English > mainland China: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world. |
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| Synonyms | China, People's Republic of China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay |
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| Instance of | Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
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| Members | Chinese | A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China |
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| Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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| Parts | Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang, Heilong | An Asian river between China and Russia |
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| Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China | Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China |
| Bo Hai, Po Hai | An inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China |
| Brahmaputra, Brahmaputra River | An Asian river |
| Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang | The longest river of Asia |
| Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China | A fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC |
| Chongqing, Chungking | A city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang |
| Dalian, Talien, Dairen | A port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula |
| Gan Jiang, Kan River | A river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang |
| Gansu, Kansu, Gansu province | A province in north-central China |
| Gobi, Gobi Desert | A desert in central China |
| Grand Canal | An inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China |
| Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton | A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China |
| Hangzhou, Hangchow | A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay |
| Hebei, Hopei, Hopeh, Hebei province | A populous province in northeastern China |
| Hong Kong | formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province |
| Huang He, Hwang Ho, Yellow River | A major river of Asia in northern China |
| Hunan, Hunan province | A province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang |
| 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 |
| Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains | A mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles |
| Liaodong Peninsula, Liaodong Bandao | A peninsula in northeastern China that extends into the Yellow Sea, between Bo Hai and Korea Bay |
| Luda, Luta | An industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula |
| Luoyang, Loyang | A city in east central China |
| Lushun, Port Arthur | A major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula |
| Manchuria | A region in northeastern China |
| Mekong, Mekong River | An Asian river |
| Nan Ling | A mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west |
| Nanchang, Nan-chang | A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang |
| Nanjing, Nanking | A city in eastern China on the Yangtze River |
| Nanning, Nan-ning | An industrial city in southern China |
| 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 |
| Shanghai | The largest city of China |
| Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien | A city in northeastern China |
| Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province | A populous province of south central China |
| Taiyuan | An ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production |
| Taklimakan Desert, Taklamakan Desert | A desert in western China |
| Tangshan | An industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province |
| Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching | A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea |
| Tien Shan, Tyan Shan | A major mountain range of central Asia |
| Wuhan | A city of central China on the Chang Jiang |
| Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian | A city of central China |
| Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region | An autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan |
| Yunnan, Yunnan province | A province of southern China |
| Zhu Jiang, Canton River, Chu Kiang, Pearl River | A river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea |
| Region of | Chinese | Any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China |
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| Chinese Revolution | The republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China |
| Chinese brown sauce, brown sauce | A sauce based on soy sauce |
| 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 |
| Hangzhou, Hangchow | A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay |
| Pei, I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei | United States architect (born in China in 1917) |
| Red Guard | A radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles |
| Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language | The family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia |
| Yalu, Yalu River | river in eastern Asia |
| acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body |
| acupuncture, stylostixis | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin |
| catty, cattie | Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) |
| dim sum | Traditional Chinese cuisine |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| fortune cookie | Thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper |
| qi, chi, ch'i, ki | The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things |
| yang | The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology |
| yin | The dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology |
| Spanish | Catay, China Comunista, China Continental, China, China roja, República Popular China, RPC |
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| Catalan | Xina |
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