china [ˈtʃaɪnə]
china [ˈtʃaɪnə]
sustantivo
1porcelana (f)
- china clay -> caolín (m)
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china [chai-na-uea
sustantivo
1China, porcelana loza de China.
- China o India ink -> s
Tinta de China.
china [ˈtʃaɪnə] (old-fashioned) (informal)
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china
feminine noun
1small stone, pebble (piedra)
- le tocó la china (informal) -> he drew the short straw
2deal (informal) (droga) (small amount of hash)
4maid (criada) (Argentinian Spanish, Chilean Spanish) (small amount of hash)
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china [chee’-nah]
noun
1Pebble, a small stone. (f)
2Chinaroot, a medicinal root. (f)
3Porcelain, china, chinaware. (f)
4China silk or cotton stuff. (f)
- Media china -> cloth coarser than that from China
5Boyish game of shutting hands, and guessing which contains the pebble. (f)
- Le tocó la china -> he had bad luck
6Woman (Indian); (And. Cono Sur) Nursemaid; (And. Cono Sur) servant girl; (LAm.) Mistress, concubine. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
adjective
1Chinese.
- ¿Somos chinos? -> do you think me a simpleton
- Ni que hablara en chino -> don’t you understand
china
sustantivo:femenino
2 (piedra) pebble
poner chinas to put obstacles in the way
tocarle a algn la china (familiar)
nos tocó la china de ser niños en los cincuenta we had the misfortune bad luck to be children in the fifties;o te ha tocado la china de cuidar de los niños you drew the short straw, you've got to look after the children
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