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porcelain tableware:

Examples

1156 sentences

  1. China is rich in natural resources.

    Китай багатий на природні ресурси. — deniko

    ruКитай богат природными ресурсами. — Wadimiy

    deChina ist reich an natürlichen Ressourcen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. China is much larger than Japan.

    Китай набагато більший за Японію. — Internecivus

    ruКитай гораздо больше Японии. — FeuDRenais

    deChina ist viel größer als Japan. — MUIRIEL

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  3. China is a huge country.

    Китай — величезна країна. — deniko

    ruКитай — огромная страна. — odexed

    deChina ist ein riesiges Land. — Chris

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Meaning

10 senses

  1. (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.

  2. (uncountable)Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

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

    The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china.

    Porzellan

    high quality porcelain originally made only in China

  3. (uncountable)Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.

More meanings 7

  1. (countable)Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.

  2. (countable)A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

  3. (US, dated, uncountable)Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.

  4. (obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.

  5. (Australia, Cockney, South Africa, countable, slang)Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).

    All right, me old china?

  6. (dated, uncountable)Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.

  7. (US, countable, obsolete)A glazed china marble.

Origin

From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference t

From 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

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic…:porcelain
Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china as a…:China root
Synonym of China rose, in its various senses:China rose
(obsolete)Synonym of cheyney:cheyney
(slang)Synonym of mate:mateB2
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Derivedbone chinachina bluechina cabinetchina claychina dollchinalikechina markerchina pencilpseudochina

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chimpanzeeA2chinA2chinchillaChineseA2

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