porcelain
Webster Dictionary
a fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware
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pseudo-china
Webster Dictionary
the false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America
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chinese
Webster Dictionary
a native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China
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cathay
Webster Dictionary
china; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)
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chinese
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China
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bull brier
Webster Dictionary
a species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier
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macao
(Macao, Macau)
Princeton's WordNet
a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999
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macau
(Macao, Macau)
Princeton's WordNet
a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999
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taiwan strait
(ɑˈniz, -ˈnis)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China seas.
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leizhou
(ˈleɪˈdʒoʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin.
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spode
(ʊd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Trademark. china or porcelain manufactured by the Spodes or the firm they established. Also called Spode china.
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hainan
(ˈhaɪˈnɑn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an island in the South China Sea, separated from the mainland by Qiongzhou Strait: constitutes a province in S China. 7,110,000; 12,430 sq. mi. (32,200 sq. km).
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xi jiang
(ˈʃi ˈdʒyɑŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Guangzhou. 1250 mi. (2012 km) long.
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mekong
(ˈmeɪ kɔŋ, -kɒŋ, ˈmi-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2600 mi. (4200 km) long.
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kunlun
(ˈkʊnˈlʊn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mountain range in China, bordering on the N edge of the Tibetan plateau and extending W across central China: highest peak, 25,000 ft. (7620 m).
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zhu jiang
(ˈdʒü ˈdʒyɑŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a river in SE China, in S Guangdong province, flowing from Guangzhou to the South China Sea and forming an estuary between Macao and Hong Kong. ab. 110 mi. (177 km) long.
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macao
(əˈkaʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a former Portuguese overseas territory in S China, comprising a peninsula in the Zhu Jiang delta and two adjacent islands: a special administrative region of China since 1999. 426,400; 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
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yellow sea
(ˈyɛl oʊz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an arm of the Pacific N of the East China Sea, between China and Korea.
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formosa
(Taiwan, Formosa)
Princeton's WordNet
an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
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taiwan
(Taiwan, Formosa)
Princeton's WordNet
an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
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luoyang
(Luoyang, Loyang)
Princeton's WordNet
a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties
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loyang
(Luoyang, Loyang)
Princeton's WordNet
a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties
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chongqing
(Chongqing, Chungking)
Princeton's WordNet
a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China
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chungking
(Chongqing, Chungking)
Princeton's WordNet
a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China
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nanjing
(Nanjing, Nanking)
Princeton's WordNet
a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
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peiping
(Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China)
Princeton's WordNet
capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
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tientsin
(Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching)
Princeton's WordNet
a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
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t'ien-ching
(Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching)
Princeton's WordNet
a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
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capital of red china
(Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China)
Princeton's WordNet
capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
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nanking
(Nanjing, Nanking)
Princeton's WordNet
a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
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