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that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world 2: china high quality porcelain originally made only in China 3: china, republic of china, taiwan, nationalist china a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the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