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5-letter words (2 found)

CHAIN,CHINA,

4-letter words (7 found)

CAIN,CHAI,CHIA,CHIN,HAIN,INCH,NACH,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACH,AHI,AIN,ANI,CAN,CHA,CHI,HAN,HIC,HIN,ICH,NAH,

2-letter words (8 found)

AH,AI,AN,CH,HA,HI,IN,NA,

You can make 29 words from china according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of china

china hcina cihna ichna hicna ihcna chnia hcnia cnhia nchia hncia nhcia cinha icnha cniha nciha incha nicha hinca ihnca hnica nhica inhca nihca chian hcian cihan ichan hican ihcan chain hcain cahin achin hacin ahcin ciahn icahn caihn acihn iachn aichn hiacn ihacn haicn ahicn iahcn aihcn chnai hcnai cnhai nchai hncai nhcai chani hcani cahni achni hacni ahcni cnahi ncahi canhi acnhi nachi anchi hnaci nhaci hanci ahnci nahci anhci cinah icnah cniah nciah incah nicah cianh icanh cainh acinh iacnh aicnh cnaih ncaih canih acnih nacih ancih inach niach ianch ainch naich anich hinac ihnac hniac nhiac inhac nihac hianc ihanc hainc ahinc iahnc aihnc hnaic nhaic hanic ahnic nahic anhic inahc niahc ianhc ainhc naihc anihc

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Definitions and meaning of china

china

Alternative forms

  • China (generally dated)
  • (dialectal): chiney, cheny, cheney, chenea, chainy, chaney, chany, chaynee, chayney, cheenie, cheeny, chainé

Etymology

From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of china-ware and via this sense of Persian چین (čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈtʃeɪnɪ/, /ˈtʃiːnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)

  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
    • 1653, Henry Cogan translating Fernão Mendes Pinto as The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendez Pinto, p. 206:
      ...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China.
  3. (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
  4. (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
  5. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
  6. (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
  8. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
  9. (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
  10. (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
  11. (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

Derived terms

  • bone china, bull in a china shop, china-blue, china-closet, china doll, china eye, china-fancier, china-glaze, china-house, china-hunter, china-like, china mark, china money, china-oven, china-painting, china-paints, china-shell, china-shop, china-stone, china-tipper, china token, china wedding, china blue, china clay, china marker, china pencil

Translations

References

  • “China, n.¹ and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889.
  • “china”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Anich, Chain, Chian, chain

Asturian

Adjective

china

  1. feminine singular of chinu

Franco-Provençal

Noun

china f

  1. female dog

Coordinate terms

  • chin

French

Verb

china

  1. third-person singular past historic of chiner

Anagrams

  • nicha

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: chì‧na

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

china f sg

  1. feminine singular of chino

Etymology 2

Deverbal from chinare +‎ -a.

Noun

china f (plural chine)

  1. slope, decline, descent
    Synonyms: pendio, declivio, discesa
Related terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish quina, quinaquina, from Quechua.

Noun

china f (plural chine)

  1. cinchona (tree)
Related terms

Etymology 4

From Portuguese China, namely "ink of China".

Noun

china f (plural chine)

  1. Indian ink

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

china

  1. inflection of chinare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

china

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちな

Kalasha

Adjective

china

  1. Alternative spelling of čhína

Macanese

Noun

china (plural china-china)

  1. a Chinese person, especially from mainland China
  2. (collective) the Chinese

Synonyms

  • náchi

Adjective

china

  1. Chinese (from or relating to China)

Derived terms

  • Ano-Novo-China (“Chinese New Year”)
  • auto-china (“Chinese opera”)
  • cám china, cachôro-china (“dog whose bark is worse than his bite”)
  • china di lête (“dairyman”)
  • china falâ (“as the Chinese say”)
  • china-merenda (“Chinese snack-seller”)
  • china pobre (“beggar”)
  • china-rico (“Chinese magnate”)
  • mestre-china (“Chinese healer”)
  • ramendâ china-china (“just like the Chinese”)
  • téra-china (“mainland China”)

References

  • https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: China

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent

Etymology 2

From China.

Noun

china m or f by sense (plural chinas)

  1. (dated or informal) Chinaman; Chinese; someone from China
    Synonym: chinês

Quechua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃina/

Noun

china

  1. female (of humans or animals)
  2. a woman of low social status
  3. servant, slavegirl

Declension

References

  • “china” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃina/ [ˈt͡ʃi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: chi‧na

Etymology 1

From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. pebble, small stone (usually rounded)
  2. (Venezuela) slingshot
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. female equivalent of chino (“Chinese man”)
  2. china (porcelain)
  3. (Puerto Rico) orange, sweet orange
  4. (colloquial, Cuba) chickenpox
    Synonym: varicela

Adjective

china

  1. feminine singular of chino

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. (derogatory, South America) female servant in a hacienda
  2. (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) babysitter
    Synonym: niñera

Etymology 4

Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).

Noun

china f (plural chinas)

  1. (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)

References

Further reading

  • “china”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org