English-Portuguese translations for china

• China
  Estive na China há uns dias atrás. I was in China a few days ago.
  A China comete genocídio no Tibete. China commits genocide in Tibet.
  Respeitamos a política de "uma China". We respect the 'one China' policy.
• louça
• porcelana
  E o que faz o Senhor Presidente Barroso, avançando como um elefante numa loja de porcelanas, como de costume? And what is Mr Barroso doing, going around like a bull in a china shop as usual?
  Não seria adequado que o Parlamento entrasse na discussão como um elefante numa loja de porcelana. It would not be appropriate if Parliament waded into the discussion like a bull in a china shop.
  Estou em crer que as instituições europeias não agirão em relação a este assunto como um elefante numa loja de porcelanas. I believe that the European institutions will not charge into this affair like a bull in a china shop.

Definition of china

• , a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as or ''china''
• Chinaware: porcelain tableware
• Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain
• , the root of as a medicine
• : worsted or woolen stuff
• , in its various senses
• Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars
• A glazed china marble
• A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences

Examples

• Its a [[china doll
• china doll]]
• He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware
• The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china
• All right, me old china?

Related words

• Chinaman
• Indochina
• machination
• Chinatown
• trichina
• machinate
• machinations
• echinacea