china
要点中国、磁器、陶磁器
意味
- 中国(正式名the People's Republic of China中華人民共和国)
- 磁器(porcelain)
- (またchinaware)《集合的に》陶磁器,瀬戸物
例文
Are you going to pay a visit to China this fall?
あなたはこの秋中国を訪れるつもりですか。
The population of China is 8 times that of Japan.
中国の人口は日本の８倍です。
I had never seen a panda until I went to China.
中国に行くまで１度もパンダを見たことがなかった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چینی (čīnī /čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.