China proper

English

Proper noun

A map of China Proper, Manchuria, Mongolia, Sinkiang, and Tibet in 1944.

China proper

Parts of China excluding outer frontiers such as Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, etc.

Usage notes

There is no universally accepted definition of which geographical locations are included within China proper.
There is no exact equivalent for this term in the modern languages of China, since it was first used by Western writers describing the Qing dynasty and was not commonly adopted by Chinese scholars.

Translations

parts of China excluding outer frontiers

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中國本土, 中国本土 (Zhōngguó běntǔ) (not commonly understood), 內地十八省, 内地十八省 (nèidì shíbā shěng) (Qing dynasty term)
Finnish: Varsinainen Kiina
French: Chine propre (fr) f
Japanese: 中国本土 (ちゅうごくほんど, Chūgoku hondo)

Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: вну́тренний Кита́й m (vnútrennij Kitáj), коренно́й Кита́й m (korennój Kitáj)
Spanish: China histórica f
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: Egentliga Kina n, Inre kina n

See also

Greater China
mainland China

Further reading

China proper at OneLook Dictionary Search

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