1. High quality porcelain originally made only in China 
2. Dishware made of high quality porcelain
   - chinaware 
3. (informal) a friend

1. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
   - People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay [archaic] 
2. A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
   - Taiwan, Nationalist China, Republic of China

Derived forms: chinas

See also: Chinese

Type of: Asian country, Asian nation, crockery, dishware [US], island, porcelain

Part of: Asia, South China Sea

Encyclopedia: China, Michigan China, Maine China, Nuevo León China, Nuevo Leon China, MI China, Indiana China China, ME China, Kagoshima China, Ooshima, Kagoshima China, The Church in China, Texas China, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of China, TX China, PRC China, Oshima, Kagoshima China, Republic of China, People's Republic of

• genus Protium
• genus Protoavis
• genus Protoceratops
• genus Protohippus
• genus Prumnopitys
• genus Prunella
• genus Prunus
• genus Psaltriparus
• genus Psenes
• genus Psephurus
• genus Psetta
• genus Psettichthys
• genus Pseudacris
• genus Pseudaletia
• genus Pseudechis
• genus Pseudemys
• genus Pseudobombax
• genus Pseudococcus
• genus Pseudocolus
• genus Pseudolarix
• genus Pseudomonas
• genus Pseudopleuronectes
• genus Pseudoryx
• genus Pseudotaxus
• genus Pseudotsuga