Complete Definition of "china"

see|China
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-china.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|chinas|-

  1. uncountable Ceramic or porcelain
  2. uncountable Tableware made from china.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang; shortened from china plate; countable) Mate (i.e., friend).

#:All right, me old china?

  1. context|music|countable 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
trans-top|porcelain
Chinese Characters: �� (cíqì)
Danish: porcelæn
French: porcelaine n
Hebrew: �רס�נ� (kharsina) f
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Italian: porcellana f
Spanish: loza f
Swedish: porslin n
Vietnamese: sứ, �� sứ
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trans-top|tableware made from china
Swedish: porslin n
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Cockney rhyming slang: mate
See mate

trans-top|cymbal
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Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

  1. Made of china.

Translations
Swedish: porslins-


Italian

Adjective
china s

  1. feminine of|chino#Adjective|chino

Noun
it-noun|chin|f|a|e

  1. slope, incline
  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

Category:Italian verb forms
Category:Italian adjective forms


Spanish

Noun
china f

  1. A Chinese woman.

See also
tinta china f

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Revision and Credits for"china"
  • 2007-12-15 00:01 - Stephen G. Brown - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/199.216.98.2|199.216.98.2]] ([[User_talk:199.216.98.2|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:SemperBlotto|SemperBlotto]]

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