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▸ noun: The principal state in this country, including (historical) an empire under various dynasties and (since 1949) the People's Republic of China.
▸ noun: Synonym of mainland China.
▸ noun: (rare) A female given name.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
▸ noun: A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
▸ noun: A small city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun: A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A Chinese person.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
▸ noun: (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
▸ noun: (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
▸ noun: (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
▸ noun: (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
▸ noun: (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
▸ noun: (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
▸ noun: (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Alternative form of cheyney: woollen stuff; items made or filled with cheyney.
▸ noun: Clipping of China rose: various flowers. [A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.]
▸ noun: (botany, beverages) Clipping of China tea.
▸ noun: (rhyming slang) Alternative form of china: a mate, a friend. [(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.]
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PRC,
Communist China,
Taiwan,
mainland China,
Red China,
Republic of China,
Formosa,
Nationalist China,
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