china

See also China

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tʃʌɪnə/

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Etymology 1

After the country China.

Noun

china (plural chinas)

1. (uncountable) The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:

     China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold [...].

2. (uncountable) Ceramic or porcelain
3. (uncountable) Tableware made from china.
4. (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.

Derived terms

• bone china

Translations

porcelain

Albanian: porcelan (sq) Arabic: خزف (ar) (kházaf) m. Bulgarian: порцелан (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 瓷器 (zh) (cíqì) Czech: porcelán (cs) m. Danish: porcelæn (da) French: porcelaine (fr) n. German: chinesisches Porzellan (de) n.

Hebrew: חרסינה (he) (kharsina) f. Italian: porcellana (it) f. Japanese: 磁器 (ja) (じき, jiki) Macedonian: порцелан (mk) (porcelán) m. Russian: фарфор (ru) (farfór) m. Spanish: loza (es) f. Swedish: porslin (sv) n. Vietnamese: sứ (vi), đồ sứ (vi)

tableware made from china

Albanian: bilur (sq)

Swedish: porslin n.

cymbal

Etymology 2

From china plate

Noun

china (plural chinas)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang, countable) Mate (i.e., friend).

   All right, me old china?

Translations

Cockney rhyming slang: mate — see mate

Anagrams

• chain

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French

Verb

china

1. third-person singular past historic of chiner

Anagrams

• nicha

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Italian

Adjective

china sg.

1. feminine form of chino

Noun

china f. (plural chine)

1. slope, decline, descent
2. cinchona (tree)
3. Indian ink

Synonyms

• (1) pendio, declivio, discesa

Related terms

• chinare
• chinato
• chinidina
• chinina
• chinato

Verb

china

1. third-person singular present tense of chinare
2. second-person singular imperative of chinare

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Spanish

Noun

china f. (plural chinas)

1. Pebble, small stone usually rounded (etymology not related with "china" demonym)

china f. (plural chinas, masculine singular chino, masculine plural chinos)

1. A Chinese woman.
2. A female servant in a hacienda.

See also

• tinta china f.