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 →

2) china (small c) is fine, hard, white clay made into cups, plates and bowls, and also the cups and plates themselves. tree →

3) In UK and Australian slang, «china» means a mate or friend. tree →

4) China can also mean a small ornament or figure made of china. tree →

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 →
• Giant pandas live in the mountains of China. tree →
• The Great Wall of China is very long. tree →
• Grandma only uses her best china at Christmas. tree →
• Be careful, that china plate breaks easily. tree →
• He was like a bull in a china shop, knocking things over. tree →
• Paper was invented in China long ago. tree →
• The tea was served in delicate china cups. tree →
• But the china girl cried out: tree →

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.
• Goldfish come from a wild carp in China, bred for their colours over about a thousand years.
• In China bats have long been a sign of good luck, because the word for bat sounds like the word for good fortune.
• The longest hair recorded was over five metres, grown by a woman in China.
• Its red cap is bare skin, and in China and Japan it stands for long life and luck.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «china» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.