China - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- high quality porcelain originally made only in China
- a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
- dishware made of high quality porcelain (syn: chinaware)
Extra examples
She uses her good china when she has company for dinner.
I'll get my best china out.
Leaders from China, Russia, and 14 other countries attended the conference.
A report from our correspondent in China
The Great Wall of China
Exports to China have risen this year.
...the colonial dining room features a double-door corner cupboard for the family's finest china...
They import fine silk textiles from China.
...frangible china teacups that were totally inappropriate for a child's birthday party...
...old missionaries who mistakenly thought that they were going off to China to tame the heathen hordes...
...keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room...
...the common misbelief that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon...
...wondering whether the old-looking ivory box was pukka—or just something recently manufactured in China...
...at one time in China only the aristocracy could own land...
...the inn serves its choice viands on delicate china and its selection of vintage wines in the finest crystal available...
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