Definitions for China

China chi·na

Spelling: [chahy-nuh]
IPA: /ˈtʃaɪ nə/

China is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in China (achin).

Definitions for China

noun

  1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
  2. any porcelain ware.
  3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively.
  4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material, collectively:
  5. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a playing marble of china, or sometimes of porcelain or glass.
  6. People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  7. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast of mainland China: under Nationalist control since 1948 but claimed by the People's Republic of China. 13,885 sq. mi. (35,960 sq. km). Capital: Taipei.

adjective

  1. made of china.
  2. indicating the twentieth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.

Origin of China

First recorded in 1645-55; by ellipsis from chinaware

Examples for China

He did travel to china and Australia while the story was unfolding.

The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland china.

At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, china, Ethiopia and Ukraine.

On top of the barrel was a tin coffeepot, a china cup, and half a loaf of bread.

When china is a nation, her people will be no longer a "yellow peril."

My plan was to quit her in china, and to remain beyond the Capes for ever.

In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- china.

I am to go on a sailing-vessel to china, to be gone two years.

The Communist Party of china gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.

For every box of opium sold, the mate got a china dollar as a perquisite.

Word Value for China
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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