1. High quality porcelain originally made only in China
   "The family's heirloom china was carefully displayed in the dining room cabinet"
    
2. Dishware made of high quality porcelain
   "They received a set of fine china as a wedding gift";
   - chinaware
    
3. [Brit, informal] A person you know well and regard with affection and trust
   "They've been chinas since their school days";
   - friend, mate [Brit, informal]

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 [informal], 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, Chinese Taipei

Derived forms: chinas

Type of: actor, Asian country, Asian nation, crockery, dishware [US], disputed state, doer, partially-recognized state, porcelain, state with limited recognition, unrecognized state, worker

Part of: Asia, South China Sea

Encyclopedia: China, Pakistan