China/'tʃaɪnə/

n.

➊ a country in east Asia

➋ [china] a hard white substance that cups and plates are made of; cups and plates made of such a substance

n.

➊ 中国：Ancient China was one of the earliest centres of human civilization. 古代中国是最早的人类文明中心之一。

➋ [U] 瓷器；瓷料；瓷餐具：The vase is made of china. 这只花瓶是瓷的。

◇a china cup 瓷杯

用法国家、地名等专有名词前一般不加冠词，但这些词后有限制性定语时，要加the，表示其特定的含义。如：The China we know today is quite young. 我们现在所知的中国很年轻。

辨析China's; Chinese