Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word CHINA

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Definitions of CHINA

1. 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.
2. The principal state in this country, including (historical) an empire under various dynasties and (since 1949) the People's Republic of China.
3. Synonym of mainland China.
4. (rare) A female given name.
5. A unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, USA.
6. A town in Kennebec County, Maine, USA.
7. A unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, USA.
8. A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, USA.
9. A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, USA.
10. A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.
11. (obsolete) A Chinese person.
12. (obsolete) Alternative form of cheyney.: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
13. Clipping of China rose.: various flowers.
14. (botany, beverages) Clipping of China tea..
15. (rhyming slang) Alternative form of china.: a mate, a friend.
16. (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chieflyUS) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
17. (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
18. (uncountable, chieflyUS, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
19. (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
20. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
21. (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
22. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
23. (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
24. (countable, games, chieflyUS, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
25. (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

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Examples of Using CHINA in a Sentence

• These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority populations scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China.
• An abacus (: abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Arabic numeral system.
• It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
• In some countries, such as France and China, the term "army", especially in its plural form "armies", has the broader meaning of armed forces as a whole, while retaining the colloquial sense of land forces.
• The dishes served in many North American Chinese restaurants are adapted to American tastes and often differ significantly from those found in China.
• From its outset, it was influenced by the bright colors of Fauvism and of the Ballets Russes, and the exoticized styles of art from China, Japan, India, Persia, ancient Egypt, and Maya.
• AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
• Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang.
• Base FX, a visual effects and animation company founded in 2006 with studios in Beijing, Wuxi and Xiamen, China.
• The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across much of the Palearctic as far as northwestern China (Tian Shan), far western Siberia and northwestern Mongolia.
• He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch.
• Located at 1 Garden Road on Hong Kong Island, the tower houses the headquarters of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited.
• 1948–49: Clement Attlee (UK); Harry Truman (US); Vincent Auriol (France); Joseph Stalin (USSR); Chiang Kai-shek (China).
• Overseas Chinese, Chinese people residing outside the territories of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
• The Cambodian government has diplomatic relations with most countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, as well as all of its Asian neighbors, including China, India, Vietnam, Laos, South Korea, and Thailand.
• Angola, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, Cuba, France, Germany, Portugal, Senegal, Russia, South Korea and the United States maintain embassies in Praia.
• Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.
• Chinese cuisine comprises cuisines originating from China, as well as from Chinese people from other parts of the world.
• Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, and is home to nearly one-third of the country's population.
• Central Asia is a region of Asia bounded by the Caspian Sea to the southwest, European Russia to the northwest, Western China and Mongolia to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the south, and Siberia to the north.

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