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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name
Pronunciation: /tʃi.nɑː/

Definition 1:
• A town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chī'nə

Definition 1:
• 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.
Example: China has 5000 years of history.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 2:
• A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
Example: China is 75 years old as of October 1, 2024.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 3:
• Synonym of mainland China.
Example: The gambling winnings were transferred from Macau to China.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: mainland China
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 4:
• China in One China, asserting that there is only one de jure Chinese nation
Example: It will not change the historical and legal facts that there is only one China in the world.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 5:
• 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.
Labels: historical, uncountable, usually

Definition 6:
• 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).
Labels: historical, uncountable, usually

Definition 7:
• A female given name.
Labels: rare, uncountable, usually

Definition 8:
• A place in the United States:
• An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 9:
• A place in the United States:
• A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 10:
• A place in the United States:
• An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 11:
• A place in the United States:
• A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 12:
• A place in the United States:
• A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 13:
• A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 14:
• A surname.
Labels: uncountable, usually
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chī'nə

Definition 1:
• Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware.
Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• A Chinese person.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 3:
• Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 4:
• Clipping of China rose, various flowers.
Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• Clipping of China tea.
Labels: beverages, biology, botany, food, lifestyle, natural-sciences, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend.
Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/

Definition 1:
• 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.
Example: It's a china doll.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: porcelain
Labels: uncountable

Definition 2:
• Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
Example: He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.
Example: The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 3:
• Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
Labels: US, dated, uncountable

Definition 4:
• Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: China root
Labels: uncountable

Definition 5:
• Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: cheyney
Labels: obsolete, uncountable

Definition 6:
• Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: China rose
Labels: countable

Definition 7:
• Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
Example: All right, me old china?
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: mate
Labels: Australia, Cockney, South-Africa, countable, slang

Definition 8:
• Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
Labels: dated, uncountable

Definition 9:
• A glazed china marble.
Labels: games, US, countable, obsolete

Definition 10:
• A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
Labels: entertainment, lifestyle, music, countable

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/china