china
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
After the country China.
Noun[edit]
china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)
- (uncountable) The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, II.5.1.v:
- China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold […].
- (uncountable) Ceramic or porcelain.
- (uncountable) Tableware made from china.
- (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.
- A glazed china marble in children's games.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
porcelain
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tableware made from china
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cymbal
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Etymology 2[edit]
From china plate.
Noun[edit]
china (plural chinas)
- (Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa, countable) Mate (i.e., friend).
- All right, me old china?
Translations[edit]
Cockney rhyming slang: mate — see mate
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
china
- third-person singular past historic of chiner
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
china f sg
- Feminine singular of adjective chino.
Noun[edit]
china f (plural chine)
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
china
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
china
Kalasha[edit]
Adjective[edit]
china
- Alternative spelling of čhína
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun[edit]
china f (plural chinas)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent
Etymology 2[edit]
From China.
Noun[edit]
china m, f (plural chinas)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.
Noun[edit]
china f (plural chinas)
- Pebble, small stone usually rounded
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
china
- Feminine singular of adjective chino.
Noun[edit]
china f (plural chinas, masculine chino, masculine plural chinos)
- A Chinese woman.
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Etymology 3[edit]
Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun[edit]
china f (plural chinas)
- (pejorative, South America) female servant in a hacienda.
Etymology 4[edit]
Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).
Noun[edit]
china f (plural chinas)
- (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)
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