.”

“It will not change the historical and legal facts that there is only one China in the world.”

“My name is China Bayles. I'm the owner of Thyme and Seasons and the co-owner, with Ruby Wilcox, of a new tearoom called Thyme for Tea.”

“'What's her name, this girl?' The fight had hoarsened Lynne's voice, and the words came out strangely staccato - a wooden doll that had just learned to speak. 'China,' he mumbled, feeling an obscure desire to invent a pseudonym for her. 'What an interesting name.' Angus struck the table edge hard. 'Aw, don't gies it.' 'I don't know what you mean. Or is it a nickname? Fragile, is she?'”

“The golden baked pâté chinois, a shepherd's pie, uses a recipe brought back to Quebec by miners working in China, Me.”

“According to the town of China, if all students commuting by motorcycles switched to electric ones, carbon emissions could be reduced to under one-fourth of the current amount.”

“The two towns on the island, China (pronounced chee-nah) and Wadomari, along with neighboring Tokunoshima island, each have different dialects.”

“It's a china doll.”

“They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.”

“...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China.”

“He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.”

“The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china.”

“What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery.”

“China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold […].”

“...And then the last boon I'll implore, Is to bless us with China so tight...”

“Rosa indica (the common China); Rosa semperflorens (the monthly China).”

“All right, me old china?”

“‘Now, then, my china-plate...’ This is essentially a brick~layer's phrase. If for ‘china-plate’ you substitute ‘mate’,[…] the puzzle is revealed.”

“China, or Old China: chum.”

“Tea... Finest China, Plain (Moning).”

“The marbles, in those days, had their primitive names. The unglazed china ones were called plasters because they looked like plaster; the glazed china marbles were called chinas. I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them.”

“China cymbals are a type of short sound cymbal. [Brand X] makes chinas with really short sounds.”

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