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# china

«china» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very large country in East Asia with the largest or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (china, uncountable); proper noun (China, the country)

### meaning for a pupil

1) China (with a capital C) is a very large country in East Asia with the largest or second-largest population in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#m1)

2) china (small c) is fine, hard, white clay made into cups, plates and bowls, and also the cups and plates themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#m2)

3) In UK and Australian slang, «china» means a mate or friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#m3)

4) China can also mean a small ornament or figure made of china. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, China is home to the Great Wall, giant pandas and the Yangtze River; its capital is Beijing; many people there speak Mandarin Chinese. In everyday life, «the best china» is the special set of plates for guests; china breaks easily, so carry it carefully. Phrases: «china cup», «fine china», «a china shop», «like a bull in a china shop» (very clumsy).

### examples

- China is a huge country in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x1)
- Giant pandas live in the mountains of China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x2)
- The Great Wall of China is very long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x3)
- Grandma only uses her best china at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x4)
- Be careful, that china plate breaks easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x5)
- He was like a bull in a china shop, knocking things over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x6)
- Paper was invented in China long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x7)
- The tea was served in delicate china cups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x8)
- But the china girl cried out: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/#x9)

### note

Capital C for the country (China), small c for plates (china). Adjective for the country: «Chinese». The plates are called «china» because this kind of porcelain first came from China.

### In the corpora

- [The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither with strings over movable bridges, played in China for over 2,000 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/15/)
- [Goldfish come from a wild carp in China, bred for their colours over about a thousand years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/152-goldfish-memory/13/)
- [In China bats have long been a sign of good luck, because the word for bat sounds like the word for good fortune.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/17/)
- [The longest hair recorded was over five metres, grown by a woman in China.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey/6/)
- [Its red cap is bare skin, and in China and Japan it stands for long life and luck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «china» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/china/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.