china

See also: China and čhína

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tʃʌɪnə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Etymology 1

After the country China.

Noun

china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)

  1. (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 […].
  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.
  5. A glazed china marble in children's games.
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Etymology 2

From china plate.

Noun

china (plural chinas)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa, countable) Mate (i.e., friend).
    All right, me old china?
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French

Verb

china

  1. third-person singular past historic of chiner

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Italian

Adjective

china f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective chino.

Noun

china f (plural chine)

  1. slope, decline, descent
    Synonyms: pendio, declivio, discesa
  2. cinchona (tree)
  3. Indian ink

Verb

china

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

Japanese

Romanization

china

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちな

Kalasha

Adjective

china

  1. Alternative spelling of čhína

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent

Etymology 2

From China.

Noun

china m, f (plural chinas)

  1. (dated or informal) Chinaman; Chinese; someone from China
    Synonym: chinês

Spanish

Etymology 1

From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. Pebble, small stone usually rounded

Etymology 2

Adjective

china

  1. Feminine singular of adjective chino.

Noun

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

  1. A Chinese woman.

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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. (pejorative, South America) female servant in a hacienda.

Etymology 4

Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)
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