China

Meaning

Name

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
2. (uncountable, usually) A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
3. (uncountable, usually) Synonym of mainland China.
4. (uncountable, usually) China in One China, asserting that there is only one de jure Chinese nation
5. (historical, uncountable, usually) 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.
6. (historical, uncountable, usually) 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).
7. (rare, uncountable, usually) A female given name.
8. (uncountable, usually) An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
9. (uncountable, usually) A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
10. (uncountable, usually) An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
11. (uncountable, usually) A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
12. (uncountable, usually) A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
13. (uncountable, usually) A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.

Noun

1. (alt-of, countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A Chinese person.
3. (alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of China rose, various flowers.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of China tea.
6. (alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable) Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend.

Synonyms

People’s Republic of China

Cathay

Taiwan

🇹🇼

porcelain

Chinese

🇨🇳/🇲🇴

Republic of China

Nationalist China

mainland China

Red China

earthenware

PRC

Communist China

Zhangzhou

Chinaware

China People’s Republic

the People’s Republic of China

porcelain envoy

ambassader

Sino-

𐐕𐐴𐑌𐐲

Sina

Beijing

crockery

Formosa

Japan

🗾

Korea

pottery

splendid

Cathy

Middle Kingdom

land of the gods

Translations

Chine

🇨🇳

China

🇨🇳

China

🇨🇳

Cina

China

🇨🇳

China

🇨🇳

Κίνα

Çin

الصين

Xina

Sina

🇨🇳

République populaire de Chine

Çîn

🇨🇳

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/

Etymology

From Portuguese China, from possibly Venetan Cina probably under influence from Old French Chin, from Classical Persian چین (čīn) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”) of uncertain etymology. It is usually thought to be derived from Chinese 秦 (Qín) (sm Qín, mc d͡ziɪn, oc *zin, "Qin"), the westernmost ancient Chinese state, but other theories have been proposed, including derivation from 晉 /晋 (jìn) (sm Jìn, mc t͡siɪn, oc *ʔsins, "Jin"), another important ancient state; 荊 /荆 (jīng) (sm Jīng, mc kˠiæŋ, oc *keŋ, "Chu"), the southernmost ancient Chinese state; or Zina, the endonym of the people of the Yelang kingdom. See "Names of China" and "Chinas" at Wikipedia. As a female name, usually derived via china (“porcelain”) and china doll, ultimately from the same source.

Sentences

He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China .

Instead , Berlinguer made an official visit to China .