China — meaning in English
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English meaning
- babysitter noun A person hired or asked to look after children while their parents or guardians are away.
- bangs noun Bang's disease, a bacterial infection (brucellosis) that mainly affects cattle and can spread to humans.
- China name A large country in East Asia, the People's Republic of China.
- Chinese adj Relating to China, its people, or their culture.
- orange noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.
Senses
China is used for these senses in English:
- China A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
- China (historical) The Republic of China prior to 1949, and sometimes after that time, particularly up through the early 1970's or so (when the People's Republic of China assumed the United Nations seat allocated to China).
- Chinese (countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.
- babysitter A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
- bangs (chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.
- chicken pox (inexact, sometimes, _, proscribed, disease) Any disease causing similar symptoms.
- orange (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.