| china | | |
| n. (location) | 1. cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china | a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world. |
| ~ acupuncture, stylostixis | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin. |
| ~ acupressure, g-jo, shiatsu | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body. |
| ~ chinese revolution | the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China; 1911-1912. |
| ~ chinese wall, great wall, great wall of china | a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width. |
| ~ yang | the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology.; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence" |
| ~ yin | the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology.; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe" |
| ~ feng shui | rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furniture. |
| ~ chinese | any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system. |
| ~ sino-tibetan, sino-tibetan language | the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia. |
| ~ cultural revolution, great proletarian cultural revolution | a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos. |
| ~ dim sum | traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions. |
| ~ fortune cookie | thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper. |
| ~ brown sauce, chinese brown sauce | a sauce based on soy sauce. |
| ~ egg foo yong, egg fu yung | omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish. |
| ~ egg roll, spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried. |
| ~ red guard | a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles. |
| ~ falun gong | a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices. |
| ~ asian country, asian nation | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent. |
| ~ manchuria | a region in northeastern China. |
| ~ beijing, capital of red china, peiping, peking | capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city. |
| ~ chongqing, chungking | a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China. |
| ~ canton, guangzhou, kuangchou, kwangchow | a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port. |
| ~ gansu, gansu province, kansu | a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia. |
| ~ hebei, hebei province, hopeh, hopei | a populous province in northeastern China. |
| ~ hunan, hunan province | a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources. |
| ~ sichuan, szechuan, szechwan, szechwan province | a populous province of south central China. |
| ~ yunnan, yunnan province | a province of southern China. |
| ~ luda, luta | an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun. |
| ~ dairen, dalian, talien | a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda. |
| ~ loyang, luoyang | a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties. |
| ~ lushun, port arthur | a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda. |
| ~ hangchow, hangzhou | a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world. |
| ~ hangchow, hangzhou | a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world. |
| ~ nan-chang, nanchang | a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang. |
| ~ nan-ning, nanning | an industrial city in southern China. |
| ~ nanjing, nanking | a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s. |
| ~ shanghai | the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world. |
| ~ fengtien, moukden, mukden, shenyang | a city in northeastern China. |
| ~ taiyuan | an ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production. |
| ~ tangshan | an industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province. |
| ~ t'ien-ching, tianjin, tientsin | a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China. |
| ~ grand canal | an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south. |
| ~ wuhan | a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China. |
| ~ changan, hsian, sian, singan, xian | a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC. |
| ~ sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region | an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people. |
| ~ inner mongolia, nei monggol | an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911. |
| ~ hong kong | formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers. |
| ~ gobi, gobi desert | a desert in central China. |
| ~ taklamakan desert, taklimakan desert | a desert in western China. |
| ~ amur, amur river, heilong, heilong jiang | an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. |
| ~ asia | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations. |
| ~ bo hai, po hai | an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China. |
| ~ brahmaputra, brahmaputra river | an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal. |
| ~ gan jiang, kan river | a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang. |
| ~ huang he, hwang ho, yellow river | a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta. |
| ~ kuenlun, kuenlun mountains, kunlan shan, kunlun, kunlun mountains | a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles. |
| ~ liaodong bandao, liaodong peninsula | a peninsula in northeastern China that extends into the Yellow Sea, between Bo Hai and Korea Bay. |
| ~ mekong, mekong river | an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea. |
| ~ nan ling | a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west. |
| ~ pamir mountains, the pamirs | a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China. |
| ~ poyang | a lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal. |
| ~ tien shan, tyan shan | a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles. |
| ~ yalu, yalu river | river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China). |
| ~ chang, chang jiang, changjiang, yangtze, yangtze kiang, yangtze river | the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai. |
| ~ canton river, chu kiang, pearl river, zhu jiang | a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea. |
| ~ chinese | a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China. |
| ~ i. m. pei, ieoh ming pei, pei | United States architect (born in China in 1917). |
| ~ cattie, catty | any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams). |
| ~ ch'i, chi, ki, qi | the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. china | high quality porcelain originally made only in China. |
| ~ bone china | fine porcelain that contains bone ash. |
| ~ crackle china, crackleware, crackle | glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface. |
| ~ porcelain | ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic. |
| n. (location) | 3. china, nationalist china, republic of china, taiwan | 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. |
| ~ capital of taiwan, taipeh, taipei | the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan. |
| ~ taichung | a city in Taiwan. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| ~ south china sea | a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons. |
| ~ chinese | a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China. |
| ~ taiwanese | a native or inhabitant of Taiwan. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. china, chinaware | dishware made of high quality porcelain. |
| ~ crockery, dishware | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively. |
| ~ willow-pattern, willowware | chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river. |
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