China

Register — 25 words

This page gathers the 25 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “China” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.

  1. bat noun One or more of the Chinese technology companies Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.
  2. capitalist roader noun One (especially a Chinese Communist Party official) who bows to pressure from bourgeois forces and attempts to pull the Cultural Revolution…
  3. chit noun A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
  4. fapiao noun A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China and Taiwan.
  5. friction noun (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.
  6. gaokao noun The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher…
  7. grab hag noun One who takes excessively or takes all that is available, without regard for the needs or considerations of others.
  8. health code noun A QR code identifying someone's risk level during the COVID-19 pandemic in the PRC, colored in green, yellow, or red in increasing danger.
  9. Hong Kong foot noun Athlete's foot.
  10. how old are you phrase Why is it always you? You again?
  11. kill line noun The threshold of hit points below which any damage will kill the character.
  12. KTV noun Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
  13. kuai noun yuan (Chinese unit of currency)
  14. mass line noun The policy of consulting the masses, interpreting their suggestions within the framework of Marxism-Leninism, and then enforcing the…
  15. MB noun Abbreviation of moneyboy.
  16. new energy vehicle noun A plug-in electric vehicle, either a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or an all-electric plug-in battery electric vehicle
  17. proprietarian noun A person who owns property (a proprietor) or believes in proprietarianism, that is, that property is an absolute right.
  18. qu noun An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
  19. shengnan noun A man who has for an extended amount of time been unable to find a romantic, interpersonal or physically intimate relationship.
  20. splittist adj Favoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation.
  21. Spring Festival noun Synonym of Chinese New Year.
  22. tremble and obey verb To unthinkingly obey or pander to authorities, especially the Chinese government.
  23. typhoon shelter noun A sheltered section of a harbour where small to medium-sized watercraft can dock during typhoons, gales, or other rough weather.
  24. xian noun An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more…
  25. yuanyang noun A pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union.

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