1
: porcelain
also
: vitreous porcelain wares (such as dishes, vases, or ornaments) for domestic use
2
: earthenware or porcelain tableware
Examples of china in a Sentence
She uses her good china when she has company for dinner.
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One agency that deserves to feel the horns of the bull-in-the-china-shop-in-chief is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an ugly mess of structural abnormalities and constitutional affronts.
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David B. McGarry, National Review, 28 Jan. 2025
The fancy china — if families have it at all — remains locked behind glass.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
What comes next is Farley going Full Farley — the screaming, hulking bull-in-a-china-shop physical comedy that nobody could match.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Skip the china, and don’t worry about spending a ton on decor.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
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David B. McGarry, National Review, 28 Jan. 2025
The fancy china — if families have it at all — remains locked behind glass.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
What comes next is Farley going Full Farley — the screaming, hulking bull-in-a-china-shop physical comedy that nobody could match.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Skip the china, and don’t worry about spending a ton on decor.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for china
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“China.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/china. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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China
geographical name
Chi·na
ˈchī-nə 
variants
or officially People's Republic of China
country of eastern Asia bordering on the Pacific; the most populous country in the world; a republic whose capital is Beijing area 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 square kilometers), population 1,384,689,000
see also chinese
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