n.

1. High-quality porcelain or ceramic ware, originally made in China.
2. 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.

Italian; bitter aperitif wines containing quinine.

IN BRIEF: A fine hard pottery used in making dishes.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도자기, 치아

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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china	China Glaze
China Cabinet	Fine China