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1. (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
2. (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
3. (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
4. (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
5. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
6. (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
7. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
8. (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
9. (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
10. (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.