China meaning

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China is a country in Asia.

An example of China is the country with the capital of Beijing.

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High-quality porcelain or other ceramic ware, originally made in China.
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Porcelain or earthenware used for the table.
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Porcelain or any ceramic ware like porcelain.
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Dishes, ornaments, etc. made of china.
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The definition of china means dishware made of porcelain or earthenware.

An example of china is a porcelain plate used for special occasions.

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Any earthenware dishes or crockery.
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Made of china.
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Country in E Asia: before 1912, the Chinese Empire: 3,705,407 sq mi (9,596,960 sq km); cap. Beijing.
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(place) This country variously from 1912 until the Kuomintang party fled to Taiwan in 1949
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(uncountable) The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.
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(uncountable) Ceramic or porcelain.
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(uncountable) Tableware made from china.
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(countable, music) A cymbal, flattened at the perimeter, about 16 to 20 inches (40 to 50 centimetres) across, that is ridden or crashed to produce a distinctive "trashy" sound.
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A glazed china marble in children's games.
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(Cockney rhyming slang, countable) Mate (i.e., friend).

All right, me old china?

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A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国).
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A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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The civilization of the Chinese people.
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Origin of china

  • Variant of earlier chiney from Persian chīnī Chinese from chīn China ultimately of Chinese origin akin to Mandarin Qín Qin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Persian چینی (čīnī, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čīn, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-ī), from Middle Persian (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

    From Wiktionary

  • Typically thought to be derived from the Qin (Wade-Giles: "Ch'in") Dynasty (秦朝).

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  • After the country China.

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  • From china plate.

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China Sentence Examples

  • A matching china cabinet held fine china, crystal and silverware.

  • He devoted many years to carrying out a project for organizing the fur trade from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean, and thence by way of the Hawaiian Islands to China and India.

  • The fleet is divided into the Mediterranean squadron, the Northern squadron, the Atlantic division, the Far Eastern division, the Pacific division, the Indian Ocean division, the Cochin China division.

  • Shortly afterwards his term of office was brought to a close by the failure of an attempt to secure for Italy a coaling station at Sanmen and a sphere of influence in China; but his policy of active participation in Chinese affairs was continued in a modified form by his successor, the Marquis Visconti Venosta, who, entering the reconstructed Pelloux cabinet in May 1899, retained the portfolio of foreign affairs in the ensuing Saracco administration, and secured the despatch of an Italian expedition, 2000 strong, to aid in repressing the Chinese outbreak and in protecting Italian interests in the Far East (July 1900).

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