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People's Republic of China en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó).

Meanings

1. Official name of China: a country in East Asia.
   • Near-synonym: China
   • I disagreed completely—and still do—with President Nixon's initiative to "normalize" relations with the People's Republic of China. The American people […] have been forced to go along with the Carter administration's decision to repudiate our mutual defense treaty with the free Chinese regime on Taiwan […] 1980, Spiro Agnew, Go Quietly . . . Or Else, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 34:
   • Before the death of Deng Xiaoping, many observers were debating whether the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would collapse, just like the former Soviet Union. It did not come to pass. 2005, Peter Kien-hong Yu, Hu Jintao and the Ascendancy of China: A Dialectical Study, →ISBN, page xi:
   • Meronym: mainland China
   • While the People's Republic of China claimed in the late 1950s that Shanghai had regained its importance as a leading seaport, this was not borne out by observations of foreign travelers nor by official shipping statistics. 1968, “Shanghai (Shang-hai)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 346, column 1:
   • Politically, China proper […] and frontier areas of China were brought together under the Qing dynasty, mostly during the 18th century. Incursions by earlier dynasties into Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and southern Manchuria did occur, but were later reversed. It is this latest process of expansion that accounts for the enormous size of the People's Republic of China today. 1991, Carol Stepanchuk, Charles Wong, “Festivals of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire”, in Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China, San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 108:

Forms

Coordinates

Republic of China · ROC

Deriveds

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China · Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Relateds

PRC · PR China

Synonyms

People's Republic · China · Red China · West Taiwan · Communist China

Translations (126)

ga Daon-Phoblacht na Síne (official name of China) · uk Кита́йська Наро́дна Респу́бліка (official name of China) · bn গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী চীন (official name of China) · lo ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນຈີນ (official name of China) · la Res publica popularis Sinarum (official name of China) · eo Ĉina Popola Respubliko (official name of China) · hy Չինաստանի Ժողովրդական Հանրապետություն (official name of China) · te చైనా ప్రజల గణతంత్రం (official name of China) · tt Чин Халык Җөмһүрияте (official name of China) · hi चीन जनवादी गणराज्य (official name of China) · lad רפובליקא פופולאר דא קינא (official name of China) · cmn 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · sq Republika Popullore e Kinës (official name of China) · gag Kitay Halk Respublikası (official name of China) · uz Xitoy Xalq Respublikasi (official name of China) · mk На́родна Репу́блика Ки́на (official name of China) · dng Җунгуй Минжын Гунхәгуй (official name of China) · ast República Popular China (official name of China) · tr Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti (official name of China) · cjy 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · frr Folkssrepubliik faan Schiina (official name of China) · fy Folksrepublyk Sina (official name of China) · bo ཀྲུང་ཧྭ་མི་དམངས་སྤྱི་མཐུན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ (official name of China) · hy ՉԺՀ (official name of China) · bg Кита́йска наро́дна репу́блика (official name of China) · be Кіта́йская Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка (official name of China) · mnp 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · fy Foulksrepublik China (official name of China) · is Alþýðulýðveldið Kína (official name of China) · qu Chunwa Runallaqta Ripuwlika (official name of China) · da Folkerepublikken Kina (official name of China) · tt Кытай Халык Җөмһүрияте (official name of China) · ro Republica Populară Chineză (official name of China) · tg Ҷумҳурии Халқии Чин (official name of China) · za Cunghvaz Yinzminz Gunghozgoz (official name of China) · yi די מענטשנ׳ס רעפּובליק פֿון כינע (official name of China) · tg Ҷумҳурии Халқии Хитой (official name of China) · kk Қытай Халық Республикасы (official name of China) · ta சீன மக்கள் குடியரசு (official name of China) · aii ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܡܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (official name of China) · mn БНХАУ (official name of China) · gv Deynphobblaght y Çheen (official name of China) · eu Txinako Herri Errepublika (official name of China) · sh Narodna Republika Kina (official name of China) · io Populala Republiko di Chinia (official name of China) · mn Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Ард Улс (official name of China) · am የቻይና ህዝባዊ ሪፐብሊክ (official name of China) · pl Chińska Republika Ludowa (official name of China) · csb Chińskô Lëdowô Repùblika (official name of China) · cs Čínská lidová republika (official name of China) · tl Republikang Bayan ng Tsina (official name of China) · sh Народна Република Кина (official name of China) · ky Кытай Эл Республикасы (official name of China) · kjh Хыдат Чон Республиказы (official name of China) · sah Китай Народнай Республиката (official name of China) · krc Къытай Халкъ Республика (official name of China) · my တရုတ်ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (official name of China) · lad Repuvlika Popular de Kina (official name of China) · sw Jamhuri ya Watu wa China (official name of China) · cv Китай Халӑх Республики (official name of China) · ba Ҡытай Халыҡ Республикаһы (official name of China) · af Volksrepubliek China (official name of China) · fa جمهوری خلق چین (official name of China) · cy Gweriniaeth Pobl Tsieina (official name of China) · dsb Chinska ludowa republika (official name of China) · nan-hbl 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · hsn 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · dng Җунгуә Минжын Гунхәгуә (official name of China) · pt República Popular da China (official name of China) · no Folkerepublikken Kina (official name of China) · wuu 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · sco Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (official name of China) · fo Fólkalýðveldið Kina (official name of China) · lt Kinijos Liaudies Respublika (official name of China) · ms Republik Rakyat China (official name of China) · crh Çin Halq Cumhuriyeti (official name of China) · nrf Républyique du Peupl'ye d'la Chinne (official name of China) · el Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας (official name of China) · fr République populaire de Chine (official name of China) · ia Republica Popular de China (official name of China) · tg Ҷумҳурии Мардумии Чин (official name of China) · cdo 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · ru Кита́йская Наро́дная Респу́блика (official name of China) · hak 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · yue 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · tk Hytaý Halk Respublikasy (official name of China) · lv Ķīnas Tautas Republika (official name of China) · mt Repubblika Popolari taċ-Ċina (official name of China) · he הרפובליקה העממית של סין (official name of China) · hu Kínai Népköztársaság (official name of China) · bua Хитадай Арадай Республика (official name of China) · nah Tlācatlahtocāyōtl Āltepēhuahcāyōtl China (official name of China) · fi Kiinan kansantasavalta (official name of China) · sl Ljúdska repúblika Kitájska (official name of China) · ko 중화인민공화국 (official name of China) · ug جۇڭخۇا خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى (official name of China) · vi CHNDTH (official name of China) · sk Čínska ľudová republika (official name of China) · szl Chińsko Ludowo Republika (official name of China) · sjo ᡪᡠᡢᡥᡡᠸᠠ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ ᡞᠷᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᡢᡥᡝᡬᠣ (official name of China) · gl República Popular da China (official name of China) · xmf ჩინეთიშ ოკათე რესპუბლიკა (official name of China) · th สาธารณรัฐประชาชนจีน (official name of China) · pnt Λαϊκόν η Δημοκρατίαν τη Κίνας (official name of China) · it Repubblica Popolare Cinese (official name of China) · hsb Chinska ludowa republika (official name of China) · ka ჩინეთის სახალხო რესპუბლიკა (official name of China) · et Hiina Rahvavabariik (official name of China) · vi Cộng hòa Nhân dân Trung Hoa (official name of China) · mnc ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᠨᡥᡝ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (official name of China) · es República Popular China (official name of China) · sah Кытай Норуодунай Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ (official name of China) · kbd Хъутей Джылэ Республикэ (official name of China) · az Çin Xalq Respublikası (official name of China) · gan 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (official name of China) · ar جُمْهُورِيَّةُ الصِّينِ الشَّعْبِيَّةُ (official name of China) · af Volksrepubliek Sjina (official name of China) · de Volksrepublik China (official name of China) · km សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតចិន (official name of China) · uz Хитой Халк Республикаси (official name of China) · ja 中華人民共和国 (official name of China) · sv Folkrepubliken Kina (official name of China) · id Republik Rakyat Tiongkok (official name of China) · frr Föölksrepubliik foon Schiina (official name of China) · chr ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᏓᎶᏂᎨᏍᏛ (official name of China) · nl Volksrepubliek China (official name of China)