a black pigment made from a mixture of lampblack and a binding agent such as gelatine or glue : usually formed into solid cakes and sticks

a bright red colour

a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially

in favour of or supporting China , its people, culture , etc

a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick

a nest of boxes , each of which fits into the next larger box

a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously

a Chinese game, resembling chess , played on a board consisting of two halves , each eight squares by four , with a strip separating them: pieces representing the military of ancient China are placed on the intersections of the lines and the game is won when a general is checkmated

an exact copy of an original

any of several Old World spiny rhamnaceous trees of the genus Ziziphus, esp Z . jujuba, that have small yellowish flowers and dark red edible fruits

an aroid plant, Colocasia esculenta, cultivated in the tropics for its large edible rootstock

the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage

a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients

white zinc oxide , formerly used in paints

a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head

a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail

China as ruled by the emperors until the establishment of the republic in 1911–12

a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper

the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage

coriander leaves used as an herb ; cilantro

an intricate puzzle , esp one consisting of boxes within boxes

the former calendar of China , in which the year consisted of 12 lunar months with an intercalary month added seven times every 19 years to reconcile the lunar year of 354 days with the solar year of 365 days, time being reckoned in 60-year cycles with the first cycle dating from 2637 b .c.

a game played on a board with holes arranged in the shape of a six-pointed star , by from two to six players, the winner being the one who first moves his or her set of marbles across the board

a board game played with marbles or pegs

a chestnut ( Castanea mollissima ) with large, sweet nuts , often crossed with other chestnuts because of its resistance to chestnut blight

→ kiwi (sense 2 )

a traditional system of medical treatment based on the principles of Yin and Yang , involving such treatments as acupuncture and the use of a range of drugs derived from animal and vegetable sources

the overthrow of the last Manchu emperor and the establishment of a republic in China (1911–12)

the E part of the central Asian region of Turkestan : corresponds generally to the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China

a game in which a message is passed on, in a whisper , by each of a number of people, so that the final version of the message is often radically changed from the original

→ differential windlass

the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China

a branch of Chippendale style in which Chinese styles and motifs are used

a small Chinese or Korean deer , Hydropotes inermis, having tusks and no antlers : introduced into England and France

a fast-drying oil obtained from the seeds of a central Asian euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites fordii , used in paints , varnishes , etc, as a drying agent and to give a water-resistant finish

a perennial ground-cherry ( Physalis alkekengi ) grown for winter bouquets because of the bladderlike red calyx that surrounds its small, tomatolike fruit

a Chinese amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus tazetta orientalis, widely grown as a house plant for its fragrant yellow and white flowers

a form of torture in which water is made to drip for a long period of time onto a victim's forehead to drive him or her insane

a Chinese cyperaceous plant, Eleocharis tuberosa, with an edible succulent corm

of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants

a small Chinese evergreen tree ( Illicium verum ) yielding an aromatic oil

a group of symptoms such as dizziness, headache , and flushing formerly claimed to be caused by consuming large amounts of monosodium glutamate , esp as used in Chinese food

the edible corm of the taro

a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head

a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head

a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper

a Chinese leguminous tree, Sophora japonica , with ornamental white flowers and dark green foliage

a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Physalis alkekengi, cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx

a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves

a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves