china
Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes…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.
» China is rich in natural resources.
China ist reich an natürlichen Ressourcen.
China ist reich an Bodenschätzen.
Китай богат природными ресурсами.
Китай багатий на природні ресурси.
Meaning
10 senses(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.
It's a china doll.
(uncountable)Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.
The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china.
Porzellan
(US, dated, uncountable)Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
dishware made of high quality porcelain
(uncountable)Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
(countable)Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
(Australia, Cockney, South Africa, countable, slang)Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
All right, me old china?
(dated, uncountable)Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
(countable)A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
(US, countable, obsolete)A glazed china marble.
Examples
1156 sentencesChina is rich in natural resources.
Китай багатий на природні ресурси.
ruКитай богат природными ресурсами.
deChina ist reich an natürlichen Ressourcen.
China is much larger than Japan.
Китай набагато більший за Японію.
ruКитай гораздо больше Японии.
deChina ist viel größer als Japan.
China is a huge country.
Китай — величезна країна.
ruКитай — огромная страна.
deChina ist ein riesiges Land.
I came to Japan from China.
Я приїхав у Японію з Китаю.
ruЯ приехал в Японию из Китая.
deNach Japan kam ich von China aus.
My father has gone to China.
Мій батько поїхав до Китаю.
ruМой отец поехал в Китай.
deMein Vater ist nach China gegangen.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference tFrom clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چینی (čīnī /čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.
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Forms
plural: chinas| Singular | china |
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| Plural | chinas |
regular
- Chinaalternative
- chineyalternative dialectal
- chenyalternative dialectal
- cheneyalternative dialectal
- cheneaalternative dialectal
- chainyalternative dialectal
- chaneyalternative dialectal
- chanyalternative dialectal
- chayneealternative dialectal
- chayneyalternative dialectal
- cheeniealternative dialectal
- cheenyalternative dialectal
Synonyms
15 synonyms- a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world:People-ap-s Republic of Chinamainland ChinaCommunist ChinaRed ChinaPRCCathay
- dishware made of high quality porcelain:chinaware
- a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong:TaiwanNationalist ChinaRepublic of China
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable