Noun:1: mainland china, people's republic of china, china, communist china, prc, red china a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world 2: china high quality porcelain originally made only in China 3: nationalist china, taiwan, china, republic of china a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong 4: chinaware, china dishware made of high quality porcelain