china
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(chī'nə) 
n.
n.
- High-quality porcelain or ceramic ware, originally made in China.
- Porcelain or earthenware used for the table.
[Persian chīnī, ultimately from Chinese (Mandarin) Qín, Qin. See Qin.]
WORD HISTORY Our term china for porcelain or ceramic ware is a shortening of chinaware and probably china dishes. Although the word china is identical in spelling to the name of the country, there are 16th- and 17th-century spellings like chiney, cheny, and cheney that reflect the borrowing into English of the Persian term for this porcelain, chīnī. The Persian word and the Sanskrit word cīnāḥ, "Chinese people," which gave us the English name for the country, go back to the Chinese word Qín, the name of the dynasty that ruled China from 221 to 206 B.C.
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categories related to 'china'
- Glass and Ceramics - china: plates, cups, and serving platters of delicate, translucent ceramic porcelain
- Ceramics and Glassmaking - china: delicate porcelain ceramic ware
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - porcelæn, [sl] fyr/kone
idioms:
- China tea kinesisk te
n. - Kina
Nederlands (Dutch)
porselein(en)
Français (French)
n. - porcelaine
idioms:
- China tea thé de Chine
n. - Chine
Deutsch (German)
n. - Porzellan, Geschirr
idioms:
- China tea Chinatee
n. - China
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πορσελάνη, είδη από πορσελάνη, πιατικά
adj. - πορσελάνινος
idioms:
- China tea τσάι της Κίνας
Italiano (Italian)
porcellana, di porcellana
idioms:
- China tea tè cinese
Português (Portuguese)
n. - porcelana (f)
adj. - feito de porcelana
idioms:
- China tea chá chinês
n. - China
Русский (Russian)
Китай, китайский, чайный и обеденный сервис, фарфор
idioms:
- China tea китайский чай
Español (Spanish)
n. - porcelana, loza, de porcelana
idioms:
- China tea té de China
n. - China
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - porslin
adj. - porslins-
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
中国
瓷器, 陶瓷器
idioms:
- China tea 中国茶
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 中國
n. - 瓷器, 陶瓷器
idioms:
- China tea 中國茶
중국, 중화 인민 공화국 (the People's Republic of ~; 수도 베이징(북경)), 중화 민국, 자유 중국 (the republic of ~; 수도 타이베이)
idioms:
- East china Sea 동 중국해
- People's Republic of china 중화 인민 공화국, 중국
- South china Sea 남중국해
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 磁器, 陶磁器, 瀬戸物, 中国
idioms:
- China tea シナ種の茶
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خزف, فخار (صفه) خزفي, فخاري
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סין, כלי חרסינה, חרסינה
n. - סין
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