chinaとは

語源 1

After the country China.

名詞

china (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 chinas)

1. (uncountable) The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, または 3):
     , II.5.1.v:

     China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold […].

2. (uncountable) Ceramic or porcelain.
3. (uncountable) Tableware made from china.
4. (countable, music) A cymbal, flattened at the perimeter, about 16 to 20 inches (40 to 50 centimetres) across, that is ridden or crashed to produce a distinctive "trashy" sound.
5. A glazed china marble in children's games.

派生語

• bone china

語源 2

From china plate.

名詞

china (複数形 chinas)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa, countable) Mate (i.e., friend).

   All right, me old china?

アナグラム

• Chain, Chian, chain