Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. High-quality porcelain or ceramic ware, originally made in China.
- n. Porcelain or earthenware used for the table.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.
- n. uncountable Ceramic or porcelain
- n. uncountable Tableware made from china.
- n. 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.
- n. A glazed china marble in children's games.
- n. Cockney rhyming slang, countable Mate (i.e., friend).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A country in Eastern Asia.
- n. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.
WordNet 3.0
- n. high quality porcelain originally made only in China
- n. 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
- n. a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
- n. dishware made of high quality porcelain
Etymologies
- From china plate (Wiktionary)
- Persian chīnī, ultimately from Chinese (Mandarin) Qín, Qin; see Qin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“All my email's inboxes are down. well from china hotmail and yahoo has been slow .. and they banned youtube in china~~ what a flung 0_o #dinked I heart Creana "True friends walk in, when the rest walk out.”
“J um, according to dress, I would say first that the clothing in china is very similar to the clothes you would wear in the US.”
“Please ensure your china is at room temperature first – do not bring it in directly from a cold car in winter and plunk it into warm water.”
“KAYE: Officers hope the suspected dealer will lead them to what they call china white, heroin so pure, so potent, so powerful, it killed 55 people in St. Louis in just the first six months of this year.”
“KAYE: Officers hope the suspected dealer will lead them to what they call china white.”
“KAYE: Officers hope the suspected dealer will lead them to what they call china white, heroin so pure, so potent, so powerful it killed 55 people in St. Louis in just the first six months of this year.”
“It’s not that having things made in china is inherently bad, it’s that * everything* is made in china, and therefore, we are sending our money out the window as fast as we can manage.”
“Looks like china is smarter than obama – they know gorebal warming is a hoax!”
“Yes | No | Report from the cowboy wrote 2 weeks 4 days ago piece-o-crap gun. made in china for 30$ and the rest is simply shipping and retail add-ons so they can make money. buy a t/c bone collecter you can buy one for 200-300$ if you know how to buy used guns (talk them down) +2 Good Comment?”
“China, India and just about every other country push ahead with their industries and out produce us." ok so the fact that everything you own is made in china never made you angry but the precautions we have to take for global warming has made you fed up!!! lol you republicans are clowns you know that?!”
Kerry: Palin should check out 'the view from her front porch'
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘china’.
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Afghanistan
Words relating to Afghanistan
afghanistan, dowlat-e jumhuri-..., da-afghanistan di..., jamhawriyat, hindu kush, istoro nal, rigestan desert, herat, darya-ye kunduz, kabul, charikar, oxus and 133 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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MANY A WORD!
This is just a list, right, that I'm gonna, like, fill with words, that, like, are every word that I can, like, think of with, ahhmm, my brain.
and, able, art, ass, algebra, amp, ankle, booze, bong, aura, bling, bright and 134 more...
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Capitonyms or capitonyms
Capitonyms are, properly, words which change meaning and sound when they change case. This particular list may also erringly include words which change meaning, but not sound. These are improper. S...
Turkey, turkey, China, china, August, august, Bill, bill, Catholic, catholic, Ionic, ionic and 94 more...
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Angola
Words pertaining to a country who's citizens have suffered grievously.
republica de angola, cabinda, river congo, planalto central, bie plateau, serra môco, zambezi, benguela, luanda, uige, malanje, huambo and 80 more...
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Conversations
Words with interesting comments. This doesn't mean I'm adding schadenfreude.
sprite, footnote, ringxiety, firkin, jesus's, guys, möbius strip, mentions, waxed paper, za, hobby horse, ombrology and 54 more...
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Arabian Nights
scheherazade, sinbad, bazaar, magic carpet, bedouin, leviathan, aladdin, ali baba, open sesame, 40 thieves, baghdad, ceylon and 32 more...
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Proper nouns that are admissible in S...
A good way to have an opponent make a bad challenge.
japan, texas, maya, brazil, delft, mikado, apache, pawnee, titian, egyptian, china, john
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Scrabble Countries
Country names which happen to be acceptable for play during a game of Scrabble.
china, japan, zaire, morocco, chile, brazil, chad, bolivia, cyprus, turkey, panama, jordan and 2 more...
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Albania
About what you'd expect...
albania, italy, adriatic, croatia, durrës, shkodër, kukës, korçë, vlorë, gjirokastër, sarandë, corfu and 87 more...
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Capitonyms, capitonyms
Words that change meaning when capitalized
worms, welsh, turkey, time, tangier, tang, slough, seat, scotch, scone, said, russian and 70 more...
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Tip-Top Toponymic
Place names that have entered general speech. Toponyms that interest me in other ways are on Place Names Of Distinction
hamburger, wiener, finlandisation, vernissage, hackney, venetians, bohemian, anti-macassar, berliner, cravat, calico, serendipity and 113 more...
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Xuer's Words
real, xuer, china, shanghai, internet, readwrite, craigslist, google, delicious, flickr, douban, 37signals and 109 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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third rock from the sun
tectonic, magma, greenhouse, egypt, canada, united states, mexico, costa rica, greenland, iceland, luxembourg, ecuador and 89 more...
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European World Systems
europe, colonization, defense, barter, feudalism, gunpowder, technology, guns, domination, lords, monarchs, transition and 250 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for china.
fbharjo Conjecture: Modification of Persian chn(Chinese) - porcelain. Aug 30, 2009
reesetee So no one else can post who has a name beginning with r, u, c_b, s, o, j, or...oh, never mind. Jul 25, 2007
uselessness It's not a problem! We've just been lucky so far to have a "core group" of people whose names start with different letters. ;-) Jul 25, 2007
reesetee Uh...it might have been me. I tend to use a single initial for myself, so I may have started doing so here in an especially typeractive moment. I shall try to use more letters for everyone. :-) Jul 25, 2007
uselessness You may call me u. I've never particularly liked that one either, but at least I'm getting used to it. ;-)
Who ever came up with the Wordie standard of one-letter abbreviations, anyway? I never really caught on to it, and I'll still spell names out all the way... jennarenn. Jul 25, 2007
jennarenn Whoa, I'm sorry u. I didn't even think about it. r, u, c_b, s...bs just slipped by the censor. Would WS be more acceptable? Jul 25, 2007
uselessness You are hereby prohibited from calling me BS. All conversation ceases until the offense has been corrected. Jul 25, 2007
jennarenn BS, have you met Silly Dilly Thoroughly Modern Milly? Jul 25, 2007
reesetee It's for the lilies. Jul 25, 2007
uselessness Is it just me, or is it a little chilly in here? Jul 25, 2007
oroboros Silly willy nilly Billy Smith! ;^D Jul 25, 2007
slumry Cute comment about VIers, R. I almost missed it. Somehow I am doubtful . . . Jul 25, 2007
slumry U, U are a silly billy! (and I don't care what your name is, I will call you Silly Billy Smith.
Listen up: Uniters is not a good idea. Jul 25, 2007
reesetee So citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are to be called Democrats, but they speak Republican? I'm confused.
And what about the Virgin Islands? ;-> Jul 25, 2007
uselessness If United States citizens are to be called Uniters (for clarity) then citizens of the People's Republic of China ought to be called People (capital P, again, for clarity). And they don't speak Chinese, they speak Republican. Listen to what I say, I have the plan. I will make the world a wonderful place, and an accurate one. Jul 25, 2007
slumry I wondered about douban also. Turns out two of the people who recently listed douban also listed China. description of douban here: http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2005/12/13/douban
Now I understand why the appearance of these words surprised me--they are outside of my usual frame of reference. Jul 25, 2007
jennarenn I think that it's interesting that china (or China?) showed up on the Most Wordied, Last 7 Days list. All of the other words are either slightly esoteric, or at least pretty. Sometimes I wonder what would happen to that list if all of us tried not to steal or repeat words for an entire week. Would it break? Would it choose ten random words? I admit that I'm curious.... Jul 25, 2007