noun, feminine/ˈt͡ʃina/plural: chinas
pebble, small stone (usually rounded); slingshot
From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.
/ˈt͡ʃina/
pebble, small stone (usually rounded); slingshot
From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.
female equivalent of chino (“Chinese man”); china (porcelain); orange, sweet orange; chickenpox
Synonyms: varicela
female servant in a hacienda; babysitter
Synonyms: niñera
Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).
orange (fruit)
Literally, “the Chinese”. Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).